On April 14, the new Chinese women's volleyball team 20-person roster after the new coach Cai Bin took over was announced. This means that the Chinese women's volleyball team after the change of coach has officially opened the journey of the Paris Olympic cycle. A careful reading of this list can be seen that only 5 of the 12 women's volleyball teams that went to the Tokyo Olympics last year were selected for the new national team, and head coach Cai Bin will be replaced.
Cai Bin
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team was out, setting the worst record since participating in the Olympic Games. After the game, head coach Lang Ping, whose contract expired, left the post. Soon, veteran Yan Ni and Liu Xiaotong retired one after another, and only 10 people remained on the field, including Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Li Yingying, Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, Liu Yanhan, Ding Xia, Yao Di and Wang Mengjie.
After the new coach Cai Bin took office, he organized a training camp to prepare for the establishment of a new national team. But among the 10 Olympic players who continue their careers, captain Zhu Ting underwent surgery and is still recovering. The main attack Zhang Changning's big marriage is imminent, coupled with the recovery of knee surgery, he cannot return. Yao Di and Liu Yanhan were absent from the Beilun training camp due to physical reasons. Therefore, all four of them did not qualify for the new national team.
The women's volleyball team has 12 players at the Tokyo Olympics
In addition to the above six, the other six members of the women's volleyball team, Yuan Xinyue, Ding Xia, Li Yingying, Wang Yuanyuan, Wang Mengjie and Gong Xiangyu, who played in the Tokyo Olympic Games, all participated in the Beilun training camp. After more than two months of training, Wang Mengjie, a free man, was not selected. In this regard, head coach Cai Bin also gave an explanation: Wang Mengjie was very engaged in training, but the state did not reach the best. In this way, of the 12 women's volleyball teams that participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, only Li Yingying, Yuan Xinyue, Gong Xiangyu, Ding Xia and Wang Yuanyuan entered the new national team.
Iron hit the camp of flowing soldiers. Then again, the failed Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yao Di, and Liu Yanhan are all in the year of playing, and they have not entered the new national team, all of which have one reason or another, not because they are not strong enough. Even if Wang Mengjie, a free person who lost the election after the training, Cai Bin has bluntly said: the door of the national team is open to her, as long as Wang Mengjie's state is restored to ideal, she can return to the national team at any time.
Lang Ping pacified the players
From the current situation, the World Women's Volleyball League that started at the end of May is already imminent, Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Yao Di and Liu Yanhan, who did not train with the team, have determined that they cannot catch up, and after Wang Mengjie returns to the Shandong team, it is difficult to return to the national team before the World League. Therefore, the return of these five people will not wait until after the World League at the earliest. How many of them will be able to return to the national team by then? Let's wait and see.