Has entered 2022, the Chinese women's volleyball team has also entered a new cycle, the newly appointed Cai Bin guidance led a new group of women's volleyball girls are in Ningbo Beilun in full swing to carry out training. In addition to the athletes, the coaching team is also very large, with a total of 27 people, including Chen Youquan, Zhang Chen, Li Yanlong, Yuan Zhi and so on, who are very familiar with fans. Although there are many players in this training, but the basic players seen are young players, the old players are relatively less than half, only 6 participants in the Tokyo Olympics have entered the training list, we are familiar with Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yao Di, etc. have not entered the big family, Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning did not participate in the training is still reasonable, but Yao Di's failure is really surprising, after all, her performance on the court has been any of everyone, and personal data is also obvious to all.
Liu Xiaotong officially announced her retirement after the Tokyo Olympics, so she can no longer see her figure in the national team. Today, Liu Xiaotong rarely shows affection on his social platform, posts a photo with his boyfriend, and accompanies it with copywriting: February 22, 2022 On Tuesday of the first month, Hao Ge said that he was in the back, leaving the front row position for me, and took it as if a photo and a half belonged to me. This should be the first time to see Liu Xiaotong's first public photo with her boyfriend Wang Hao, but her boyfriend Wang Hao often posts about Liu Xiaotong's dynamics. Today is indeed a special day, Liu Xiaotong chose to post a photo with her boyfriend on this day, from which it can be seen that Liu Xiaotong is close to good things, it is likely that she will enter the palace of marriage with her boyfriend, after all, she was born in 90 years old, she is 32 years old, and a group of her teammates have basically been married and have children such as Wei Qiuyue, Hui Ruoqi, Zeng Chunlei and so on. Besides, Liu Xiaotong has now retired, and it is time to focus on the family.
When Lang Ping first took office, Liu Xiaotong was called into the national team by Lang Daoxiang. Since 2014, Liu Xiaotong has been following the national team to participate in major events, 14 years of the World Championships, 15 years of the World Cup and the 16 Rio Olympic Games, three consecutive competitions, Liu Xiaotong has entered the big list, and each time has achieved good results, so it is known as the "lucky general" of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Remember the 2016 Rio Olympic quarterfinals against the Brazilian women's volleyball team, when the Chinese women's volleyball team has been forced to the edge of the cliff, the big score lost the first set, the second set Hui Ruoqi was restricted by the Brazilian women's volleyball team, Lang Dao could only use the last bottom card, replaced Hui Ruoqi with Liu Xiaotong, did not expect to play a key role, many times in the key points dare to start, with Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning to form a trident to bombard the Brazilian women's volleyball team in turn. According to the statistics after the game, Liu Xiaotong attacked 19 buckles and 9 of 0 mistakes and was blocked, and the double rate was the highest in the whole team. This game is crucial, Liu Xiaotong appeared as a substitute, but in the face of danger, in the face of the powerful Brazilian women's volleyball team, the attack is not soft, and it has become a magic weapon for the Chinese women's volleyball team to win.
Entering the Tokyo cycle, Liu Xiaotong's ability began to decline, and coupled with the emergence of young general Li Yingying, Liu Xiaotong's position was squeezed to the fourth main attack. Despite this, Liu Xiaotong was still not left behind, following the big troops to participate in the World Championships and the World Cup, and the two major competitions also achieved good results, which also made fans start to look forward to the Tokyo Olympics. However, a sudden epidemic disrupted all plans, and the Olympic Games were postponed for a year, so the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team was impacted. Liu Xiaotong's state decline is very obvious because of the impact of injury, the performance of the World League has been criticized by fans, the front row attack is weak, the back row protection is not good enough, and even the jump has become unremarkable. But when the Olympic big list was announced, Liu Xiaotong was not eliminated and still appeared in the list, and later in the Olympic Games, everyone also saw that Liu Xiaotong basically did not play much. Therefore, after the defeat of the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Xiaotong also suffered a lot of criticism, and the fans felt that the role of taking her was not great, and it was better to bring one more free person to stabilize the protection of the back row.
It can be said that at the end of her career, Liu Xiaotong's pressure is very large, but in the past, Liu Xiaotong is definitely a major contributor to the Chinese women's volleyball team, and we should respect her. Now retired, she is about to appear in a new capacity and is likely to become an assistant coach, after all, her name appeared on the coaching list before the start of the league.