On February 14, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball team ended its journey to participate in the Women's Basketball World Preliminary Tournament in Serbia, got an impressive record of three consecutive wins, and locked a ticket for the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup. Just when all the fans were eagerly looking forward to the Chinese women's basketball team returning to China as soon as possible and sending them flowers and applause, last night there was suddenly a bad news, the Chinese women's basketball team had 2 people who tested positive for nucleic acid, and the whole team was isolated on the spot and postponed their return to China.
Yao Ming was video-connected with each member
The Chinese Basketball Association released a message on the 15th that in the routine nucleic acid test before returning home, 2 people from the Chinese women's basketball team visited the team with positive results, and the other 24 people tested negative. "The Chinese Basketball Association launched the emergency plan at the first time and provided full support and guarantee from the aspects of psychology, medical treatment and life. At the same time, it communicated closely with FIBA and contacted our embassy in Serbia to obtain strong support and assistance. According to the mainland's entry regulations and the requirements of FIBA and the epidemic prevention department of the game, the whole team has been isolated and observed on the spot, and as of 17:00 Beijing time on February 14, the latest nucleic acid results show that there are no new positive personnel. ”
After the incident, as the head of the Chinese Basketball Association, Yao Ming connected with every member by video, hoping to make the members of the Chinese women's basketball team feel the care and warmth from the motherland at this time, and Yao Ming also said that the Chinese Basketball Association has the confidence to bring everyone back to China and bring them back to their families.
After learning of this news, netizens have left messages to send blessings: "Thank you to all the members of the Chinese women's basketball team for the country, no matter where you are, our hearts are together, waiting for your safe return", "I hope that the women's basketball girls are all safe and sound."
The olympic runner-up won 67 points in three games
On February 10, the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Preliminary Tournament opened in Osaka, Washington and Belgrade, and after a five-day showdown, the top 12 main draw was selected, and the draw ceremony will be held on March 3.
Belgrade hosted two groups A and B, and the Chinese team was in Group B with France, Nigeria and Mali, and the top three of the group would receive tickets to the World Cup. In the first two games, the Chinese women's basketball team first won the opening red with a 90-76 light victory over Nigeria, and then won the African Cup of Nations runner-up Mali team 84-64, facing the France team in the case of an early round of promotion, facing the third place winner of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's basketball team scored 7 people in double figures, winning 103-70 against the opponent, ending with a full victory record.
Due to physical reasons, Xu Limin unloaded the burden of the head coach of the national women's basketball team in early January this year, and the former assistant coach Zheng Wei became the acting head coach, and the team completed the replacement of the old and the new. In this World Preliminary Tournament, the Chinese women's basketball team played an extraordinary performance, winning an average of more than 20 points per game. It can be said that after a long period of trough, the Chinese women's basketball team has returned strongly and has the level of impacting the world's top four. Judging from the situation of the 12 teams in the main game, except for the United States team, the gap in strength between the other teams is not large, and any team has the opportunity to reach the final and compete with the United States for the championship trophy.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team won the 5th place; four years ago, the Chinese women's basketball team won the sixth place in the World Cup in Spain. Let's look forward to the Women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia from September 22 to October 1, 2022, and look forward to the chinese women's basketball team playing the world preliminary round as well.
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Zhang Shiqiu
Photo: Xinhua News Agency