In the semi-finals, Zhang Zhiting (right) competed with Russian players. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
From the highest podium at the 2018 Asian Games, to the 2019 three-person basketball World Cup, to the third place at the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese three-person basketball women's team has been inseparable from two people, head coach Xu Jiamin and main player Zhang Zhiting. The fate of the two in the Shanghai youth team continued until the Olympic Games.
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"Iron Triangle" to "Duet", three consecutive competitions have joined forces
Born in 1985, Xu Jiamin played in the professional league for a long time during his playing years and was selected for the national team of all ages. After retiring from the army due to injury in 2011, he gradually stepped into the coaching position as the coach of the Shanghai Youth Women's Basketball Team, and after leading the team to play two National Games, he became the head coach of the Shanghai three-person basketball women's team.
For this emerging project, Xu Jiamin also learned while watching, when the 2018 Asian Games selection competition was approaching, Xu Jiamin recruited two disciples zhang Zhiting and Li Yingyun who had brought in the youth team into the team. Since then, the three masters and apprentices have become the "iron triangle" of the Chinese three-person basketball women's team.
At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Xu Jiamin led the team as the head coach, including Zhang Zhiting, Li Yingyun, Jiang Jiayin and Di Lana, and finally, the Chinese three-person basketball women's team won the championship in the asian games three-person basketball field.
The 2019 three-person basketball World Cup is still led by Xu Jiamin, Zhang Zhiting, Li Yingyun, and Jiang Jiayin are still the main force, the difference is only that Dilana was replaced by Wu Di, and the Chinese three-person basketball women's team once again created history, won the first world championship in the history of Chinese basketball, and went straight to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
In the past two years, he has not participated in international competitions, the selection of the national team is extremely fierce, and when the list of participants in the Tokyo Olympic Games was announced, Li Yingyun was only a substitute, and the "Iron Triangle" became a "duet". However, when they came to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Xu Jiamin and Zhang Zhiting did not disappoint everyone and achieved good results on behalf of the Chinese trio basketball.
The three-person women's basketball girls spelled out a piece of the sky. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
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The mentor-apprentice friendship is deeply rooted, and there are no regrets in the Olympic arena
Zhang Zhiting was born in 1995, only 10 years away from Xu Jiamin, but this does not affect the friendship between master and apprentice.
"With Xu Mentoring for so many years, she has given me a lot of self-confidence as a coach, especially when I encounter difficulties and doubt myself, she will firmly tell me that I am OK. I was encouraged by her trust. Perhaps because of Xu Jiamin's existence, from the Asian Games, the World Cup to the Olympic Games, Zhang Zhiting has always been the absolute main force of the team.
Whether it is Li Yingyun, Jiang Jiayin, Di Lana, Wu Di and other old teammates, or Wan Jiyuan, Yang Shuyu and Wang Lili, who are now fighting side by side, Zhang Zhiting's determination to win glory for the country and contribute to the Chinese trio basketball has not changed.
New teammates still need to be run-in, that's okay. If you haven't played an international competition for a long time, you can make up for it with harder training. The opponents of the Olympic Games are very strong, and it is good to try to fight for every point on the court. There is also a very key point, no matter what difficulties and setbacks the team encounters, Zhang Zhiting has a mentor Xu Jiamin behind her.
The five-day Olympic three-person basketball fierce battle has come to an end, and Xu Jiamin and Zhang Zhiting, the two masters and apprentices, can obviously leave with their heads held high.
The Beijing News sent a special Tokyo reporter Xu Bangyin to report
Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Li Lijun