China News Service, Tokyo, August 4 (Bian Liqun) 70:77 After regretting the defeat to Serbia, the Chinese women's basketball players who wiped their tears lined up in two rows. Here they have played four games in Tokyo, which is bittersweet and sweet. A group photo was taken at the Olympic Games to leave a souvenir.

Yao Ming, who was pacing on the sidelines, eventually joined the group photo team.

　　During the game, Yao Ming, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was very involved. He would clap vigorously when scoring, and sometimes clenched his fists to celebrate. When the team was not playing smoothly, he would shake his head and show a little regret.

　　It can be seen that in this quarter-final against the European champion Serbia, the Chinese women's basketball team wanted to win, but this was often counterproductive.

Facing a strong opponent, the young Chinese team still looked a little immature, and lost the original good situation.

　　Li Yueru, who played well in this Olympics, cried again in the mixed interview channel after the game.

"I always thought that I would bring a good result back to my country, but I didn't expect it to stop there. It's a pity."

On August 4, local time, the head coach of the Chinese team Xu Limin and others arranged tactics.

On the same day, in the women's basketball quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team lost 70:77 to the Serbian women's basketball team and stopped in the quarterfinals.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　She wiped her tears, and said: "We are very young, and we have the courage to come back again to achieve better results in the next Olympics."

　　After the Chinese women's basketball team beat Australia to qualify in the group stage, I also interviewed Li Yueru. In that game, she made two free throws and helped the Chinese women's basketball team win.

　　However, she was very calm after the game, and the logic was very clear when answering questions. That calmness left a very deep impression on me, not like a 22-year-old young player at all.

　　As early as 2019, Li Yueru, who was only 20 years old, was selected by the Atlanta Dream team with the 35th overall pick in the WNBA Draft. However, in order to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics in the national team, Li Yueru gave up the opportunity and said that after the Olympics, if there is any Opportunity to realize one's dream again.

　　Now that the Olympic journey is over, with Tokyo’s regret, I believe that Li Yueru, who is in his prime three years later, will appear in the Paris Olympic Games with a stronger posture.

Similarly, 21-year-old Li Yuan and Han Xu, 25-year-old Wang Siyu, 26-year-old Li Meng and Yang Liwei... They will also return more powerfully.

　　In fact, in the past few years, the Chinese women's basketball girls have made visible progress.

　　From the 50:85 home defeat to Japan in the 2015 Women's Basketball Asian Championships, and the 10th place in the Rio Olympics in 2016, to Xu Limin taking over in 2017, after some changes and polishing, revenge against the Japanese team in the 2018 World Cup 87:81, and then Under the epidemic situation, the women's basketball girls fighting overseas even defeated the United Kingdom, strong teams in Spain, and South Korea, and won an Olympic ticket in the face of adversity.

　　In the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed for a year, the Chinese women's basketball team won all three group matches, especially in the second game over the strong Australia to qualify, and in the final battle against Belgium to take the group first.

　　In the "three big goals", the lowest-profile Chinese women's basketball team became the last team.

　　Their dazzling performance is not accidental.

Under the empty field, there was no audience cheering on the spot. The players on the bench took up this role, "defend, come on...", inspiring the players on the field all the time, and the whole team was turned into A strand of rope, full of vigor and vitality.

　　Those players who were not well-known by the public before the Olympics were gradually remembered by people and appeared on the hot search again and again.

The women's basketball stadium where a few Chinese reporters had been scattered before has also become lively. Chinese and foreign reporters almost filled the press conference hall, and Chinese reporters accounted for half of them.

　　After the game, the head coach Xu Limin said with satisfaction: “Seeing so many reporter friends, so many people who care about and follow the Chinese team, I am very happy and inspired. This proves that the team’s dedication and hard work has yielded results. We. Although the defeat is glorious, there is no regret. Facing the European championship team, I saw the potential of the team and saw their hope. I am very confident that this team will stand on the Olympic podium in the future. "

　　Indeed, as Xu Limin said, along the way, the Chinese women's basketball team has seen hope and has enough confidence to imagine the future.

I hope that the tears of the Chinese women's basketball girls today can be exchanged for the smiling faces on the podium of the Paris Olympic Games three years later.

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