Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games: Chinese women’s basketball team defeated Chinese Taipei team and won bronze medal
Quick Look
- In the women's basketball bronze medal match at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 77:64 and successfully won the bronze medal.
- Chinese team member Chen Minling contributed a team-high 20 points.
- Head coach Gong Luming said the team will sum up its experience and clarify the direction for future training.
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Why It Matters
The Chinese women's basketball team won all the group matches of the Asian Games and defeated the Mongolian team in the quarter-finals, but lost to the South Korean team in the semi-finals.
China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, September 26 (Reporter Jin Xu) The bronze medal match for the women's basketball event was held at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games on the 26th. The Chinese team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 77:64 and won the bronze medal.
In this campaign, the Chinese team sent Zhang Manman, Yang Shuyu, Tang Ziting, Luo Xincheng and Chen Minngling to start. The Chinese team took the lead at the beginning, but at the end of the first quarter, the Chinese Taipei team took the lead at 20:17. Since then, the Chinese team has been chasing the score, and the two sides were tied at 36:36 at halftime.
After changing sides and fighting again, the Chinese team increased its defensive intensity, continued to attack the basket and succeeded, and continued to expand its lead. In the end, the Chinese team secured the victory with 77:64.
In this game, Chinese women’s basketball player Chen Minling scored a team-high 20 points. She said after the game that after losing in the semifinals, the team has been adjusting to its state. "No matter what, we still have to maintain our determination to win, put more pressure on our opponents on the defensive end, and play harder."
Yang Shuyu, a member of the Chinese women's basketball team, said that it was indeed regrettable to win the bronze medal. The team will face up to its own problems and solve them one by one in the following training.
Gong Luming, head coach of the Chinese women's basketball team, said that the players overcame difficulties such as psychological changes and physical fatigue that day and were happy with the final victory. He said that Asian teams play in a flexible and fast-paced style, and the Chinese team needs to constantly sum up experience and further improve and improve themselves in actual combat.
In this Asian Games, the Chinese women's basketball team won all the group matches, defeated the Mongolian team in the quarter-finals, and lost to the South Korean team in the semi-finals. Gong Luming said that the team failed to achieve its goal of winning the Asian Games and left some regrets, but it cherished this opportunity to participate and also set a clear direction and goal for the next stage of training.
Open Questions
- What are the Chinese women’s basketball team’s subsequent preparation plans for international competitions?
