Due to lack of personnel and injury problems, the Chinese women's basketball team did not perform well in the warm-up game this summer, losing to Australia, Japan, Spain, Belgium, Serbia and many other teams, the warm-up game has only 11 games so far with a bad record of 2 wins and 9 losses, and has repeatedly suffered a heavy defeat of more than 20 points, in this case, the women's basketball team will usher in the last 2 warm-up games before the Olympic Games after a short break, of which 4 major news is worth paying attention to, Han Xu publicly talked about giving up the WNBA, Li Meng Li Yueru returned to joint training, Yang Liwei responded to injury.
News 1: Li Meng's rehabilitation and joint practice
Trapped by injury problems, Li Meng has been recuperating from injuries for a long time in the past, but after returning to Beijing from Australia, Li Meng has begun to train with the team, and the injury has basically fully recovered.
In an interview after the open training day, Chinese women's basketball coach Zheng Wei also confirmed that Li Meng had participated in the team's training.
At the same time, he said that although Li Meng did not participate in the warm-up game, the Chinese women's basketball team is equipped with a strong rehabilitation team, which has been helping her recover.
Considering that there are only 2 warm-up matches left before the Olympic Games, he will also try to let Li Meng appear earlier.
News 2: Li Yueru has returned
Because she had been competing in the WNBA, Li Yueru missed the warm-up game, but Zheng Wei said in an interview that Xiaobao (Li Yueru) had returned.
Later, Zheng Wei said that the team's main lineup has almost two weeks of run-in time, Xiaobao has been playing high-level games, I believe she will adapt to the rhythm of high-intensity games better, but it may take some more time to run in with the team.
News 3: Yang Liwei responds to the injury
Yang Liwei was asked about his injury situation in the post-match interview, and Yang Liwei said that he has almost recovered and basically has no injury troubles.
Talking about the team's poor performance of 2 wins and 9 losses in the warm-up game, Yang Liwei optimistically said that he should actively face such a result, and it is better to encounter difficulties and problems now than in the Olympic Games.
As for how the team can improve, Yang Liwei bluntly said that the team needs to improve the details of both offensive and defensive ends.
News 4: Han Xu talks about giving up the WNBA
In order to prepare for the Olympics, Han Xu gave up the opportunity to compete for the WNBA, and for such a decision, it was undoubtedly a difficult decision for Han Xu, who had just spent three seasons familiar with the WNBA.
The background of this decision is that last year, the club and the national team were constantly competing at high intensity, and Han Xu had to constantly switch between New York, Australia and Chengdu to participate in many events such as the Asian Cup, Universiade, Asian Games and WNBA, which not only severely overstretched his physical fitness, but also unable to maintain high-quality training for a long time.
Han Xu bluntly said that it is of course very difficult to make such a decision, but life is like this, everything has two sides, and he can only sort out these things one by one, sort them well, and make the choice in his heart.
In the end, I decided to take a break from chasing my dreams and compete for the glory of the Olympics with everyone, which is more important to me, and the Olympics is my biggest goal.
In addition, Han Xu was also asked a very interesting question, that is, what to think of the 17-year-old player Zhang Ziyu.
Han Xu said that when Zhang Ziyu was very young, he paid attention to her, when he was still in the Shandong Youth Team to participate in the National Games, he found a very tall girl watching the game on the spot, he was looking forward to her growth, watching her emerge in the international arena, and he was happy for her.
At the same time, I have liked to play the No. 4 position since I was a child, but I have never had the opportunity, and I look forward to partnering with Zhang Ziyu's inside, and I can pass her a few more assists.
According to coach Zheng Wei, the Chinese women's basketball team will depart from Beijing for France on the 16th, and is expected to play the last two warm-up matches with Belgium and France on the 19th and 21st.
The 12 Olympic women's basketball teams are divided into three groups, with China in Group A with Serbia, Spain and Puerto Rico, and the top two teams in the group stage will advance to the quarterfinals.