On November 15, Yang Junjing, former deputy director of the Chinese women's volleyball team, officially announced her retirement, ending her 20-year career as a volleyball player. So far, the 12 members of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the London Olympic Games have all retired and bid farewell to their beloved volleyball field. For Yang Junjing, who is 32 years old, she can always stick to the field, and at the last moment, not only the love of volleyball, but also the pursuit of achievements, but unfortunately, the last competition of her career, representing the Jiangsu women's volleyball team in the 14th National Games, the final 1-3 defeat to the Tianjin women's volleyball team, failed to end with a championship, and finally regretted to win the runner-up.
In the past four decades, the Chinese women's volleyball team has experienced several peak periods, the old women's volleyball team in the five-crown period, the "golden generation" of the Athens Olympic Cycle, and the new champion led by Lang Ping in the Rio Olympic Games cycle. In the London Olympic Games cycle after the Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team experienced a period of turbulence, experiencing three changes of head coach in two years, whether it was Cai Bin, Wang Baoquan, or Yu Juemin, who failed to reverse the difficulties encountered by the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time.
Since the 2009 Asian Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team has fallen into various quagmire and troughs, creating a series of embarrassing results. After losing to Thailand at the Asian Championship that year, he finished tenth at the 2010 Women's Volleyball World Championship, the worst record in three major competitions in 36 years, only better than the 14th place in 1974. At the 2012 London Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Japanese women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals, missed the top 4, and then missed the medal, once again casting a shadow over the Chinese women's volleyball team. In the same year's Women's Volleyball Asian Cup, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Thailand again, and had no chance to defend its title, and the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered an unprecedented crisis, from the head coach to the athletes, all carrying huge pressure.
In fact, in the London Olympic Games cycle, the Chinese women's volleyball team still has a shining point, in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team counterattacked South Korea in the decider and achieved the defense of the title. In the 2011 Women's Volleyball World Cup, she won the third place, and in the form of a direct connection to the London Olympic Games, she received an Olympic ticket. In the summer of 2012, the Chinese women's volleyball team 12 people appeared in the London Olympic Games, mainly attacking Wang Yimei, Hui Ruoqi and Chu Jinling, deputy attacks Yang Junjing, Ma Yunwen, Xu Yunli, receiving Zhang Lei and Zeng Chunlei, second pass Wei Qiuyue, Mi Yang, free people Zhang Xian and Shan Danna. Unfortunately, in the end, their forward steps stopped in the top 8, and they lost to the Japanese women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals, and finally only won the 5th place.
After the London Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time also began a different life path, Wei Qiuyue, Hui Ruoqi, Xu Yunli, Yang Junjing and Zeng Chunlei the main members of the rio Olympic Games in the new cycle, while Wang Yimei, Ma Yunwen, Zhang Lei, Mi Yang, Zhang Xian and Shan Danna and other 6 people basically quit the national team after competing in the 2013 international competition. After that, Wei Qiuyue, Hui Ruoqi and Xu Yunli achieved a double breakthrough in three major competitions, the Women's Volleyball World Cup and the Rio Olympic Games, they are all champions. Yang Junjing and Zeng Chunlei missed the Rio Olympics, fortunately, they both have World Cup champions. With the passage of time, the players of that year have retired to bid farewell, after this year's Shaanxi National Games, Zhang Lei announced his retirement, and then today's Yang Junjing, although Wang Yimei has not officially announced her retirement, she has been away from the field for two years, and it is almost impossible to return. The 12 members of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the 2012 London Olympic Games have all bid farewell to the professional arena and become an unforgettable memory of the Chinese women's volleyball team.