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People's Sports Talks: China Women's Basketball Team ushers in a promising future

Wang Liang
October 1, 2022 20:45 | Source: People's Daily Online - Viewpoint Channel
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The 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup has just come to an end, which is a new beginning for the Chinese women's basketball team: in the world women's basketball world, the Chinese women's basketball team, who are united and fearless, good at hard combat, and highly skilled in tactics, is emerging as the runner up of the World Cup, and what awaits them will be a more exciting story.

Chinese women's basketball team, back.

In 1994, also in Sydney, Australia, the Chinese women's basketball team won the silver medal in the World Championships (the predecessor of the Women's Basketball World Cup) for the first time. Returning to the World Cup final again, the Chinese women's basketball team has experienced 28 years. In the past 28 years, the women's basketball team has had a peak, more of which is a trough, and has never been able to stand on the podium of the World Series.

After ups and downs, the Chinese women's basketball team has never given up; Sleeping on hardships, the Chinese women's basketball team finally found its best.

How hard do women basketball girls work to get back to the top? Han Xu, who was elected as the best center of the World Cup, said that the training volume of the Chinese women's basketball team had made his teammates in the WNBA unbelievable, and the training intensity was obvious, "but this is the reason for our success".

How determined are women's basketball girls to return to the top? In the training hall of the national team, two huge basketball posters have been hung for a long time. The main character of the posters is the Japanese women's basketball team, which once defeated the Chinese women's basketball team in the 2015 Asian Championships. "When did they win them with real weapons? When did they take them off?".

The Chinese women's basketball team has won 157 points in the group match with a record of four consecutive victories, and defeated the Australian team in the semi-final without Li Meng. If we take into account such factors as short training time, less high-level competition experience, and many players' poor physical conditions during the preparation period, the silver medal of the Chinese women's basketball team will appear more solid.

Excellent performance comes from the strength of the team. In the eight matches of this World Cup, the Chinese team can send more than 24 assists per game, and the converted score exceeds 60% of the total score of the team; All 12 players showed up and made contributions, including many matches. Adhere to team basketball, so that the team can achieve a calm pace and orderly attack and defense in both good and bad times. The Chinese women's basketball team has proved time and again that the strength of the team is the team's confidence in the world basketball world.

Excellent performance comes from the spirit of hard work. In the eighth final against the French team, Li Meng, the scoring king of the team, played the game with illness and scored 23 points, becoming an important contributor to the team's victory; Huang Sijing, who has repeatedly performed brilliantly, showed her knees wrapped in ice bags behind the curtain of the World Cup, and said that "the painkiller can finally stop"... The difficulties encountered by women's basketball girls are more severe than we thought, but it's hard to pass the pass, and the struggle is consistent and strong.

Excellent performance comes from a confident attitude. Before the start of the World Cup, captain Yang Liwei boasted that the team's goal was to stand on the podium. Powerful opponents have always surrounded her, but under her leadership, each team member has fulfilled his pledge with firm belief and confident performance. Zheng Wei, who was elected as the best coach, was highly praised both in the arrangement of troops and on the spot performance. Before the team reached the final and most important stage of the final, facing the unfavorable situation of Li Meng's absence, Zheng Wei boldly used Jin Weina, who had few opportunities to play before. No doubt in employment, no doubt in employment. Jinweina finally played for more than 30 minutes and repaid the trust of the head coach with her excellent performance. The confident and fearless character of the Chinese women's basketball team has been vividly interpreted in every game and every detail.

Walking off the podium to welcome the Chinese women's basketball team is a promising future.

The average age of this women's basketball team is less than 26 years old, but they have experienced many competitions together. Each member of the team is in the golden period of their sports career, and standing on the podium also proves that China's women's basketball team has the heritage and style of a strong team. With a united team, struggling players and a confident attitude, the future of the Chinese women's basketball team deserves everyone's expectation.

(Editor in charge: Shi Yaqiao, Qu Yuan)

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