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Ye Jinguang, male ice captain of the Beijing Winter Olympics Hockey |: I want Chinese young people to fall in love with ice hockey after watching the game

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Beijing, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- In the men's ice hockey group A match at the Beijing Winter Olympics on february 10, the Chinese men's ice hockey team lost 0:8 to the world's fourth-ranked United States team. After the game, captain Ye Jinguang said that he was very proud to finally stand on the field of the Winter Olympics and wanted more Chinese young people to fall in love with the sport.

Ye Jinguang, male ice captain of the Beijing Winter Olympics Hockey |: I want Chinese young people to fall in love with ice hockey after watching the game

Chinese player Ye Jinguang (front) in the men's group stage of hockey on Feb. 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Xiao

Ye Jinguang said: "I am proud and proud of us, and finally stand on the field of the Winter Olympics!" We've been preparing for this for over 6 years and now I'm very excited. The result was not what we wanted, and we started well. We will summarize the good and bad places. Obviously, we still have some work to do, to prepare for the back games against Germany and Canada. ”

The 36-year-old veteran played a total of 22 minutes and 05 seconds in the game, the second longest player on the Chinese team.

Referring to the significance and feelings of participating in the Winter Olympics as a member of the Chinese men's ice hockey team, he said: "I want young boys and girls in China to fall in love with this sport by watching the ice hockey game of the Winter Olympics, just like we used to do. ”

The Chinese men's ice hockey team will challenge the world's top teams Germany and Canada on the 12th and 13th. For the follow-up matches, Ye Jinguang said: "We will continue to fight, we are fighters, we want to make China proud!" ”

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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