Cameron Brink Posts Somber Message After Tearing Her ACL Ahead of Olympics [Video]

WNBA star Cameron Brink is speaking out after the devastating injury that has likely ended her rookie year — and sidelined her Olympic dream.

The Los Angeles Sparks forward, 22, suffered a torn ACL during a game against the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday, June 18 after she seemingly slipped while making contact with Sun forward Brionna Jones. Following the play, Brink was helped off the court and carried to the locker room by her teammates.

“You never think it will happen to you,” the No. 2 pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft wrote on Instagram Wednesday, June 19. “And despite all the hard work sometimes it does. This is hard to fathom but I know it will only make me stronger.”

Brink continued, “I will not be derailed and I will continue to love this life — I’m not defined by basketball, but it is something that I love deeply and I will work everyday to get …