Original title: Kunming girl Yang Liwei serves as the flag bearer of the Chinese sports delegation
On September 22, the Chinese Sports Delegation of the Hangzhou Asian Games announced that the flag bearers of the Chinese Sports Delegation at the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be male swimmer Qin Haiyang and female basketball player Yang Liwei. This is the first time that a Chinese basketball player has served as the flag bearer for the Asian Games opening ceremony since Li Nan served as the flag bearer for the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Busan Asian Games in 2002. It is also the first time that a female basketball player has served as the flag bearer for the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.
In 1995, Yang Liwei was born into a sports family in Kunming. His father Yang Feipeng is a football player and has been selected for the national team. Yang Liwei started playing basketball at the age of 5, and then showed his extraordinary talent. He started his career in Guangdong in 2013. He has played for two clubs in Guangdong and Inner Mongolia, won the WCBA championship three times, and won the WCBA championship in the 2021-2022 season. Won the FMVP of the finals. As the captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team, Yang Liwei led the team to win the Jakarta Asian Games championship in 2018, compete in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and work together with his teammates to win the World Cup runner-up in 2022. In July this year, he won the Asian Cup with the team.
In order to reflect the principle of gender equality, the Olympic Council of Asia decided that starting from the Hangzhou Asian Games, the flag bearers of the opening ceremony delegation will be shared by both men and women. Zhang Xin, secretary-general of the Chinese Sports Delegation, said in an interview with reporters that Qin Haiyang and Yang Liwei deserved to serve as the flag bearers of the Chinese Sports Delegation at the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games. Their athletic performance and spiritual outlook made the league head consider candidates for the flag bearers. At that time, “the opinions were relatively unified.” Among them, the Chinese women’s basketball team has outstanding results in China’s three major sports and has a good spirit. They came to Hangzhou with the runner-up title of the 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup and the 2023 Women’s Basketball Asia Cup title, and are currently ranked second in the world. Zhang Xin said: “As the captain of the Chinese women’s basketball team, Yang Liwei is the representative of the entire women’s basketball team.”
“It’s an honor, a surprise, and very exciting!” Yang Liwei said after learning that he would be the flag bearer of the Chinese sports delegation at the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games. From a personal point of view, he was very happy to receive this honor. “This honor does not represent myself. But the recognition of the Chinese women’s basketball team is an honor that belongs to Chinese basketball.” Yang Liwei said that the Hangzhou Asian Games will be played at home, and this year is another key year to prepare for the Paris Olympics. “Let the national anthem be played on the court, let the five-star red flag Being high on the court has always been my goal. Behind the hard work, the strong spiritual power of the Chinese women’s basketball team is an important driving force for everyone to move forward. I believe that through continuous hard work and persistence, the Chinese women’s basketball team will continue to write legends.” (Reporter Wang Shan)
2023-09-25 03:10:04
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