Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 6 (reporter Lin Deren, Zheng Zhi) the joining ceremony of China’s men’s basketball training team in the 2019 Basketball World Cup was held at the men’s basketball training hall of the training bureau of the State Sports General Administration on the 6th, this also marks the official opening of the men’s basketball training in China.
This ceremony was named “playing for China”. Yao Ming, the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, sent invitations to 20 players selected for the Chinese men’s basketball training team. As a representative of athletes, Yi Jianlian read silk pouch of the invitation letter on the spot, and the message in silk pouch came from Zhang Changlu, a 93-year-old Chinese basketball celebrity.
The invitation letter introduced the concept of weapons in terms of design concept. After Bai Xilin, vice chairman and secretary general of the Chinese Basketball Association, delivered an incentive speech, the coaches and players of the training team came on stage one after another, putting together the “weapons” symbolizing the promise in the invitation letter. China’s men’s basketball World Cup is not only the mission of a team, but also the expectation of countless Chinese basketball players. At the event site, all members of the China men’s basketball training team and primary school students sang the national anthem together. The team members shouted “China” together around the Dragon label in the center of the venue “.
Guo Allen, a member of the men’s basketball training team, said: “Today there is a natural feeling of blood boiling. Seeing this invitation letter, the words above make people very excited, that is, ‘Now, the glorious mission has been handed over to you, and behind you will be the support and expectation of the motherland and millions of people ‘, this time, we must go all out to be with the team, play the game well and devote ourselves to it.”
Before the joining ceremony, the team also went to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony and performed military training report performance. For the significance of the whole team watching the flag-raising ceremony, Li Nan, the coach of China’s men’s basketball training team, said: “Before the previous Chinese men’s basketball, there was a tradition of watching the ceremony. In such a solemn and solemn scene, we hope to ignite the sense of honor and mission of every athlete, devote all our efforts to the field and win honor for our country.”
After a period of training, China men’s basketball will play 3 warm-up matches with the Australian NBL league from 19 to 23 this month.