Xu Limin conducted the Chinese women's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympic Games with an injury
On the afternoon of January 6, the Chinese Basketball Association released a message saying that due to physical reasons, Xu Limin was no longer the head coach of the Chinese women's basketball national team, and the coaching position was represented by the former assistant coach Zheng Wei. The new Chinese women's basketball team will begin training at the Chongming Sports Training Base in Shanghai on January 10 in preparation for the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup qualifiers to be played in Serbia from February 10 to 13. The Chinese Basketball Association thanked Xu Limin for his contributions over the past four years as the women's basketball coach, and Xu Limin also said that serving as the women's basketball coach was his precious and unforgettable experience, and he would continue to contribute to the cause of Chinese basketball and the national team.
The Chinese Basketball Association said in a statement: Since Xu Limin became the head coach of the national women's basketball team in 2017, he has led the national women's basketball team to climb to the peak of the world with a high sense of responsibility and mission, and has better completed various game tasks. Especially after the Rio Olympic Games, the replacement of the old and the new was successfully completed, and a number of outstanding players were excavated and cultivated. The Chinese Basketball Association expresses its heartfelt thanks to Xu Limin for his dedication and contribution! ”
Xu Limin wrote on the public account of the Chinese Basketball Association: "The more than four years of the national women's basketball team is a precious and unforgettable experience, and it is his greatest honor to lead the team to win glory for the country, thanks to the Chinese Basketball Association, all the members of the women's basketball team, the coaching team and all sectors of society for their strong support, will continue to work hard for the national team and contribute to Chinese basketball in the future." ”
After the Chinese women's basketball team stopped in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Limin was pushed off the field by the assistant coach
During his tenure, Xu Limin led the Chinese women's basketball team to win the 2018 Asian Games championship in Jakarta, and reached the quarterfinals at the Spain Women's Basketball World Cup held in the same year, finishing 6th. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's basketball team performed well in the group stage, but was unfortunately eliminated in the first round of the knockout round. During the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Limin injured his left Achilles tendon during training with the team in late April last year, but in order not to delay the training of the team members, he chose conservative treatment. At the Tokyo Olympics, Xu Limin led the Chinese women's basketball team in a wheelchair.
At present, in order to fully prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Chinese Basketball Association has recently established a national team construction committee, which will strive to grasp the trend of world basketball, systematically promote the openness, exchange and integration of national team construction, and continue to enhance the core competitiveness of the national team. The National Team Construction Committee has started the construction of the talent pool of national team athletes and coaches, continued to optimize the selection mechanism, and will carry out relevant selection work accordingly.
At the same time, in preparation for the Women's Basketball World Cup qualifier in Serbia in February, the national women's basketball team will start training at the Shanghai Chongming Sports Training Base on January 10. A total of 18 players participated in the training, and the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team that won the WCBA championship had 6 finalists, namely Huang Sijing, Li Yueru, Li Yifan, Pan Zhenqi, Yang Liwei, Zhang Ru, most of whom participated in the Olympic Games. Li Meng, Han Xu and veteran Gao Song of the Sichuan team were also shortlisted, Li Yuan and Wang Siyu of Shandong were selected normally, in addition to Jin Weina and Luo Xindi of Jiangsu and Tang Ziting of Beijing Normal University also entered the training team roster. The Chinese women's basketball team was drawn into Group B in the World Cup qualifiers, competing for three qualifying spots with African teams Nigeria, Mali and European teams France, and it is no surprise that they will qualify for the World Cup. The Women's Basketball World Cup will be held in Sydney, Australia, from September 22 to October 1.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin