Chinese women's volleyball Asian Games champion retired! She was a talented girl who entered the national team and regretted not having a championship in the league for 15 years
The 28-year-old Yang Jie announced her retirement after the end of the 2021/2022 women's volleyball super league: "From entering the Shanghai women's volleyball team in 2007, to participating in the league for the first time in 08/09, to the last time in 21/22 wearing a No. 9 jersey to compete, fifteen years is not long, short is not short, and finally it is time to say goodbye." Yang Jie is the same age as Zhu Ting, the captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, but as early as the age of 16, she was favored by the national team, as a talented girl into the Chinese women's volleyball team, the only champion came from the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, the only regret is that the Shanghai women's volleyball team has not won a league championship for 15 years.
Born in 1994, Yang Jie is a player with good support skills in the hands of tall attackers, she only participated in the league in the second year of the 2009/2010 season, and won the recognition of the national team coach Wang Baoquan for her outstanding performance in the Shanghai women's volleyball team, thus being selected for the 2010 Chinese women's volleyball national team. Due to the retirement of Zhou Suhong, the famous "iron man" of the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time, after the Beijing Olympic Games, a team member with both attack and defense was urgently needed in the receiving position, Yang Jie changed from the main attack to the reception, but from the actual effect, Yang Jie's No. 2 strong offensive force lacked too much, and repeatedly could not attack the opponent to fight against the counterattack.
In 2010, Yang Jie, who was only 16 years old, was still taken to the World Championships by head coach Yu Juemin, but at that time, because of the return of Zhou Suhong, Yang Jie almost came on as a substitute and rarely had the opportunity to play, and finally ended in the 10th place in the first big game trip. The subsequent Guangzhou Asian Games Yang Jie is still a substitute identity, but the Chinese women's volleyball team escaped twice, in the group stage and the final stage 3-2 staged a big reversal to defeat the South Korean women's volleyball team led by Jin Softjing, and finally won the championship, the final was once seen as the best interpretation of the "women's volleyball spirit", the opponent 2 match points one by one to save, 16-14 difficult to win, but also achieved the first national team championship of 16-year-old Yang Jie.
In 2011, Yang Jie was favored again, selected into the World Cup lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball national team, this time it is still the identity of the substitute, to Zhang Lei to play as a substitute, Yang Jie in a few appearances to ensure a pass, and finally won her only big medal in the national team with her teammates - bronze medal! In 2012, Yang Jie and Zeng Chunlei competed for a substitute place for the London Olympic Games, and Yang Jie lost the Olympic team at the last moment due to lack of offensive strength, and has never entered the national team since.
Yang Jie's Shanghai women's volleyball team has always been the top domestic team, but in addition to the professional league in the early days of the establishment of a wave of five consecutive championships, there is no champion to enter the account. Yang Jie in the Shanghai women's volleyball team has won the second and third places in the league many times, always a breath of relief, Yang Jie this season because of the arrival of Jin Softjing and Larson, coupled with the need to cultivate young Zhonghui, can only wait on the bench.
Many domestic athletes are to the National Games as the focus of their careers, Yang Jie is no exception, after the National Games insisted on a season of league, to the third place, in the last moment Yang Jie was still sent by coach Wang Zhiteng, played the last moment of the career game, Yang Jie and Zhu Ting are the same age, Zhu Ting is still trying to heal the injury to return to the field, Yang Jie sees no hope of entering the national team, Shanghai team newcomers to take over, retirement is also a good choice.