The Chinese women's basketball team is training to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifying tournament. Among the training personnel, Chen Mingling, a center born in 2000, is undoubtedly a newcomer. Chen Mingling is from the Guangdong women's basketball team, 1.92 meters tall, and mainly plays the center position.
She was born in the youth training of the Guangdong women's basketball team, is Li Yueru's younger sister, and has now grown into the main center in the Guangdong women's basketball team. Li Yueru, Huang Sijing, and Yang Liwei supported the Inner Mongolia women's basketball team in the past few years, which also gave Chen Mingling the opportunity to rise in the Guangdong women's basketball team. This season, Huang Sijing and Yang Liwei returned to the Guangdong women's basketball team, but Li Yueru went to play in Besiktas, Turkey.
In this way, Chen Mingling can continue to play as the starting center, and her performance is remarkable. Chen Mingling played an average of 19.2 minutes per game this season, scoring 9.4 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 56.4% from the field.
It is worth mentioning that in the latest WCBA league, the Guangdong women's basketball team defeated the Liaoning women's basketball team 85-80, and Chen Mingling became the number one winner, she shot 9 of 15, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 6 of 7 free throws, and got 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Dinara had two points, one rebound and two assists as a backup center. Because of the rise of Chen Mingling, Dinara has become a substitute center this season. You must know that Dinara is the substitute center of the Chinese women's basketball team in 2022 and won the World Cup runner-up with the Chinese women's basketball team. However, Dinara was not selected for the Chinese women's basketball team this year, did not play in the Asian Cup and Asian Games, and she faded out of the national team.
Chen Mingling ushered in the rise. In this Chinese women's basketball training camp, Chen Mingling was shortlisted for training, Chen Mingling used to be the center of the national youth women's basketball team, and also represented 3x3 basketball in the game.
In the women's 3x3 basketball final of this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team composed of Wang Xinyu/Wan Jiyuan/Chen Mingling/Wang Jiahui defeated the Mongolian team 21-12 to win the championship.
Chen Mingling is one of the important players in Chinese women's 3x3 basketball, and now Zheng Wei has recruited her into the national team for training. Chen Mingling can play center and power forward, is a good inside star, can be inside and outside, and can open up space on the court.
Of course, it is unlikely that Chen Mingling will compete in the Olympic qualifying tournament, and there is a high probability that she will be cut, after all, there is still a gap between her and other long-established insiders. However, Li Yueru is still playing in Turkey, and for the sake of internal staff, Chen Mingling can play a role in team training and competitions, and she herself can grow by training and playing with the big sisters of the national team.