Wang Yi was evaluated by the media as a "genius secondary attacker", she competed in the Olympics twice and won a silver medal for the Chinese team, and Lang Ping had high hopes for her.
However, before the 1997 World Championships, Wang Yi, who had promised Lang Ping to return to the team, suddenly said goodbye and turned around to study in the United States, and as a result, Wang Yi became the first athlete in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team to be removed.
What's going on?
1. Say goodbye before the World Championships
In 1995, Lang Ping returned to China and served as the coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, marking a new stage for the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Previously, because of successive defeats in the Asian Games, World Championships and other events, the main players of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Wang Yi, Lai Yawen, Cui Yongmei, etc., all submitted applications to leave the team.
But Lang Ping's return gave them hope again, so they chose to stay.
Facts have proved that Lang Ping has lived up to their trust.
As the head coach of the national team, Lang Ping has excellent professional quality and strict management, but at the same time, he has the delicate and gentle nature of women, and Wang Yi has a deep understanding.
For a while, Wang Yi had some problems with blocking the net, so Lang Ping accompanied her to watch the video and find out the reason, and at the same time asked her to observe the training of Lai Yawen, who had superb blocking skills, and guided her to understand her own shortcomings.
After leaving the training ground, Lang Ping learned that Wang Yi liked the song "Unchained Melody", and specially asked someone to bring the tape from the United States.
In the description of the outside world, Wang Yi is a delicate and willful girl, who loves to pout and lose her temper, but under the teaching of Lang Ping, her volleyball skills have leaped forward, and her temperament has become tough and calm.
Lang Ping is very proud of her changes, because she has always had high hopes for her.
In 1996, Wang Yi once again competed in the Olympic Games as a member of the Chinese women's volleyball team. In the pre-game self-analysis, after Wang Yi finished speaking, Lang Ping praised: "You can be your own coach." ”
At this Atlanta Olympics, Lang Ping asked Wang Yi, who had been playing as a substitute before, to play the main team, and Wang Yi lived up to her trust and successfully promoted the Chinese team to the finals.
But unfortunately, in the field that year, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally defeated the Brazilian team and won a silver medal.
After the Olympics, Wang Yi became the star player of the women's volleyball team and was a "pillar" existence. But in 1997, the women's volleyball team assembled again from the local team, but Wang Yi was gone.
Wang Yi's Shanghai team said that Wang Yi neglected to manage himself in the Shanghai team and engaged in special treatment, so he needed to be punished.
It wasn't until half a year later that Lang Ping personally went to the Shanghai team to talk to Wang Yi, and Wang Yi was allowed to return to the national team.
However, Wang Yi did not return to the team directly, she told Lang Ping that she was studying at Shanghai Jiao Tong University at the time, and she was about to take academic exams, so she needed to take a leave of absence for a while.
Lang Ping agreed, and Wang Yi also promised to return to the national team immediately after the exam was over to train for the subsequent World Championships.
But Lang Ping didn't wait for that day in the end, Wang Yi didn't say hello to her, and went to the United States to study.
Later, I learned that when Lang Ping went to Shanghai to find Wang Yi, Wang Yi already had plans to retire and study in the United States, but the visa had not yet come down, so she did not refuse Lang Ping.
Lang Ping was very sad about Wang Yi's "betrayal", and even made her cry in the team meeting.
Soon, the Chinese Volleyball Association announced that Wang Yi would be "removed", and she also became the first athlete in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team to be removed.
The outside world has both anger and regret for her......
2. "Genius Secondary Attack"
Wang Yi was born in a family of athletes, her father is a basketball coach, and her mother was a member of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In 1991, the head coach of the national team, Hu Jinxiang, fell in love with Wang Yi and led her to the national team at the age of 17.
Before Atlanta, Wang Yi had appeared in the Barcelona Olympics.
At that time, the main secondary attacks of the Chinese women's volleyball team were Li Yueming and Lai Yawen, and Wang Yi was on the court as a substitute.
But coincidentally, during the preparation for the Olympics, Li Yueming's old injury recurred and he was unable to participate in the competition.
It's just that in this Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team is destined to have a bumpy fate, Li Yueming, Li Guojun, Su Huijuan and other experienced players have left one after another, leaving only one Lai Yawen barely to support the situation.
As for Wang Yi, Sun Yue and other young players, because they didn't have enough experience, they quickly messed up and finally failed miserably.
After the game, Li Guojun and other veteran players instructed Wang Yi and other new players who were not in good shape: "I'm afraid we don't have a chance, and the future of the Chinese women's volleyball team will be handed over to you." ”
The next few years were the trough of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and failures followed, but Wang Yi's strength was advancing by leaps and bounds, and her talent was gradually stimulated.
When Lang Ping returned, and when he fought in the Olympics again, Wang Yi finally reached the top.
And she chose to leave the country at her peak, how can this not make the people angry?
During her studies in the United States, Wang Yi represented the University of Notre Dame in the National League many times, and after graduation, she also coached at American universities, and even became an American citizen.
I don't know if she will regret seeing the results of the Chinese women's volleyball team today?
Resources:
Douyin Encyclopedia - Wang Yi
Tencent Sports "She is a genius assistant attacker with outstanding personality and was excluded by Chinese women before the competition"