Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, September 1st (reporter Lu Rui, Su Bin) “Although I regret the defeat, the high morale of the Korean and Korean United team members made this silver medal shine”. This was the favorable comment given by South Korean media after winning the runner-up of China women’s basketball at 65:71 on the evening of the 1st, “the weight of this silver medal undoubtedly exceeded the gold medal”.
This is the first gold medal of the women’s dragon boat event in the history of the international comprehensive games, and the Korean team once again boarded the podium of the Jakarta Asian Games. North Korea and South Korea once again, through the link of sports, cross the cruel reality of Peninsula Division, fight side by side and work hand in hand on the field, and write a valuable chapter of North-South reconciliation and peace.
Whenever there is a match between the Korean and Korean women’s basketball United teams, Korean audiences wearing white T-shirts printed with the “Korean Peninsula flag” can be seen everywhere in the audience, waving the “Peninsula flag” in their hands “, shout loudly” we are a family “, come on, cheer sound resounded through the basketball hall.
“The Korean and Korean women’s basketball girls have made every effort to finish a month’s joint training. Although they failed to surpass the” great wall “of the Chinese team in the end, they performed well, the competition went out of the level.” This is the evaluation of Korean public opinion.
In the face of China’s women’s basketball, the inter-Korean United team has no advantage in being GOSO. There is only one park Zhixiu who is over 1 meter tall. In order to reverse the disadvantage, the inter-Korean United team must show more active performance and better performance on the court.
Before the match, many public opinions in South Korea said that if we want to refine a keyword for the performance of the inter-Korean United team in the previous match, the word must be “harmony”.
Indeed, Park Zhixiu, the representative player of South Korea women’s basketball, appeared on the world stage as a defensive center, while Lu Shuying of North Korea women’s basketball was a scoring machine with the reputation of “scoring king” in the Asian Cup. “The coordination of the two of them on the court is the best interpretation of” both attack and defense. They have shown strong competitiveness against the Chinese Taipei team before.” This kind of competitiveness has become the confidence to support the inter-Korean team against the Chinese team.
However, in the final, these two star players from South Korea and North Korea failed to play their best because of foul troubles, this has had an impact on the overall performance of the Korean United team.
Li Wengui, the head coach of the inter-Korean United team, predicted before the match that the probability of winning the championship of the inter-Korean United team was about 30%, and the Korean media also admitted that China’s women’s basketball was by no means an equal generation, it fully predicted the difficulties and challenges that the inter-Korean United team will encounter against the Chinese team. In the end, it lost to the Chinese team with a gap of 6 points, and the inter-Korean United team failed to create a miracle. However, the joint training and cooperative combat of the inter-Korean United team itself far exceeded the value contained in a single medal.
“Although I passed the gold medal, the hearts of the North and South players were closer. The women’s basketball Korean players staged a wonderful peace match and gained a silver medal that was heavier than the gold medal.” South Korean media commented.
