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China's women's ranking player Liu Xiaotong retired, and rio won the olympic championship with the team

author:Beijing News
China's women's ranking player Liu Xiaotong retired, and rio won the olympic championship with the team

Liu Xiaotong (left) announces his retirement. Source:Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (reporter Xu Bangyin) On the evening of November 24, Liu Xiaotong, a former Member of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team and captain of the Beijing Women's Volleyball Team, announced his retirement on social media to bid farewell to his twenty-year volleyball career, "On November 24, 2021, officially walked down from this arena, there are many reluctances, and there are many memories of youth left in my memories. ”

Liu Xiaotong was born in February 1990, joined the Beijing women's volleyball team at the age of 16, was selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team at the age of 23, won the league championship twice, won the women's volleyball World Cup championship twice, and also stood on the highest podium of the Olympic Games. Looking back on his career, Liu Xiaotong said, "In the world of volleyball, there have been peak joys and injury losses, but these twenty years of volleyball career can be summed up in two words: worth it." ”

As a former captain of the Beijing women's volleyball team, Liu Xiaotong led the team through a difficult moment and also had the joy of creating history. In 2018, Liu Xiaotong temporarily transferred to the Tianjin women's volleyball team and won the league championship with the team. In 2019, as the absolute main force of the Beijing women's volleyball team, she led the parent team to create history and won the league championship for the first time.

Since being selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2013, Liu Xiaotong has become an indispensable member of Lang Ping's command. She has participated in the 2014 World Championships, the 2015 World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games, the 2018 World Championships, the 2019 World Cup and the Tokyo Olympic Games, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team win the 2015 World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2019 World Cup.

"The four words of the Chinese women's volleyball team have given me a lot, and also let me learn how to be a brave and strong person, and I am deeply honored to be one of them." This experience taught me not only to face it bravely, but also to actively solve problems. Liu Xiaotong wrote in his farewell letter.

At the end of the farewell letter, Liu Xiaotong thanked the coach, family and fans, "I will continue the next work life with this positive energy, and the future can be expected." ”

Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin

Edited by Xiao Wanli Proofreader Liu Baoqing

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