Experienced the worst result of ninth place at the Tokyo Olympics. Lang Ping, head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, ended his contract with the national team and moved out of the training apartment of the State General Administration of Sports overnight to enjoy a rare retirement life with his daughter Bailang at home in the United States. As a meritorious player and coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the past 40 years, Lang Ping has paid almost a lifetime of hard work to the women's volleyball team, and choosing retirement is also another life.
In fact, Coach Lang Ping's contract with the Chinese Volleyball Association expired the year before. If it were not for the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games caused by the impact of the epidemic, coupled with his own reluctance to the women's volleyball team, Coach Lang Ping would not have chosen to continue to coach the national team at the age of 60, and even after winning the Rio Olympic Championship, he once again renewed his contract to coach the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Because of the regret of losing to Japan in the quarter-finals of the London Olympic Games, Lang Ping, who was the commentator of the CCTV game broadcast at the time, left tears of regret and became another unforgettable picture after the women's volleyball team. Coupled with the death of his former teammate General Chen Zhaodi due to illness, the old women's volleyball team is still active in the first-line game alone, which finally contributed to Lang Ping's second take over as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the 9 years since he took over as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team has once lost consecutive asian opponents such as Japan, Thailand and South Korea, and has lost many times in the face of the bitter Brazilian women's volleyball team. Coach Lang Ping took on all the pressure to create a new generation of main players such as Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yuan Xinyue, Yan Ni, Gong Xiangyu and Lin Li, helping the Chinese women's volleyball team to stand on the highest podium of the Olympic Games once again. At the same time, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it won the World Cup championship with 11 consecutive victories, becoming the world's number one team at that time.
If it were not for the postponement of the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team would be expected to defend the Tokyo Olympic Games by taking advantage of the victory. However, the aggravation of Zhu Ting's wrist injury, Zhang Changning, Ding Xia and other team members are injured, the Chinese women's volleyball team group game has lost to the United States, Russia and Turkey, even if it swept the absolute opponent Italian women's volleyball team 3-0, the fifth in the group did not qualify for the quarterfinals, and the host Japan women's volleyball team tied for the ninth place in this Olympic Games.
The ninth place in the Olympic Games can be described as the worst result in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Olympic Games, so Coach Lang Ping faces overwhelming accusations and insults from the outside world, and even Zhu Ting has been slandered by several ignorant netizens and will not hesitate to go to court. In fact, fans should watch the ball rationally, the game wins and loses normally, the spirit of the women's volleyball team is not a slogan, and always supporting the women's volleyball team is the most important.
Fortunately, Coach Lang Ping was not affected too much. After returning to the United States, he not only participated in the Spring Festival Gala held by the Chinese, but also shared his retirement life in the form of short videos many times. Lang Ping, who retired at home, also became a housewife, sharing the practice of pasta and letting fans see the different style of Coach Lang Ping.
Previously, the Chinese Volleyball Association released a plan for the competition for the new manager of the women's volleyball team, And Lang Ping, as a member of the expert group, was widely rumored about whether Lang Ping would renew his contract. However, now that Lang Ping enjoys his retirement life in the United States, it is difficult to return to China to participate in the competition for the head coach, and the emergence of a new manager may cause a new round of discussion.