It's a wonderful cause! Zhu Ting and Yao Di Italy are in the same frame again, and Chinese women's volleyball friends work together overseas to achieve good results

On January 18, Beijing time, a fan in Italy posted a photo. The fan is flanked by Zhu Ting and Yao Di, the two main players of the Chinese women's volleyball team. This photo is also the same frame for Zhu Ting and Yao Di again after nearly 2 years. To be able to reunite in distant Italy and play for the same team. Fate, it's really wonderful!

Zhu Ting and Yao Di entered the national team at the same time

In 2013, Lang Ping coached the Chinese women's volleyball team for the second time, when he began to form a new national team. On the basis of retaining some old players, Lang Ping selected many young faces on a large scale. Among them were Zhu Ting, who was unknown at the time from the Henan women's volleyball team, and Yao Di, a young setter from the volleyball championship team. Although the two were selected for the Lang Family Army at the same time, the development trajectories of the Chinese women's volleyball team are very different.

As a dense weapon that Lang Ping focused on, Zhu Ting not only participated in the 2014 Women's Volleyball World Championship and won the runner-up, but also participated in the 2015 Women's Volleyball World Cup as the main attacker, and helped the Chinese women's volleyball team win the championship, which is also the highest podium for the Chinese women's volleyball team to stand on the highest podium again after 13 years. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zhu Ting unsurprisingly became the first main attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team and helped the team win the championship.

Throughout the Rio Olympic cycle, Zhu Ting's development of the national team has flourished. Yao Di has almost no chance of participating in the competition, although she can be selected for the squad for each training session, but she is preceded by Wei Qiuyue, Shen Jingsi, Ding Xia, Wang Na and many other setters. Yao Di himself said at the time that he hoped to compete for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Came to the Tokyo Olympic cycle, in the case of Shen Jingsi and Wei Qiuyue retiring one after another, Ding Xia became the main setter. Yao Di finally got the opportunity to participate as a substitute. At this time, the intersection of Zhu Ting and Yao Di also began to increase, and the two began to interact in training and competition. Yao Di's passing style is different from Ding Xia, quite like Wei Qiuyue's shadow. Therefore, Zhu Ting is also very comfortable with Yao Di's passing. However, the opportunity to really warm up the friendship between the two came from Zhu Ting joining the Tianjin women's volleyball team.

In preparation for the Tokyo Olympics, Lang Ping recalled Zhu Ting, who worked for Wakifu Bank, in 2019. At the same time, in order to keep her competitive, she chose to let Zhu Ting join the Tianjin women's volleyball team. First, the Tianjin women's volleyball team is a champion team with a profound volleyball background. Second, the Tianjin women's volleyball team has three national players, Yao Di, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Yingying, which can enhance the run-in between Zhu Ting and several teammates.

Due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics were postponed for a year. Zhu Ting joined the Tianjin women's volleyball team for two consecutive seasons, and helped the team win the twelfth and thirteenth championships in the history of Tianjin volleyball with her teammates, which was also the first volleyball championship trophy in Zhu Ting's career. Zhu Ting has been named MVP twice in a row for her excellent performance. Zhu Ting played well in the Tianjin women's volleyball team, inseparable from Yao Di's passing, cooperated in the Tianjin women's volleyball team for two seasons, played and trained together, and continued to become teammates after returning to the Chinese women's volleyball team. Zhu Ting and Yao Di formed a deep friendship.

In addition to being on the training ground and the arena, Yao Di and Zhu Ting participated in many activities together. The two appeared together at the movie premiere celebration and once had dinner with Lang Ping's family. During the holidays, the two also visited Shanghai Disneyland together and celebrated their birthday together. Two good girlfriends of the Chinese women's volleyball team had an unforgettable happy time.

In August 2021, the Tokyo Olympics were held as scheduled. Once 7 in and 7 out of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Yao Di finally fulfilled her dream of participating in the Olympic Games. However, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not play well in this competition, Zhu Ting's wrist injury also suffered a recurrence, and the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to qualify from the group. Despite this, Yao Di still worked hard in the last two games to help the Chinese women's volleyball team win. Yao Di also proved his strength.

After the Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Ting faded out of the competition due to injury. Yao Di also did not appear in Cai Bin's new national team training lineup due to injury. For more than a year, Zhu Ting and Yao Di were no longer in the same frame. In the second half of 2022, Zhu Ting officially announced her return from injury after joining the Italian league. Yao Di also returned to the Volleyball Super League and continued to become the main setter of the Tianjin women's volleyball team. The two former teammates fought hard for their respective teams both overseas and at home. No one would have thought that the two of them would be able to play together again.

Until January 8, after the Tianjin women's volleyball team won the fifteenth volleyball super championship trophy, Yao Di officially announced that she was about to join the Italian Scandicci women's volleyball team. Yao Di said that he has always had a dream of broadening his horizons in overseas top leagues. Now that it has become a reality, she will cherish it doubly. For being able to play on the same team as Chinese women's volleyball friend Zhu Ting, Yao Di said: This is something that cannot be expected.

From the official announcement on January 8 to the official landing in Serie A on January 16, Yao Di completed the time and space and role transformation from the volleyball league to the overseas league in only 7 days. On January 18, Yao Di officially represented Scandicci in the women's volleyball team. Fans also saw her and Zhu Ting in the same frame again. I believe that in future matches, the two golden partners of Zhu Ting and Yao Di will definitely burst out again and contribute to the double line of the Scandicci women's volleyball team.

Come on Zhu Ting, come on Yao Di!

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