Training’s underway for the Chinese men’s Olympic basketball team. The squad is getting set for London with a series of practices in Sanya, Hainan province.
The team’s busy, daily schedule started Thursday and will finish on Sunday. It includes running in the early morning, strength training before noon, light game workouts in the afternoon and recovery at the swimming pool every night.
Sun Yue and Wang Shipeng have returned to the team, which will play three warmup matches with a USA all-star team starting May 16th. The team will then go to Australia for more training June 9th. The final Olympics squad of 12 players will be announced just prior to the London games in July.
Liu Wei with Chinese national men’s basketball team said, "The sun is very, very hot, but we will stick with our training. The Olympic Games are very important for all of us. They are only held once every four years. The physical training will be good for our schedule later.¨"