Sports丨Hooping to win when it matters most

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Beaten up, yet always fighting to rise when it matters.    That's how Team China managed to win a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup, and how it expects to pull off a similar comeback from warm-up defeats to peak at the right time in Paris.    ▲China's Yang Liwei fights for the ball with Australia's Maddison Rocci during a pre-Olympic warm-up match on July 5 in Melbourne, Australia. China lost 91-63. After winning only two of its last 11 exhibition games, the Chinese women's team boarded its flight to Paris on Tuesday morning, taking with it a lot to reflect on from a tough warm-up series, which has raised concerns among fans and pundits alike about its Olympic prospects in the French capital.   The team, however, remains upbeat, as head coach Zheng Wei reiterated that the losses in the buildup should be kept in perspective.    "We are not preparing to win before the Olympics, but to win when we have to during the Games," Zheng said in Beijing on Saturday, just fo ………………………………