Mammoth News Oriental Today reporter Yang Jiying Li Xueni
On August 4, the Chinese women's basketball team ended the competition with the Serbian women's basketball team in the quarterfinals. After 4 quarters of competition, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team 70-77 and missed the final four. In the previous two group games, the Chinese women's basketball team won two consecutive victories to advance to the top 8, among them, in the face of the challenge of Australia, the world's second ranked (the Chinese women's basketball team ranked ninth in the world), almost no one would have thought that the Chinese women's basketball team could win before the game, but the girls of the Chinese women's basketball team broke everyone's doubts with strength!
Inside young player Li Yueru and big forward Zhang Ru as members of the amateur basketball school in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, their performance has always touched the heart of the school's secretary Cui Lin and their enlightenment coach Geng Xiao. Knowing that the women's basketball team did not qualify for the final four, Cui Lin, secretary of the Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, said: "The girls are already very good, I hope they continue to cheer!" The school is proud of you! ”
Li Yueru: The height of the elementary school is already 1.8 meters, and doing recess exercises is mistaken for the teacher standing in the line
According to Geng Xiao, coach of Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, Li Yueru was born in Changzhi, Shanxi, with a father of 1.9 meters tall and a mother of 1.8 meters. Good height genes allow Li Yueru to win on the "starting line". Everyone around her felt that Li Yueru was a good seedling for basketball, so they sent her to Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School.
Li Yueru grew up much taller than other children, remember to do recess exercises in elementary school, the leader of the Education Bureau went to the school to check the work, pointed at Li Yueru and said: "What? Are the school's teachers still standing in line doing exercises? At that time, Li Yueru was 1.8 meters tall.
As Li Yueru's enlightenment coach, Geng Xiao is very concerned about her, cares about her in life, helps her in learning, and opens a "small stove" for her during training. And Li Yueru is also more intelligent, such as the coach teaches everyone a shooting action, due to the young age, other players need to teach four or five times to understand; but Li Yueru can learn and imitate the use of two times, the understanding ability is very strong, in addition, she will also take the initiative to communicate with the coach about this action She did right? Where does she use that action? More prescient than other children.
Due to her diligence and intelligence, Li Yueru grew up rapidly in Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, she not only has solid basic skills, but also has a very good sense of ball and consciousness, moves flexibly on the field, plays by her brain, and is currently the inner leader in the new generation of Chinese women's basketball team.
Zhang Ru: Very hard working Since childhood, I have been the pillar of my family
In the first game, Jiaozuo girl Zhang Ru also played, she was the first basketball girl in Jiaozuo to participate in the Olympic Games.
Zhang Ru is 22 years old this year, not only has basketball strength, but also has a super high appearance. She is 1.86 meters tall, plays as a small striker, and currently plays for Henan. Speaking of Zhang Ru, Geng Xiao said that she was a capable girl, fast, accurate and fierce on the court.
Geng Xiao said that because she and Zhang Ru's sister are teammates, and Zhang Ru's parents are also retired basketball players from the provincial team, Zhang Ru can be described as "Root Zheng Miao Hong", so when she was in elementary school, she was also dug up by the Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, and was assigned to the training team of Geng Xiao belt with Li Yueru. Geng Xiao said that Zhang Ru usually trains very hard, and has been more sensible since he was a child, and has a strong independence.
At the Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, Li Yueru and Zhang Ru train in the morning and evening, while during the day they go to a nearby school to learn cultural lessons. As a coach, Geng Xiao uses an electric car to transport them to and from school four times a day; at the end of the evening training, Geng Xiao will also give them homework; when the children want to eat any fruit, she will also run to the market to buy them back. After a year of training at the school, Zhang Ru was able to take the bus to and from school by herself, and she was very independent. In the school, after being selected as a member of the seedling team, the school will send some living allowances to the team members, so that the team members can buy some milk, beef, etc. to improve their lives and supplement nutrition. After the other team members got the subsidy, they all bought snacks and spent it, but Zhang Ru saved up the subsidy and gave it to her parents to subsidize the family.
"Zhang Ru is particularly sensible, and has been the pillar of the family since she was a child." Geng said with a smile.
On April 30, Zhang Ru, who is about to go to the Olympic Games, also recorded a small video and sent it to his alma mater, Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, expressing his gratitude for the cultivation of his alma mater, and saying that the Olympic preparations cannot be delayed, see you at the Olympic venue!
Alma Mater: I hope they will not be hurt in the future and continue to cheer! The school is proud of them!
Geng Xiao said that basketball is a confrontational sport, and Li Yueru and Zhang Ru, who train in the same team, are enemies on the field and very good friends off the field.
"The team style of our school is very good, although when playing games, there will inevitably be contradictions and frictions on the field, but after the game, the teammates can quickly reconcile." Geng Xiao said that now Li Yueru and Zhang Ru have been selected for the national team for training, but their relationship is still very close, and the two often send her some selfie photos.
On August 4, the Chinese women's basketball team lost to the Serbian women's basketball team 70-77 and missed the final four. Upon learning of this news, Cui Lin, secretary of Jiaozuo Amateur Basketball School, said, "Li Yueru's performance in this Olympic Games has been remarkable, as the alma mater that trained her, the school and coaches have been paying attention to her growth, and hope that she will continue to work hard in the future and achieve good results." For Zhang Ru, Secretary Cui Lin said, "Although Zhang Ru did not play much in this Olympic Games, her limited play also played her own characteristics, I hope she will play steadily in the league, she has the potential to become the core of the Chinese women's basketball team like Li Yueru, and her alma mater and coaches are very optimistic about her!" ”
"The girls are already great, I hope they don't get hurt in the future and keep coming on!" The school is proud of you! Cui Lin said.
In the interview, the reporter learned that since the establishment of Jiaozuo Basketball School in 1988, it has sent many outstanding sports talents to the country. Over the years, the school's generations of faculty and staff have made unremitting efforts and selfless efforts to exchange for today's torch, and only then have excellent representatives such as Li Yueru and Zhang Ru. In the future, the school will continue to improve itself, achieve the goal of building a "national demonstration basketball training base", and let the business card of "Jiaozuo Basketball City" continue to shine.
(Photo courtesy of Geng Xiao)