The 12-member list of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the Tokyo Olympics was officially announced, and the more controversial location was the nomination of Olympic champion Liu Xiaotong. It has aroused heated discussion among netizens.
During the World Women's Volleyball League, Liu Xiaotong, as one of the main players of the Chinese team, joined hands with Zhang Changning, but her performance was impossible to look at, and in many games, she sacrificed low-level mistakes, dragged the hind legs of the Chinese team, and even had a slump performance of one point in a single game. Now it seems that her trademark vigorous jump serve and her ability to pass have dropped sharply, and it seems that it has been unable to help the Chinese women's volleyball team, but in the end, the list announced by Lang Ping was a big surprise, liu Xiaotong still successfully pressed the whistle to enter the shortlist, squeezing out the dark horse Li Yao.
So why is Liu Xiaotong so deeply favored by Lang Ping? Some netizens even joked that Liu Xiaotong's current position is more stable than Zhu Ting's. This is mainly because Lang Ping is a very nostalgic person, in 2013 Lang Ping returned to the Chinese women's volleyball team to start taking charge of the team, she carried out a drastic reform of the lineup, at that time did not get the Chinese women's volleyball team reused Liu Xiaotong got Lang Ping's favor, became one of the main attacks of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and soon she helped Lang Ping in important games.
At that time, the 2014 World Championships and the Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, Liu Xiaotong had excellent performances, helped the Chinese team to get the runner-up of the World Championships, and was successfully elected as the best main attacker of the Grand Prix, in 2015 she helped the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the World Cup championship, the 2016 Olympic champion plus, 2017 won the Grand Champions Cup championship, 2018 won the Asian Games championship, 2019 won the World Cup championship, it can be said that over the years, she helped the Chinese women's volleyball team win a series of important championship championships, Is Lang Ping coaching cycle, one of the core players in the absolute sense of the Chinese women's volleyball team, based on the consideration of nostalgia and stable lineup, Lang Ping does not want to give up Liu Xiaotong.
In the Rio Olympic cycle, Liu Xiaotong is nicknamed the hammer, but her power has now dropped significantly, so Lang Ping brought her to the Olympic games this time, which is undoubtedly a double-edged sword, and if it is played well, it can kill all sides, but if it is not played well, it may cause the Chinese team to encounter huge trouble.