Chinese women's basketball team, go!
Chinese women's basketball ranks 9th in the world.
After the Tokyo Olympics women's basketball group stage, they ranked No. 1
For the first time in history, the Chinese basketball team remained unbeaten in the group stage and for the first time became the top seed in the knockout stage.
At this great moment, Coach Xu Limin gathered everyone together.
He looked into everyone's eyes and said forcefully: "Thank you! The Chinese women's basketball team will definitely do it!"
The team leader Yao Ming was standing in the middle of the coaching staff.
The team members yelled neatly, "Rush!" After the circle dispersed, they yelled again "Come on!"
Coach Xu Limin did not continue the training, but left time for the players.
He knew that they still had a ceremony for that.
The Olympic situation of the three major events has gradually become clear, and only the women's basketball team in China has qualified. For them, the journey to win cards has just begun.
Standing on the Olympic podium, they waited a long time for this dream, and Chinese basketball waited even longer.
On July 23, the Tokyo Olympics opened. Since that day, Li Meng has signed in on social media every day to "send himself a medal."
Her social media is rarely updated, but in order to win cards at the Olympics, it can be said that she has to fight on and off the court.
This tall and cool girl is so cute that it makes people speechless.
In the last game of the group match against Belgium, Li Meng made a shot.
In the final poster of the top 12 women's basketball teams in the Tokyo Olympics, Li Meng is the representative of the Chinese team. This picture has been on the FIBA official website since February 2020.
At that time, affected by the new crown epidemic, the third stage of the Olympic Women's Basketball qualifiers that should have started in Guangdong, China was relocated.
The Chinese women's basketball team changed from home to away and expedition to Serbia.
The girls wrote "Go Wuhan" and "Go China" on their sneakers and socks.
With the heavy heart of a special period, the Chinese women's basketball team even defeated Britain, Spain and South Korea and got a precious Olympic ticket.
Being in the finals for the fifth consecutive Olympic Games, this is of great significance to Chinese basketball in that period.
The second match against Spain in the group stage was particularly difficult. At the final whistle, Chairman Yao Ming smiled with tears in the stands.
This scene appeared on the news network for two consecutive days.
They are ranked 3rd in the world, and we played too hard. Winning Spain is my 2020-perhaps the happiest thing since I played basketball. "
Before the Olympic training camp, Li Meng accepted an exclusive interview with Netease Sports. Recalling that moment, she still had tears in her eyes.
Against Spain, Li Meng scored a crucial goal
In these three games, Li Meng scored the highest scores of the Chinese team and won the MVP of the Olympic qualifiers.
Behind the honor, Li Meng had all ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments on both knees; her left knee had only undergone ACL surgery 10 months before the Olympic qualifiers.
This destroyed countless top athletes' injuries, and Li Meng suffered 2 times.
With such cruel injuries, this group of lovely girls handed in a report card like this:
Needless to say, the Chinese women's basketball team has not only rushed out of Asia, they are fighting for a place in the world's strong team for Chinese basketball.
The Chinese women's basketball team is ushering in a new golden generation.
In 2017, Shao Ting, the captain of the Chinese women's basketball team, went to the WNBA to compete in the summer league. Although she failed to stay in the team, her departure became the goal pursued by the juniors.
At the end of the 2018 season, Shao Ting finally got what she wanted and signed with the Minnesota Bobcats, becoming the fifth player in the history of the Chinese women's basketball team to land in the WNBA.
As the captain of the Chinese women's basketball team, she has become an unshakable spiritual leader in the hearts of the juniors.
Shao Ting is an epoch-making player for the Chinese women's basketball team.
Before her, only four Chinese players went to the WNBA (Zheng Haixia, Sui Feifei, Miao Lijie, Chen Nan); starting from her, the young Han Xu, Li Yueru, Li Meng, and Yang Liwei all received the olive branch thrown by the WNBA.
With Shao Ting’s success, the Chinese Women’s Basketball National Team, the WCBA League and various clubs have jointly explored a path to help women’s basketball players develop.
In the 2019 WNBA Draft, Han Xu was selected with the 14th overall pick by the New York Liberty, and Li Yueru was selected with the 35th overall pick by the Atlanta Dream team.
Han Xu, who has not yet reached the age of 20, signed up to participate in the draft and succeeded in pursuing her dream; Li Yueru automatically participated in the election at the age of 20. She slowed down the pace of going abroad and chose to stay in the Guangdong team to hone.
On May 9, 2019, the Chinese women's basketball team expedition to the United States and had an exchange match with the New York Liberty team. At this time, Han Xu was already wearing the WNBA shirt.
With 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Li Yueru made a free throw and the referee blew the whistle.
Li Meng: "She she she!"
Han Xu: "She must be advanced!"
The ESPN broadcast captured this scene. Although the American narrator could not understand what the two girls were talking about, they also saw that they were "sue" to each other and couldn't help but laugh: "They are too cute!"
The last time a Chinese Derby appeared in the NBA was 11 years ago.
The Chinese women's basketball team used their bravery and excellence to put together the broken hearts of Chinese fans bit by bit.
Twenty years ago, the Chinese women's basketball team used to be the best team in the world.
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team won a silver medal. This is the highest standing of Chinese basketball in the history of the Olympic Games.
In the final match of the Tokyo Olympics group stage, Li Yueru scored 12 points on 100% of the first half against the Belgian women's basketball team who had also won two games.
In the early part of the second quarter, as soon as she was replaced, commentator Su Qun said excitedly: "Li Yueru treats herself as Zheng Haixia today and that's it!"
The Chinese women's basketball team won the bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics, the 1986 Asian Games champion, and the 1994 World Championship runner-up.
From generation to generation, the women’s basketball team is passed down. Zheng Haixia, Cong Xuedi, Peng Ping, Sui Feifei, Miao Lijie, and Chen Nan have all become the benchmarks of basketball girls; now, Shao Ting and Li Meng have become famous internationally; Han Xu and Li Yueru have just entered the international arena and have already emerged——
The Chinese women's basketball team has gradually formed a virtuous circle of talent training; those glorious history is ushering in her successors.
The current Chinese women's basketball team has the accumulation of the past, the immediate combat power of the moment, and the talent pool in the future.
Coach Xu Limin humbly stated that it is far from the so-called golden age. Considering the competition experience that young players need, we will be more glorious at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
It can only be said that although they are close to the top of the mountain, they still have a promising future.
The Tokyo Olympics enters the knockout stage, and the Chinese team is in the upper half of the United States, Australia, and Serbia, and every future game will be a tough battle.
Li Meng said: "We are fighting for the country when we play the Olympics, and the fight against the epidemic is also fighting for the country. Whether it is basketball or the fight against the epidemic, the world will see our strength."
Yang Liwei said: "No matter which field I stand on, I will give my all on behalf of the Chinese women's basketball team."
