Women's Basketball National Team, Hidden Strategy Behind the Gold Medal: "Step on the Chinese Players' Feet" [Ask Me Anything][Star TV]

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Asian Games women's basketball gold medalists Kang Yu-rim and Lee Hae-ram shared the hardships they faced during the match against China.

Kang Yu-rim and Lee Hae-ram, women's basketball players, appeared on the KBS Joy variety show 'Ask Me Anything,' which aired on the 12th.

On that day, the two revealed that they were worried about whether they could live up to the heightened expectations following their gold medal win.

Seo Jang-hoon commented that they had performed well in this tournament and noted that it would not have been easy to secure a victory against China. In particular, Seo mentioned the physical size difference between the players and explained that facing Chinese players was akin to playing against someone as tall as Ha Seung-jin in women's basketball.

In response, Kang Yu-rim revealed that she had held a strategy meeting with her teammates on how to stop the Chinese players. She disclosed the method they discussed at the time, saying, "We were wondering what to do, and while we knew we shouldn't do this, we decided to step on their feet so they couldn't run at all."

Lee Hae-ram explained that the Chinese players' strength was so formidable that it was already difficult just to prevent them from entering the paint area. She added that even when two defenders guarded an opponent closely, the opposing player seemed unaffected.

Kang Yu-rim stated that they were in a situation where they had to stop the opponents by any means necessary, adding that suggestions to step on their feet also came from the bench.

Upon hearing this, Lee Soo-geun reacted by saying they must have committed many fouls. Seo Jang-hoon acknowledged that stepping on a foot is a foul, but explained that in actual games, it is not as easy as one might think to step on an opposing player's foot.

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