China News Network Tianjin, October 22 Topic: China's top international "home" is very happy
Written by Zhang Shaoxuan
This weekend, the 4th East-West Cooperation Women's Volleyball Star Public Welfare Tournament kicked off in Tianjin. In the match of the Tianjin women's volleyball team against the Beijing women's volleyball team, a familiar figure won the long-lasting applause of the audience on the field - Vargas returned and joined the Tianjin women's volleyball team for three times, which also made the upcoming volleyball super league more exciting.
After a flight of more than 9 hours, Vargas flew from Istanbul to Beijing Daxing Airport and arrived at the Fukang Road Women's Volleyball Training Center without stopping. After gradual strength training, technical training will gradually resume next Monday (October 23) and the team will be run-in. As a new world champion, the return of 'Xiaomei' will also make China's Volleyball Super League more 'international'. Tianjin women's volleyball head coach Wang Baoquan said.
On the evening of October 20, the 4th East-West Cooperative Women's Volleyball Star Public Welfare Tournament was held in the Comprehensive Gymnasium of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, and the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team and the visiting Beijing Women's Volleyball Team played three games, and Vargas interacted with the team members before the game. Photo by Tong Yu
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From November 4, 2023 to February 6, 2024, the 2023-2024 season of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League will begin, and this is Turkey's third volleyball Super League season in China after Vargasr. Since helping the Tianjin women's volleyball team win the 15th league championship trophy in the history of the team at the beginning of the year, in the past 10 months, Vargas has officially ranked among the top players in the world volleyball world with his super strength in the professional and international arenas.
At the beginning of this year, when Vargas took a break from the Tianjin women's volleyball team and returned to Fenerbahce in Turkey, he continued the second stage of his club season. After Vargas returned to the team, he helped the Fenerbahce women's volleyball team burst into strong offensive firepower, whether in the Turkish Super League or in the more competitive Champions League, it was unstoppable.
Vargas, who was a regular receiver, was the most capable attacker in Fenerbahce's team, taking on a lot of adjustment responsibilities and winning the scoring championship in most of the matches.
In 2023, she wore the Turkish women's volleyball shirt for the first time to play internationally with the team. Turkey won the Women's World Volleyball League Finals in July and the European Women's Volleyball Championship in September, while Vargas included the most valuable players in both heavyweight competitions and helped the Turkish women's volleyball team to the Paris Olympics.
On the evening of October 20, the 4th East-West Cooperative Women's Volleyball Star Public Welfare Tournament was held in the Comprehensive Gymnasium of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, and the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team and the visiting Beijing Women's Volleyball Team played three games, and Vargas interacted with the team members before the game. Photo by Tong Yu
Since January 25, 2003, the Tianjin women's volleyball team won the first championship in the history of the league team, in the past 20 years, more and more girls named "foreign aid" have brought international concepts to China's volleyball arena, and the Chinese volleyball league has attracted many world attention.
At the 4th East-West Cooperation Women's Volleyball Star Public Welfare Tournament, which ended this weekend, Beijing foreign aid Serbian main attacker Lazovic and Russian setter Lazareva made their debuts and won applause from the scene. The increasingly "international" Chinese volleyball arena has also won more attention from fans.
When "international" meets "China", the volleyball league gradually moves towards the ranks of the world's top leagues with "diversity". The three strong receptions recognized by international volleyball were Boskovic, Egnu and Harker. In the international volleyball professional arena last season, Vargas had direct confrontations with all three. In the women's volleyball Champions League 1/4 final, Vargas led Fenerbahce to eliminate Hacke's Conegliano.
At the beginning of 2023, before Vargas returned to China, a reporter asked her such a question. "Being selected for the Turkish national team, if you meet your Chinese team and Tianjin teammates in the international arena, will it arouse your fighting spirit more?" "Of course, in every game, only giving your best is the greatest respect for the opponent. Whether we are team-mates or opponents, the goal is the same, which is to win the game and go beyond the top. Vargas said.
On the evening of October 20, the 4th East-West Cooperation Women's Volleyball Star Public Welfare Tournament was held in the Comprehensive Gymnasium of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, and the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team and the visiting Beijing Women's Volleyball Team played three games, and Vargas appeared on the field. Photo by Tong Yu
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"In the World Women's Volleyball League Finals, Vargas was my Tianjin teammate with Wang Yuanyuan and Yuan Xinyue, but he was also an opponent on the court. After Turkey vs China, we were both named in the tournament's best squad. I think that's the most fascinating thing about sports – to be the best version of yourself in competition. Women's volleyball national player Li Yingying said.
When it comes to the return of "Xiaomei", Wang Baoquan, the head coach of the Tianjin women's volleyball team, believes that in the national team season of the Paris Olympics, the Turkish women's volleyball team played a total of 31 games, achieved a record of 28 wins and 3 losses, and has maintained a wave of 22 consecutive wins, ranking first in the world. In his first season in the Turkish women's volleyball shirt, Vargas brought a qualitative improvement to the team. Now returning to Tianjin with the glory and harvest of the national team's season, Vargas has once again joined hands with the "Tiannu" to prepare, which can also bring more surprises to Chinese fans.
"The arrival of Vargas will bring more vitality to Tianjin and even the Volleyball Super League. The Chinese team members can also learn her volleyball thinking and temperament during the game. Her domineering and self-confidence on the field, as well as the overall performance on the field, are worth learning from the Chinese players, and I believe that this year's Volleyball Super League will be more exciting. Wang Baoquan said in an interview.
On October 20, Vargas arrived in Tianjin from Istanbul to the Tianjin Fukang Road Women's Volleyball Training Center and joined the Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team for the upcoming Volleyball Super League for three times. Photo by Wei Yue
Back in Vargas, Tianjin, I heard the fans affectionately call her "Xiaomei" again, and I couldn't wait to return to the volleyball competition to play with her former teammates. In her few seasons with Tianjin, Vargas says her blocking and defensive skills have improved significantly, and although the coach is strict, she is willing to do so.
"Playing in different countries allows me to quickly understand the characteristics of various techniques and tactics, which is the so-called master's move to decisively fight the top. I am very happy to return to the Tianjin women's volleyball family. We have to continue to fight for the title. In the previous two seasons, with the help of Wang Zhi, I have made a lot of technical breakthroughs, and I am very grateful to Wang Zhi and Tianjin Women's Volleyball Team for their help to me. I'm on the rise now, the Chinese league and the Turkish league have helped me a lot, and my goal is to continue to win more titles. ”
On October 20, Vargas arrived in Tianjin from Istanbul and was warmly welcomed by the Tianjin women's volleyball team. Photo by Wei Yue
Vargas, the "violent receiver" on the pitch, is shy and introverted in life. Born in Cuba, 8 years old volleyball bonded, from a small town girl to a world volleyball star, Vargas still maintains that simplicity and simplicity, she said that when playing without any restraints, she can jump so high, as if you can reach out to touch the sky, this is the freedom on the court.
Transferred to the international and came to China, the tolerance and warmth of Tianjin made Vargas already fall in love with this feeling of "going home". "Coach Zhang Jingkun will tell me what Tianjin dialect means by 'drinking thunder and pounding', after 10 months of absence, I see that my partners in the volleyball competition have become stronger, and everyone has taken a step closer to their goals, and I feel very happy to return to China." Vargas said. (End)