Image source: Chinese Basketball Association.
Chinanews.com, Beijing, April 4 (Reporter Li He) The 10 China Basketball Hall of Fame entrance ceremony was held in Tianjin on the afternoon of the 2022th. At the entrance ceremony, 9 "Special Salutees", 15 recommended inductees and the outstanding group of "New China Basketball Outstanding Contribution Award (9 Masters)" were honored as members of the 2022 China Basketball Hall of Fame.
At the ceremony, the Hall of Fame recommended members: Hu Weidong, Liu Yudong, Wang Zhizhi (male athlete), Song Xiaobo, Cong Xuedi, Zheng Haixia (female athlete), Jiang Xingquan, Xu Limin (coach), and the outstanding collective - "New China Basketball Outstanding Contribution Award ("Fifty Masters")" winning members, Wu Xinshui, Huang Pinjie, Guo Yonglin, Zhang Lijun, Kuang Lubin, Wang Fei, Wang Fang, Li Xin, etc. were invited to attend. In addition, representatives of the families of deceased Hall of Fame members were also invited to attend the entrance ceremony.
At the entrance ceremony, the celebrity badge, which symbolizes the highest honor of Chinese basketball, was presented to each Hall of Famer or family representative. The 8 recommended members told their far-reaching basketball stories and shared their love, struggle and inheritance.
Special tribute to 15 people. Image source: Chinese Basketball Association
Among the "Special Tributes", three surviving old-timers, Zhang Changlu, Cheng Shichun and Yang Boyong, were unable to attend the scene due to their advanced age, and they sent messages for the entrance ceremony through VCR. The 15 "Special Tributes" are: Zhang Boling, Shu Hong, Dong Shouyi, Song Junfu, Tang Baokun, Mou Zuoyun, Zhang Zipei, Zhang Changlu, Yu Bangji, Yang Fulu, Cheng Shichun, Chen Wenbin, Bai Jinshen, Qian Chenghai, Yang Boyong.
Zheng Haixia's first pair of professional basketball shoes came from the guidance of senior Mu Tiezhu; Wang Zhizhi and Yao will both wear Zheng Haixia's plus-size basketball shoes when they are young next year; Hu Weidong took the No. 8 jersey from coach Yi Dehua, and 20 years later, he passed the No. 8 shirt to Yi Dehua's son Yi Li, and the "hard training" method guided by Jiang Xingquan was recorded in the training diaries of Liu Yudong, Hu Weidong and other disciples...
Legends come from inheritance, and every Chinese basketball legend is the creator, witness and inheritor of history.
Excellent group photo. Image source: Chinese Basketball Association
At the end of the ceremony, Wu Xinshui, the representative of "Fifty Masters", received the heavy "Excellent Collective" trophy from Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association.
"I sincerely hope and believe that our Chinese basketball can continue to emerge more '50 masters', so that the spirit of Chinese basketball can be passed on and endless." Wu Xinshui said. (End)