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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Apr 15, 2021 3 minutes

    CHINESE BASKETBALL ICON MAKES FIBA HALL OF FAME CLASS

    Nine players and three coaches featured on the list for the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2021, announced by the world basketball governing body on April 1. Former center of the Chinese women’s team, Zheng Haixia, was one of them. She became the first Chinese player to earn such an accolade.

    A long-serving member of the Chinese team, Zheng, born in 1967, led it to win Olympic bronze in 1984 and silver in 1992. She also finished third in 1983 and came in second in 1994 at the World Championships.

    The Chinese Basketball Association on April 2 sent Zheng a congratulatory letter.

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