There is only less than a month left before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, and in the past Olympic cycle, the most outstanding performance of China's three major balls is undoubtedly the Chinese women's basketball team, the runner-up of the World Cup, the Asian Cup champion, the Asian Games champion, and the golden generation of the Chinese women's basketball team have achieved the ultimate under the leadership of Zheng Wei. However, after stepping off the podium, everything returned to zero, and in the Olympic year, the Chinese women's basketball team was faced with the most severe challenge in the past three years.
The first time the Chinese women's basketball team sounded the alarm was in the Olympic preliminaries, although the Chinese women's basketball team got the ticket to Paris, but the final round of the heavy defeat to France 32 points, people realized that the Chinese women's basketball players have been derailed from the rhythm of Europe's top after playing in the WCBA for a season. In the subsequent domestic warm-up game, the Chinese women's basketball team, which played as a substitute, faced Australia and Japan, with a total of 1 win and 4 losses. In the next European training, the Chinese women's basketball team only won Turkey once, lost to Spain, Belgium, Serbia, and was also killed by Australia, with a total of 1 win and 5 losses. Among them, Spain and Serbia are still the opponents of the Chinese women's basketball team in the same group.
In 11 warm-up games at home and abroad, the Chinese women's basketball team won 2-9, of which Li Meng and Li Yueru missed all the games. But even so, the market of the Chinese women's basketball team is still high. In a data released by a foreign agency, the U.S. women's basketball team has no suspense to become the number one favorite to win the championship, or even the only choice for the championship. After the United States took the lead, the Chinese women's basketball team ranked second, the host France and Australia tied for third, Belgium and Japan tied for fifth, Belgium and Canada tied for seventh, Serbia and Germany tied for ninth, and Puerto Rico and Nigeria tied for the bottom.
However, the performance of the warm-up game has lowered the expectations of fans to a certain extent, and the game is to be played one by one. Although the consecutive losses in the warm-up games were a certain blow to the team's morale, they also corrected the problems, such as a low three-point shooting rate, more mistakes, and so on. According to Beiqing Sports, the Chinese women's basketball team may take 14 people to Paris. Previously, the Chinese women's basketball team has announced a 16-member squad, and the two layoffs may be in the forward line and the guard line.
According to domestic media sources, Li Yueru will return to China on the 11th to join the team, and in the recent WNBA Los Angeles Spark game, Li Yueru did not play much. In addition, Li Meng's injury is also recovering. Han Xu's state is also getting better and better in several warm-up games. When Han Xu and Li Yueru are full of blood, they can attract packets on the inside, and Li Meng's three points on the outside can make up for the outside shooting rate of the Chinese women's basketball team, and the Chinese women's basketball team still has the strength to fight in Paris.