For the Chinese women's basketball team, the upcoming Spring Festival is not a small pressure.
According to the schedule, the first game of the Chinese women's basketball team in the Paris Olympic qualifying tournament will be held in Xi'an on February 8, against New Zealand, and on February 10 and February 11 against France and Puerto Rico respectively.
The Chinese women's basketball team won gold in the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The timing of these three games coincides with the Chinese New Year, and the importance of the tournament is also self-evident - as the host French team has already secured the quota in advance, the Chinese women's basketball team needs to fight for the remaining two qualifying places.
It is not only the New Year's period, but also the home game, and the pressure on the Chinese women's basketball team can be imagined. However, before going to the Olympic qualifying tournament, the Chinese women's basketball team first received a "New Year's money".
TCL & China National Women's Basketball Team Asian Games Championship Ceremony.
On January 18, the "TCL & FIBA Global Partner Renewal Ceremony and Chinese Women's Basketball Asian Games Championship Award Ceremony" was held in Guangzhou, and TCL and FIBA once again reached a four-year cooperation.
At the same time, TCL sent a cash and smart home appliances worth 3 million yuan to the Chinese women's basketball team in recognition of the outstanding performance of the Chinese women's basketball team in defending the gold medal of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Since assembling at the Qingyuan training base in Guangdong Province on January 9, the Chinese women's basketball team has been in an intensive preparation stage, so there were no female basketball players at the event, but the deputy leader Li Ximing attended.
Group photo of the guests.
When receiving this award, Li Ximing said: "Thank you to the fans and all walks of life for their care and love for the Chinese women's basketball team. ”
In fact, the last public appearance of the Chinese women's basketball team was at a commercial event - at that time, the coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, Zheng Wei, talked about the team's goals.
"I can't remember the last time I was at home for the Chinese New Year, but this time it was just in time for the competition. Here, I would like to thank the families of all the teams of the Chinese women's basketball team for their support to us, our achievements are inseparable from everyone's silent support behind us, and we will do our best to achieve good results. ”
Yi Jianlian (second from right) cheers for the Chinese women's basketball team.
Although the members of the women's basketball team were not present, Yi Jianlian appeared at the event.
Talking about the deepest memory of the Olympic Games, Yi Jianlian said that the most impressive thing was to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time, "When we participated in the opening ceremony, we wore the clothes of the Chinese team and represented the country in front of the world, we felt very proud. ”
As a veteran of four Olympic Games, Yi Jianlian understands the pressure behind athletes competing in the Olympic Games, so he also shared his experience with the Chinese women's basketball team: "I have also competed for many years, and the Olympic Games are the highest stage for athletes, and I am also very deeply touched. ”
"I hope the Chinese women's basketball team can know that we are all supporting them. At the same time, we also hope that they will not be pressured and do their best. ”