bookrebus Chapter 702 Tokyo Olympics
Chapter 702 Tokyo Olympics
After resting, Jia Fei, along with Art Mayor and Li Kaier, flew to Tokyo, the capital of their hometown, on July 17.
They joined the Chinese men's basketball team in Tokyo and will participate in the men's basketball competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
第32届夏季奥林匹克运动会，即2020年东京奥运会，是由日本奥林匹克委员会举办的国际性运动会，于2021年7月23日开幕、8月8日闭幕。
2020年东京奥运会共有204个国家和地区以及俄罗斯奥运队和奥林匹克难民代表团2个参赛队伍参赛，共11669名参赛运动员；赛事项目共设有33个大项、339个小项、339场金牌赛，其中滑板、冲浪、竞技攀岩、棒垒球和空手道5个新增项目。
The Tokyo Olympics are considered the most gender-equal Olympics in history. This is because, both in terms of the selection of men's and women's events and the number of male and female athletes, it achieved the closest possible 1:1 ratio in history.
The Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled for the summer of 2020, were postponed to 2021 due to a severe cold.
On the 18th, Jia Fei and two others joined the main players of the men's basketball team. Seeing the arrival of Jia Fei and the other three members of the championship group, the team's head coach Li Nan finally felt relieved.
In the previously announced 12-man roster for the Tokyo Olympics, Jia Fei and two others were prominently featured. However, because the Clippers were competing in the playoffs at the time, these three players did not participate in Olympic preparation training.
The 12-man roster for the Chinese men's basketball team in the Tokyo Olympics is as follows: Jia Fei, Art Mayok, Li Kaier, Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Rui, Zhao Jiwei, Guo Ailun, Zhou Peng, and Abudushalamu Abudurexiti.
The goal set for this year's Olympics is to set an Olympic record, which means that the Chinese men's basketball team needs to advance from the group stage first, and then win at least one game in the knockout stage.
The best result ever achieved by the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympics is the quarterfinals. Even the 2008 men's basketball team, led by Chairman Yao, which had all the advantages of playing on home soil, only managed to reach the quarterfinals.
The world basketball scene is full of strong teams, and many of them qualify for the Olympics. It is already quite an achievement to make it out of the group stage.
Of course, Jia Fei's strength and leadership are definitely stronger than Chairman Yao's. The current Chinese men's basketball team should be considered the strongest in history on paper.
Jia Fei goes without saying; he's the world's number one basketball player today, an all-around player who excels in both offense and defense, and has an explosive scoring ability!
Art Mayok, an NBA player, is in his 3s but is in excellent condition. He is an athletic big man with shooting ability, a representative of the dark, thick and tough type, and the type of inside player that the Chinese men's basketball team needs most.
Lee Kerr, an NBA player and point forward, is a skilled ball-handler and defender with high basketball IQ. His weakness is his shooting. His presence will solve a problem the Chinese men's basketball team faced in the 2019 World Cup: when Jia Fei was double-teamed, they lacked a reliable ball-handler.
Yi Jianlian needs no introduction. Although he's over 30, he's in excellent physical condition and is the top player for the Chinese men's basketball team besides the three NBA players. Of course, this will also be his last Olympics.
Other players like Hu Jinqiu and Anshan Paul are also among the top players in the CBA league. This lineup is very strong overall and can compete with the world's top teams.
Judging from external predictions, the Chinese men's basketball team will likely field a starting lineup of 3 NBA players, Yi Jianlian, and another CBA guard. This lineup will have an exaggerated overall height, led by Jia Fei, with an extremely high floor and an immeasurable ceiling.
7月18日，东京奥运会篮球赛事时间确定，男篮小组赛将于2021年7月25日开战，女篮小组赛将于2021年7月26日打响。
This year's Olympic men's basketball tournament adopted a new format, divided into three groups: A, B, and C, with four teams in each group. The top two teams from each group, as well as the two best third-placed teams, will directly qualify for the quarterfinals.
The specific group assignments for this Olympic qualifying tournament are as follows:
Group A: USA, France, Italy, Czech Republic
Group B: China, Australia, Germany, Nigeria
Group C: Argentina, Spain, Japan, Slovenia
The Chinese men's basketball team was placed in Group B, where the main strong teams are Australia and Germany. As for Nigeria, they are basically just there to make up the numbers.
According to the new competition format, the Chinese men's basketball team only needs to defeat Nigeria by a large margin and then win one of the matches between Australia and Germany to advance smoothly.
Given the current strength of the Chinese men's basketball team, their probability of advancing is very high, and they also have a considerable chance of winning first place in their group.
As fellow Asian teams, Japan's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics because they were the host country, not because they were truly that strong. Compared to the Chinese men's basketball team, their two NBA players, Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, were only role players in the NBA, and cannot be compared to Jia Fei and the other two.
The Japanese men's basketball team considers winning just one game in the group stage as achieving their goal, while the Chinese men's basketball team aims to advance to the knockout stage and even compete for a medal.
The Chinese men's basketball team will face the German men's basketball team in their first game on July 25 at 12:40.
Since Jia Fei and the other two joined the team last, they need to train and get used to each other as soon as possible. Every day before the first game is very important for them, as they need to regain their chemistry with their teammates.
Jia Fei and Art Mayork played with this men's basketball team in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, so there are no problems with their integration. Li Kaier has no integration issues with Jia Fei and Art Mayork, but this is his first time participating in the Olympics, and he is not very familiar with his teammates in China, so he needs to hurry up and get used to them.
On Friday, July 23, 2021, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially opened!
Jia Fei, Art Mayor, and Li Kaier donned the uniforms of the Chinese delegation, representing the Chinese men's basketball team in their first Olympic Games!
The total number of Chinese sports delegations to the Tokyo Olympics was 777, including 431 athletes (298 female athletes and 133 male athletes). The Tokyo Olympics was the largest overseas Olympic Games for the Chinese sports delegation at that time.
On July 25, the Chinese men's basketball team faced the German men's basketball team in their first match of the Group B group stage.
The German men's basketball team also boasts a formidable roster for this Olympics, featuring several current NBA players. Led primarily by Dennis Schroder, the team also includes strong reinforcements such as the Wagner brothers and Daniel Theis, making them a force to be reckoned with.
The German men's basketball team's performance at the Olympics has been rather mediocre. Their best result so far is 7th place, not much better than the Chinese men's basketball team's 8th place.