CBA officials said on the 15th that due to the omission of words in the trophy awarded to Yi Jinhong, the dunk champion during the All-Star game, they apologized to Yi Jinhong and awarded him a new trophy.
In the just concluded CBA All-Star competition, Yi Jinhong, known as the 'Yunnan glider', has become the biggest attraction of the dunk competition. However, careful Netizens found that the trophy of the champion of Yijin Hong dunk contest was engraved with one word less, only 'crown' but no 'army'! On the 15th, CBA officially issued a document: 'due to staff errors, the trophy awarded to Yi Jinhong, the champion of the dunk contest, was missing words during the All-Star game on the evening of January 12, causing trouble to Yi Jinhong and the official main sponsor. We have remade the trophy at the first time and sent it to Yi Jinhong. At the same time, I also apologize to Yi Jinhong, our partners and all the fans. "
"Thank the CBA Alliance for sending the new trophy." Yi Jinhong, who received the trophy, said, 'together, we continue to support CBA and Chinese basketball! Come on! "
Yi Jinhong, a grass-roots buckle player from Yunnan, is a wild card player in the 2020 All-Star dunk competition. He is less than 1.8 meters tall. He is known as the 'Yunnan glider'. In the final, he won the championship with a total score of 95 points, becoming the first grass-roots player to win the Championship of CBA dunk competition.