Chinese women's basketball team defeats Puerto Rico in mixed Olympic qualifying match. Chinese team becomes first team in China's traditional "three major ball" events to obtain tickets to the Paris Olympics.
Coach Zheng Wei: "Entering the Olympics is a task we must complete" Yao Ming: "Honor comes with a price... These achievements are enough to be a footnote to the improvement of the strength of the Chinese women'sbasketball team" The Chinese team, with an average age of 25.75, is still working hard to learn to overcome all difficulties.