Taiwanese deaf women’s basketball team buckles down to hard work

A conscientious group of women with hearing impairments has enlisted the help of famous coaching twins Teng Bi-chen (鄧碧珍) and Teng Yi-yun (鄧碧雲). This well-known duo formerly competed in the 2009 World Deaflympics, have published a famous book called “The Rookie’s about to Fly”, and became champions at the Asia Pacific Cup in Korea.

What’s more, the World Deaf Basketball Championships will be hosted in Taoyuan Arena this year, where competitors from as far afield as Sweden, Israel, Greece, Lithuania, Turkey, U.S.A, Ukraine, Italy, Russia, and Japan etc., will descend on Taiwan; of course, as host nation Taiwanese teams are sure to be present. With the hope of winning glory for the nation, the Taiwanese deaf woman’s basketball team is currently in rigorous training at Tucheng Civil Sports Center for the event. 

None of the team members are professional basketball players and instead come from a wide cross section of society including office workers, students, and teachers etc. Therefore, over and above basketball training, the team members must also take care of their work duties, making life particularly exhausting. In addition to 5 original team members who are still dedicated to basketball, a number of new younger members have also jointed the team. Now in full preparation for the World Deaf Basketball Championships on July 4 - 12, the team is pinning its hopes on winning team glory for Taiwan. 

URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/280667

(以下是中文對照)

認真努力的中華聽障女籃隊加油

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一群努力認真的聽障女性，由知名的雙胞胎籃球教練鄧碧珍、鄧碧雲領軍，曾經打過2009年的聽障奧運，出過一本名為「菜鳥快飛」的書，遠征韓國拿下亞太盃聽障冠軍，而今年「聽障世界盃」在台灣桃園巨蛋舉行，有來自瑞典、以色列、希臘、立陶宛、土耳其、美國、烏克蘭、義大利、俄羅斯、日本等，身為地主國的她們當然不會缺席，目前在土城運動中心集訓，希望能把團隊榮譽留在台灣。

隊員全都不是專業籃球員出身，成員包括上班族、學生、老師等，除了練球還要顧好本業，格外辛苦，除了原有的5名老班底繼續努力打拼之外，今年也新加入年輕成員，緊鑼密鼓地學習，準備在7月4日至12日於桃園巨蛋舉辦的世界聽障籃球錦標賽中，把團隊榮譽留在台灣。