2023-08-06 06:25:22
2023-08-06 14:25 World Journal China News Team / Beijing, 6th
The Chengdu World University Games (Universiade) held the women’s basketball gold medal match yesterday (5th). After four quarters of fierce fighting, under the leadership of the “Twin Towers” Han Xu and Liu Yutong, the Chinese women’s basketball team finally defeated the Japanese women’s basketball team 99:91 to win the championship , tied the best result of the Chinese Women’s Basketball World Universiade Women’s Basketball Team and won the third championship in history. Beijing Winter Olympics champion Gu Ailing also attended the game. This game made Liu Yutong, who is 2.01 meters tall and weighs more than 110 kilograms, known as the “female version of O’Neill”, popular abroad. Japanese female basketball players also praised her “very high level”.
The Universiade women’s basketball gold medal match between China and Japan, Chinese team player Han Xu (left) defends during the game. (Xinhua News Agency) The Chinese women’s basketball team double-killed Japan to win the championship within two months, and Gu Ailing turned into fans to cheer. (Video screenshot)
According to reports from Chaozhou News and Yangtze Evening News, the gold medal match of the Chengdu World Universiade Women’s Basketball Competition was held at the Ice Basketball Hall of Phoenix Mountain Sports Park yesterday. Frog princess Gu Ailing also appeared in the stands, turning into fans to cheer for the Chinese women’s basketball team. After being captured by the camera, Gu Ailing also stood up to interact with the audience.
In the gold medal match, China and Japan fought inextricably in the first half. Han Xu, known as the “No. Ren scored 8 points in a row to hit an 8:0 spurt, widening the gap. In the second half, the Japanese women’s basketball team made frequent hits from outside the three-point line, and once closed the point difference to only 3 points. However, Han Xu helped the Chinese women’s basketball team stabilize their position in the last quarter. Zhang Jingyi hit a crucial 3-pointer at the last moment, and China The women’s basketball team won.
Liu Yutong (middle) prepares to pass the ball during the Universiade women’s basketball gold medal match between China and Japan. (Xinhua News Agency)
In this game, Han Xu of the “Twin Towers” scored 18 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks; Liu Yutong scored 16 points and 4 rebounds.
This time, the Chengdu World Universiade women’s basketball competition allowed everyone to see the demeanor of Han Xu, the leader of the Chinese women’s basketball team. Han Xu is currently playing for the New York Liberty of the National Women’s Basketball Association. Although he has only scored 4 points this season, Han Xu has won three championships in the WCBA, Asian Cup, and World Universiade this year, demonstrating his personal and team leadership abilities. Seize the position of the No. 1 center in Asia.
The gold medal match also let everyone know the “big baby” Liu Yutong. She is the inside killer of the Chinese women’s basketball team in the Universiade. She and Han Xu took turns to play, which caused a lot of trouble for the opponent. Some fans joked: “The Chinese women’s basketball team plays like a female version of Yao Ming, and a female version of O’Neal.” The big man Liu Yutong often “bounces” his opponent away with a little effort in physical confrontation, which is likened by netizens to “bouncing and playing”. The picture looks quite joyful.
Off the field, Liu Yutong, born in 2001, is a post-00s girl. She said that she didn’t feel much regarding becoming a popular figure in the Universiade: “Because I can’t look at my phone.” “The experience of the Universiade is very precious to me, because I haven’t participated in this kind of event for a long time. So it’s a new step up to my experience on the pitch.”
The Universiade women’s basketball gold medal match, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 99:91 to win the championship Chinese team player Liu Yutong (left one)…
In fact, in the CUBAL (Chinese University Basketball League) circle, Liu Yutong already exists like a superstar. In the 2019 finals, Beijing Normal University defeated Peking University to win the championship. Liu Yutong scored 30 points. Since then, she has helped Beijing Normal University beat Tsinghua University to win the championship twice, and won the MVP for two consecutive years.
The Universiade women’s basketball gold medal match between China and Japan, Chinese team player Han Xu (right) defends during the game. (Xinhua News Agency)
The Global Times reported that the Japanese team player Tanaka Heiwa who played once morest Liu Yutong said that Liu Yutong is of a high level, and he will train hard in the future, and he wants to compete with her once more.
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