Duo standing 7-foot-3 and 6-10 has teams looking up to China at womens basketball World Cup
BERLIN (AP) — Opponents are looking up to China during the women’s basketball World Cup, starting with the United States. The Americans and everyone else have to navigate around and over some of the tallest women on the planet: China’s 19-year-old Zhang Ziyu stands 7-foot-3. The U. S. team is already familiar with 6-10 Han Xu from her WNBA games with the New York Liberty. If not for a passport mishap, Zhang and Han would be joined by another center — 6-7 Li Yueru, who plays with the Li...
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