After a lapse of 28 years, he returned to the semi-finals of the Women's Basketball World Cup, and after a lapse of 14 years, he returned to the semi-finals of the World Series. He delivered 41 assists in a single game, and was highly praised by the US women's basketball coach...
These are some of the things that the Chinese women's basketball team has done so far in this Women's Basketball World Cup.
But all this is not over.
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On the evening of the 30th, Beijing time, in the semi-finals of the Women's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese team defeated the Australian team 61:59 and advanced to the final.
You know, in this game, Li Meng, the team's number one main player and known as the "LeBron Dream", failed to play, and the team lacked an important strength to tackle tough problems.
But even so, with the efforts of the whole team, the Chinese team still became the winner.
Relying on teamwork, this is the policy that the Chinese women's basketball team has set since its reconstruction in 2017.
For girls whose average age is only 26 years old, they have brought too many surprises to the Chinese in the past week or so.
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On October 1, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball team will enter the final stage of the Women's Basketball World Cup and compete for the highest honor with the US women's basketball team, which was the first to advance.
Focus on the game
At the beginning of the game, the physical confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce, and the score alternated.
The Chinese team started to play from the inside, and Li Yueru's attack under the basket was effective.
The Australian team frequently stands on the free throw line to score points.
At the end of the first quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team was 13:17 behind.
In the second quarter of the game, Han Xu made consecutive hits in the cast to help the Chinese team level the difference.
With Yang Liwei hitting a three-pointer from the top of the arc, the Chinese women's basketball team overtook the score.
Since then, the Australian team's offense has stagnated.
After halftime, the Chinese team overtook the score at 36:30.
Changing sides and fighting again, Australia frequently scored points in the interior to narrow the difference.
Han Xu stormed and scored to stabilize the situation, and the two sides fell into a stalemate after that.
Han Xu's basket attack helped the Chinese team maintain a narrow lead.
At the end of the third quarter, the Chinese women's basketball team led 47:44.
In the final decisive battle, the two teams continued to entangle.
The Australian team fired from the outside to further narrow the difference.
Since then, both sides have continued to score from free throws.
At the end of the game, the Chinese women's basketball team contributed a key steal to tie the game.
At the last moment, Wang Siyu made two key free throws to help the Chinese team defeat the opponent 61:59.
The picture shows the Chinese women's basketball team in the game.
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Women's basketball, beat yourself
At the beginning of the match against Australia, in order to compete for the ball with the opponent, Li Yueru, who is over 2 meters tall, knelt on the ground in order to fight for rebounds.
This desperate move helped the Chinese team win a precious ball right.
You know, in the women's basketball arena, the fight for the ball is very important.
As mentioned above, before the start of this game, the outside world learned that due to the intensive schedule and high-intensity output, Li Meng's body accumulated a lot of fatigue, resulting in a decline in immunity and a fever.
According to Li Meng's management team, in fact, before playing in the quarter-final against the French team, Li Meng felt unwell and insisted on finishing the game with a high fever.
Against the French team, she scored 12 points alone in the first quarter and 23 points in the audience, becoming an important contributor to leading the team back to the semi-finals of the World Cup.
And these are the epitome of the Chinese women's basketball team in this World Cup. They have been able to go to today, they are extremely tough and not afraid of challenges.
At the press conference after the victory over the French women's basketball team, the head coach of the Chinese team bluntly said that the team had beaten him, which opened his heart.
"The important thing for us in this game is to beat ourselves, because the team has rushed to this (final four) place a few times before and has not made it past. So it is a knot in our heart, and the players on the field performed very well."
6 years of transformation
In fact, the Chinese women's basketball team has paid far more than we imagined to be able to overcome themselves and overcome the hurdle of "inner demons".
In the 2015 Asian Women's Basketball Championship final, the Chinese team lost 35 points to the Japanese team; in the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese team missed the quarter-finals with 1 win and 4 losses, and set the worst record in the Olympic Games with 10th place... …
From 2016 to 2022, in 6 years, the Chinese women's basketball team has once again become a difficult opponent on the world stage and has completed its transformation.
In 2017, Xu Limin, the then head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, took over the team. In the open training session, he hung the photo of the Japanese team's championship celebration on the wall of the training hall, "If I don't beat them, I won't take the photo off. ' he said firmly.
The picture shows Han Xu in the game.
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Since then, the number of young players in the team began to increase. Young people such as Han Xu and Li Yuan appeared in everyone's field of vision, while Li Meng, Huang Sijing and other players who were not favored by the national team before began to travel with the team to international competitions. .
For those who work hard, "time" is their best friend.
Through the continuous experience of world and intercontinental competitions, the girls continue to gain valuable wealth.
In Jakarta in 2018, the Chinese women's basketball team regained the Asian Games gold medal after 8 years.
Less than a month later, they defeated the main team of Japan in the World Cup, and Xu Limin and the players fulfilled their promise.
Also at this stage, the main frame composed of Li Meng, Li Yueru, Han Xu, Huang Sijing, Yang Liwei and others gradually took shape.
After being reversed by the opponent in the 1/8 finals of the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team needs to start again.
Xu Limin, who led the team for 5 years, no longer in charge of coaching due to physical reasons, and Zheng Wei, who has been with the team for more than 10 years, has become the new head of the Chinese women's basketball team.
Shao Ting and Sun Mengran faded out of the national team, and several young players including Jin Weina joined in.
But whether it is the alternation of old and new, or the pain of defeat, the Chinese women's basketball team has never fallen. They have taken root in fertile soil and are born in the sun.
The picture shows Zheng Wei and Han Xu in the game.
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Fearless Camelia
Fearless Jinlan, this is the most used word to describe Chinese girls in this World Cup.
To show their spirit of not being afraid of difficulties.
In order to prepare for the World Cup, the Chinese women's basketball team set off to Europe for overseas training in August.
In order to be able to run in the lineup and maintain a good competitive state before the competition, they started warm-up matches with many European teams, including the French women's basketball team.
It is also the belief in the desire to "go up" that enables the Chinese women's basketball team to achieve the goal that generations have longed to achieve again.
When the dust of tonight's game settled, the Chinese team entered the Women's Basketball World Cup final again after a lapse of 28 years.
The picture shows the Chinese audience at the scene.
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The camera turned to the auditorium, and the Chinese audience cheered with national flags in their hands.
"Sydney is our blessed land. Every game has many fans to support us. I feel like playing here is like my own home court." Zheng Wei said.
I hope that in this blessed land, the Chinese women's basketball team will continue to bloom!
According to the schedule, the final will be held on October 1, Beijing time.
Author: Liu Xingchen