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Andrew Bogut is to have ankle surgery and won't recover in time to play basketball for Australia at the London Olympics.

Australian centre Andrew Bogut will have arthroscopic ankle surgery next week and miss the London Olympic basketball tournament.

He hopes to return to fitness in time for the start of the next NBA season.

Golden State Warriors general manager Larry Riley says the operation for Bogut, and the same for teammate Stephen Curry, will be done on Wednesday in Van Nuys.

Bogut broke his left ankle on January 25 against Houston before coming over in a trade from Milwaukee. Riley calls the procedure on Bogut's ankle "routine."

Curry had surgery to repair a tendon in his right ankle last summer. He repeatedly sprained his troublesome ankle this season while playing only 26 games.

A timetable for their recovery will be determined after surgery.