On the 29th local time, at the Paris Olympics
Volleyball in the women's group stage
China defeated United States 3-2
Welcome to the Paris Olympics is off to a good start
On July 29, the players of the Chinese team took a group photo after the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gang
Run, jump, hug each other...... The girls of the women's volleyball team hugged in a circle
Happy to take off
On July 29, local time, the players of the Chinese team celebrated after the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xiangdong
In the previous two Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team failed to win the first game of the group stage, and this time finally got rid of the inertia of slow start, and when the big score was 2:0 lead and was pulled into a 2:2 draw, the Chinese team calmly won the tiebreaker 15:13
Chinese player Wang Mengjie (center) during a match on July 29. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xiangdong
After falling behind 7-8 in the deciding game and the two sides exchanged courts, head coach Cai Bin somewhat unexpectedly used the second timeout of the game, when the United States team's Washington had just sent an ace (serve directly scored and the opponent did not touch the ball), after the game, Cai Bin revealed that although the difference was only one point, the ball was crucial, so he called a timeout to make arrangements
After the timeout, Li Yingying scored four points in a row, and the Chinese team reversed the score to 11:8, and when the Chinese team won the match point at 14:11, the United States team chased two points in a row, and Zhu Ting won the game for the Chinese team with a heavy dunk at the critical moment
On July 29, Zhu Ting (left), a player of the Chinese team, saves the ball during a game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
The starting lineup of the Chinese women's volleyball team in this game includes the main attack Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, the secondary attack Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu, the second setter Diao Linyu and the libero Wang Mengjie, Li Yingying scored a team-high 26 points, and Zhu Ting scored 17 points
On July 29, local time, Zhu Ting (right), a player of the Chinese team, smashed the ball in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong
Netizens praised it one after another
Fight hard to the end, and finally like a rainbow, the spirit of the women's volleyball team was concretized at the last moment
On July 29, local time, Wu Mengjie (right), a player of the Chinese team, celebrates the scoring. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gang
From the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the United States women's volleyball team met 10 times in 9 competitions, and the Chinese women's volleyball team won 4 wins and 6 losses, and since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team has lost 4 consecutive games in the group stage of the Olympic Games and the United States women's volleyball team, and came to Paris, and the Chinese women's volleyball team finally pulled back a city
Zhu Ting: Cherish the opportunity to participate in the competition, and let everyone evaluate whether the performance is good or bad
Zhu Ting, who participated in the Olympic Games for the third time, contributed 17 points, second only to the "post-00" main attacker Li Yingying, Zhu Ting said in an interview after the game that she cherished the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games, for her, it was not easy to return to the Chinese women's volleyball team, and whether she performed well or not is left to everyone to evaluate
On July 29, Zhu Ting, a player of the Chinese team, served in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lai Xiangdong
This is the third Olympic Games in which Zhu Ting participated, in 2016, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the championship again after 12 years at the Rio Olympics, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team stopped in the group stage and missed the quarterfinals
"For me, it's about cherishing every game, every opportunity to be on the field." Zhu Ting said frankly that the volleyball game did not end to the last point, and she and her teammates had to continue to work the court, for the Chinese women's volleyball team to withstand the pressure and defeat the United States women's volleyball team 3-2, Zhu Ting believes that the main reason is not to give up
On July 29, Zhu Ting, a player of the Chinese team, celebrated her victory. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gang
In addition to Zhu Ting's secondary attack, Wang Yuanyuan also played an important role in the game, especially in the decisive game, which established an advantage for the team, and when it came to her own psychological state at that time, Wang Yuanyuan said: "I think the fewer ideas, the better." There are only two words that come to my mind during the game – determination and determination. If the opponent plays well, we will come back to the next point, and if the opponent gives us the opportunity, we must take it. ”
On July 29, Wang Yuanyuan (left), a player of the Chinese team, smashed the ball to attack. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gang
In the next two group games, China will play France and Serbia
Congratulations to the girls! Come on!
In 2024
China Women's Daily, China Women's Movement
Source/China Women's Daily (ID: fnb198410) Comprehensive CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Guangzhou Daily, etc. Editor-in-charge/Tian Yuan Huang Die, Chen Xiaobing review/Yifan producer/Zhifei