From June 16 to 19, Mayor of Moscow Sobyanin will visit China at the invitation of Mayor Yin Yong。In order to deepen the friendship between Beijing and Moscow and further promote the youth sports and cultural exchanges between the two cities, the Moscow Youth women's basketball team held a series of activities of "Moscow Day" at the High School affiliated to Tsinghua University during the visit。 

On the 18th, he visited the High School Attached to Tsinghua University and carried out unique exchange activities。After the team arrived in the morning, the teacher Zhao Ran led to visit the school history hall, introduced the development of the Affiliated High School in the past hundred years, and the achievements of Ma John Class for decades, etc. The Moscow women's basketball players listened to the explanation and took out their mobile phones to record。

Moscow women's basketball visited the school history museum

The head coach of the women's basketball team said that in Moscow, the players would pose in front of the fountain when they graduated, and they also left their first photo in the fountain in the annex。Then during the recess, the Moscow women's basketball girls also watched our recess exercises and took photos with the enthusiastic students。

Moscow women's basketball team on campus

Moscow women's basketball watch recess exercises

17 PM，The friendly match started on time in the gymnasium of Tsinghua High School，Vice President Bai Xuefeng presided over the ceremony，Manuilov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Economy and International Relations of Moscow City, and Li Hui, Director of Beijing Foreign Affairs Office，Principal Fang Yan of the High School affiliated to Tsinghua University delivered speeches respectively，She expressed her welcome to the Moscow team，It is also hoped that there will be more exchanges between China and Russia in the future。The two teams then exchanged gifts and posed for photos。

Team students attend the guest photo

(From the left in the second row, Xiao Li, Tsinghua High School Affiliated Women's Basketball Coach; Feng Danlei, Tsinghua High School Affiliated Women's Basketball Coach; Liu Xian, International Department of Haidian District Education Commission; Fang Yan, Principal of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University, Manuilov Vyacheslav; Li Hui, Director of the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office; and Luo, Vice Minister of the Department of Foreign Economics and International Relations of MoscowChevnikov Maxim Valerievich, Zhang Jie, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University, Hu Meng, Director of the European and African Affairs Department of Beijing Foreign Affairs Office, Bai Xuefeng, Vice President of the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University)

Principal Fang Yan presented a gift to Manuilov Vyacheslav Victorovich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Economy and International Relations of Moscow City

Zhang Jie, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua High School, exchanged gifts with the coach of the Moscow team

Game highlights

The warm-up game between the students of the two countries before the game

In the warm-up session before the game, the players from both sides played games together. After several rounds, the players soon got familiar with and integrated into each other. The Chinese and Russian teenagers formed a deep friendship here。At the beginning of the game, the two sides came to each other, and the Tsinghua Affiliated High School women's basketball team ended the first half of the game 27-17 with excellent cooperation。In the second half of the easy side to fight again, the offensive efficiency of Tsinghua Affiliated High School women's basketball decreased, and finally Tsinghua Affiliated High School women's basketball won the game 52-45。In terms of technology, the players learned from the Moscow women's basketball team the speed of offensive and defensive transition, rebound contention, full-court press defensive intensity and other aspects need to be improved, in spirit, the Moscow women's basketball team does not give up when they are behind, try their best to defend and enjoy the game。The women basketball players also hope to improve their basketball level by training harder in the future。

Text: Guo Ming

Photo: Beijing Foreign Affairs Office, Guo Ming

Review: Bai Xuefeng, Zhang Jie, Yang Rui, Cen Yifei