The captain of the Japanese women's volleyball team, Sarina Koga. It was officially announced today that after the Paris Olympics, she will officially retire and no longer participate in volleyball. This news is somewhat sudden for the fans of the women's volleyball team, after all, this is before the Olympic Games, as the number one star and captain of the team, announcing such a news to the outside world will more or less hit morale, and Sarina Koga's words are very strong, and it is currently at the peak, and it is indeed a pity to choose to retire at the age of 28.
However, it is normal to make such a decision, because at the end of 2022. Sarina Koga and the number one star of the men's volleyball team of the Japanese team, Nishida Yushi, officially announced their marriage, and after the general women's volleyball player announced his marriage, it basically means that he is almost going to retire and return to family life. Of course, there are indeed very few women's volleyball players like Sarina Koga who chose to get married at the age of 26, and it seems that she plans to return to life.
Both the Japanese men's and women's volleyball teams qualified for the Paris Olympics this year, and both the Japanese men's and women's volleyball teams reached the finals of this year's World Women's Volleyball League. A national team won the ticket to the finals in the same year at the same time, and Nishida Yushi and Sarina Koga are both the absolute number one stars of the Japanese men's and women's volleyball team, but one is the main attack, and the other is the reception. Sarina Koga has an extra layer of responsibility than her husband, she is the captain of the Japanese women's volleyball team, not only the first tactical core, but also the first spiritual leader.
Sarina Koga won the best main attack in the World Women's Volleyball League held this year, especially in the 3:2 battle with the Brazilian team, Sarina Koga got 73 chances to smash the ball in the whole game, which should be the highest record in the women's volleyball game since the statistics were recorded, which can be called an iron man. Sarina Koga's retirement will have a certain impact on the Chinese women's volleyball team, of course, this impact is biased towards the good side.
The Japanese women's volleyball team is the old rival of the Chinese women's volleyball team in Asia and the world, and starting next year, the Asian Championship of the women's volleyball team will be restructured. In the past, the Asian Championships have been like chicken ribs for Asian teams, especially the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Japanese women's volleyball team, which did not attach importance to this game at all, and sent substitute players or young players to participate in this competition. But the Asian Championships starting next year may be different, because the women's volleyball Asian Championships will not only be directly linked to the World Championships, but more importantly, she will be linked to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and the Asian Championships champion will go straight to the Paris Olympics. The Paris Olympic Qualification Tournament that has just been held will be cancelled this Olympic cycle.
Therefore, the next Asian Championships is bound to cause competition from China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and many other Asian teams. In the case of the Chinese women's volleyball team, there is only one opponent, the Japanese team. If Sarina Koga retires, this ticket to the Los Angeles Olympics, the champion of the Asian Championships, we are likely to take advantage of the combination period of the Japanese team's main attacking position of the old and the new.