On December 17, Yan Ni, a veteran of the women's volleyball team who has just retired, announced her recent situation. She underwent a right shoulder surgery on the 14th, which lasted 6 and a half hours, and 8 steel nails were punched into the shoulder.
Yan Ni, 34 years old this year, is a member of the Chinese women's volleyball championship at the Rio Olympic Games, and is affectionately known as the "North Great Wall" by fans. Years of training competitions have made Yan Ni's body full of injuries, supported by tenacious will quality. During the Tokyo Olympics, Lang Ping, then head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, revealed that Yan Ni's shoulder was torn.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Yan Ni gritted her teeth and participated in the Shaanxi National Games, which was also the last game of her sports career. At the opening ceremony, Yan Ni served as the standard-bearer of the Liaoning delegation.
Attentive fans noticed that before each game, YanNi spent a lot of time wearing protective gear: she wore ankle pads on both feet, thick knee pads on her knees, muscle pads on her right shoulder, elbow pads on her right arm, tape around her fingers and wrists, and a waist pad hidden in the jersey...
In order to relieve the pain, Yan Ni even wears a waist guard when she sleeps. The waist guard compresses the thoracic spine, resulting in poor breathing and uncomfortable throat, so Yan Ni has to drink water constantly.
At noon on November 16, Yan Ni posted a post announcing her retirement: "Looking back on so many years of all-out efforts, no shame, completed all the missions, and when I wanted to give up countless times, I finally gritted my teeth and persevered, saying goodbye to the field with a relatively satisfactory performance!" ”
Fans wished her a "Happy Graduation".
On December 14, Yan Ni underwent surgery at the Third Hospital of Peking University. She revealed that the attending doctor recommended that the right knee and the right shoulder be repaired at the same time, considering that it will be inconvenient to move after the operation, or repair the right shoulder first.
Yan Ni's right shoulder surgery lasted 6 and a half hours and was a success. The operation repaired Yanni's upper and lower pelvis, biceps, above the superior muscle, behind the superior muscle, rotator cuff, and under the shoulder blade, and 8 nails were fixed.
Finally, Yan Ni said: "I hope that everyone can stay away from pain in life." ”