Star center Yao Ming returned to China's national basketball
team Friday morning for his first training session with his
teammates after a foot injury in April.
Yao arrived at the court one hour before team training began and
worked on his shooting alone before being grouped with his
teammates.
Yao went on to run a few laps on the track after team
training.
The super star says he would be satisfied if China can reach the
second stage after group competitions at the upcoming World
Championships.
He says China will face tough challenges at the Worlds since the
team lack both the experience and high-level competitions.
The men's basketball team will fly to Guangzhou this Sunday to
face the United States in a friendly. The match will be followed by
the Stankovic Cup in Nanjing prior to the world championships in
Japan.
(CRI August 5, 2006)
