Nearly a month after nearly a month of isolation and observation in Belgrade, Serbia, due to the positive new crown test in the team, on the afternoon of March 12, Beijing time, the Chinese women's basketball players returned to Shanghai and finally returned! FIBA updated on Weibo: "Let's welcome the girls home together!" ”
The Chinese women's basketball team set off for Serbia in early February to participate in the women's basketball World Cup qualification tournament. In the 3 games of the qualifiers, the Chinese women's basketball girls performed well, winning all three games in advance to qualify for the promotion. Just as the women's basketball girls finished the game and prepared to return home, there were 2 cases of positive covid-19 tests in the women's basketball team.
After the emergence of positive cases, the Chinese Basketball Association immediately launched an emergency plan to provide all-round support for the women's basketball team from the psychological, medical and life aspects. Since then, on February 18, the Chinese women's basketball team has added 8 new positive cases, of which 1 person has been hospitalized. After many active efforts, on February 26, local time, the positive team of the Chinese women's basketball team was all cleared.
Two weeks after all cases were completely cleared, the Chinese women's basketball team finally embarked on the return journey back to China. According to the flight information, the Chinese women's basketball team is taking Hainan Airlines FLIGHT HU410, which took off from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport in the early morning of this morning Beijing time, and is expected to land at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 14:02 today, and then enter quarantine.
In the Women's Basketball World Cup qualifiers that ended in mid-February this year, the Chinese women's basketball team won the ticket to the Women's Basketball World Cup with a record of winning the first place in the group in three games. The main tournament will be grouped in Group A along with the United States, Belgium, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a pending team. It is reported that the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup will be held in Sydney, Australia from September 22 to October 1. The 12 teams in the group stage were divided into two groups of 6 teams each, and after the single round robin competition in the group, the top 4 of each group directly advanced to the quarterfinals.
Two years ago, the Chinese women's basketball team cheered for the people of Wuhan who were in the midst of the epidemic, and two years later, the Chinese women's basketball team was disturbed by the epidemic, and we heard the voice from Wuhan! On the occasion of the return of the Chinese women's basketball team, the Chinese Basketball Association planned and released a video, and the Lake News reporter participated in it and also sent blessings to the girls.
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Zhang Shiqiu
Photo: Xinhua News Agency, Weibo
Video/Xinhua Sports