Original title: Shao Ting, captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team: I tried my best for the Olympic Games and I will not regret it Source: CCTV News Client
Yesterday (4th) Tokyo Olympic women’s basketball quarter-finals, the 32-year-old captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team Shao Ting’s Olympic curtain call performance, she played 30 minutes and contributed a team-high 17 points.
At the Rio Olympics in 2016, Shao Ting made her debut in the Olympic arena, and the Chinese women’s basketball team fell into the sand. Shao Ting felt infinite regret. However, the Chinese women’s basketball team did their best to perform well in this Olympic Games. Shao Ting said that she is proud of her sisters and she can leave the Olympic arena without regret.
Shao Ting, captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team: It can be said that this is also my last Olympic Games. I also want to say that I can bring more good results to Chinese basketball, and then I am very grateful to these sisters for joining and working with me to complete such an Olympic dream. They are really fighting on the court.
More than 40 seconds before the end, the 32-year-old Shao Ting was still desperately falling to the ground to grab the ball. This is the epitome of the Chinese women’s basketball team, never giving up, trying to prove herself every minute and every second. After the game, unlike the disappointment and tears of the young girl, Shao Ting felt unwilling in her heart, but she calmly recognized the gap and had the motivation to move forward.
The quarter-finals, this should not be the true ranking of the strength of the Chinese women’s basketball team. We don’t have to sing praises of their defeat, and we don’t need to remind them to hold their heads high, but we have to learn to thank, especially those veterans who played with injuries, thank you Their persistence and perseverance.
Shao Ting, captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team:I also have such a dream because I have regrets (in) the last Olympic Games.Because I am quite old, but I have always believedWe can play our own world in the Olympic arena. So I feel that I am very content, and I have no regrets.
(Edit Zhao Yuqi)