盡管奧運賽場上觀眾寥寥無幾，但中國女子手球隊的姑娘們早已習慣了這樣的場面。在8月23日結束的小組賽中，中國隊以28以23戰(zhàn)勝巴西隊，兩勝兩負排名小組第三，從而取得了參加四分之一決賽的資格，晉級八強。外電報道如下：China advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women's Handball competition after beating Brazil 28-23 in their Group A clash today. …They（Brazil）were ignited by Zhai Chao (CHN), the best player in the world last year, who scored four goals in a row to put China ahead. Following her example, the other Chinese players clamped down on the Brazilians and went on a goal frenzy of their own. Clamp down常和on連用，表示“對……施加壓力；取締”，例如：The police clamped down on illegal stock exchange activities in the streets.（警察取締了街道上的非法證券交易。）名詞clamp-down表示“（為防止和壓制某事而采取的）嚴厲政策”。
