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Rural girl from Sichuan chases her basketball dream
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An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing with a basketball under her arm in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing with a basketball under her arm in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing with a basketball under her arm in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha with a basketball in hand in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha with a basketball in hand in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha with a basketball in hand in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha collecting herbs after basketball training in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha collecting herbs after basketball training in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha collecting herbs after basketball training in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha holding onto her hoop dream. Playing for a team called the Blackhawks hailing from the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, she thinks the sky's the limit. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha holding onto her hoop dream. Playing for a team called the Blackhawks hailing from the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, she thinks the sky's the limit. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha holding onto her hoop dream. Playing for a team called the Blackhawks hailing from the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, she thinks the sky's the limit. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha training in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha training in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha training in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN
An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

An undated photo shows 13-year-old girl Aguolieha wearing Yi ethnic clothing in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CGTN

Meet basketball girl Aguolieha, who comes from a rural village in the mountainous Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China. Playing for a local team called the Blackhawks, the 13-year-old has a big dream: to become a professional player one day and join Team China. At first, her father was not supportive as he feared that sports training would make her grades fall. Proving to be excellent both academically and on the court, she often looks up to her idol Stephen Curry, and trains hard with her peers. She believes that the sky's the limit and that basketball games will help her dreams soar.

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