No one would want to be in Natasa Kovacevic’s shoes and very few would even be prepared to contemplate what the promising basketball player has accomplished in the last two years. Despite needing to have her left leg amputated below the knee after a fatal road accident in September 2013, the 21-year-old from Belgrade made a full comeback in a Serbian league game on Wednesday. Family, friends and fans packed into a cramped facility on the city’s outskirts as Kovacevic (right) made her “second debut”, amassing five points, three steals and as many rebounds in Red Star’s 78-47 win over Student Nis. “It is fantastic to be back on the court,” a beaming Kovacevic told reporters. “At times, I feel like the two-year absence never happened. This means the world to me and I hope it will show other people they can achieve anything in life if they set their minds to it.”

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