Overcoming adversity with a 7-1 win

CGTN Europe

Losses to Belgium, Netherlands and Germany left China’s women’s hockey team needing a win to reach the quarter-finals - and they made it, by hammering hosts France 7-1.  CGTN’s Peter Oliver spoke to several of the players afterwards.   #Paris2024 #Olympics

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00:00Off the back of a dominant win against host France, I'm joined by some of Team China's hockey players.

00:06Congratulations, well done on the win.

00:08How much confidence does it give you going into the quarterfinals, knowing that you've just beat the host nation so convincingly?

00:15We were able to perform so well on the court because of the hard work we put in during training.

00:21The coach taught us a lot of things and we were able to use them well.

00:27Now, it's fair to say it didn't start too well for you in the pool stages here at the Olympics.

00:33Do you think that those defeats to the Netherlands, to Germany, to Japan,

00:37that they've really spurred you on and given you a sense that you can go further now,

00:43that those results are behind you and the only way is up?

00:46Maybe it's because we're facing these setbacks.

00:49I think it's part of growing up.

00:53We need to experience these things so that we can do better in the upcoming games.

00:59Now, we were just speaking to your coach, who was telling us that you're a very tight-knit group,

01:03a very strong team spirit in the camp there.

01:07Talk us through that. What's it like with the team together? What are you like as a team, as a group?

01:12The most important thing for a team is unity.

01:16Everyone works towards the same goal.

01:19I hope that we can do better in the upcoming games and achieve better results.

01:24Best of luck for the quarterfinals. All the best there. Team hats off.

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