On August 6, Beijing time, in a key battle of the 2024 Paris Olympics women's volleyball 1/4 finals, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Turkey in five rounds and was eliminated. Although she failed to lead the team to the semi-finals, Li Yingying's outstanding performance was still unanimously recognized by the fans.
In this game, Li Yingying scored a team-high 25 points, including a success rate of 43% on 19 of 44 on the offensive end. In addition, she also contributed five direct points on serve and one direct point on the net. As the main scorer of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Li Yingying has provided enough "firepower" for the team whether it is in the front row or the back row. At the end of the deciding game, Li Yingying switched to the back row, which also became an important reason for the defeat of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Although the Chinese women's volleyball team lost the 1/4 finals, Li Yingying told the world with an outstanding performance that she did not lose, and she has become another world-class main attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team after Zhu Ting.
Coming to the Paris Olympics, Li Yingying's performance was very good, not inferior to any main attacker of the women's volleyball team. In the first match with the United States women's volleyball team, Li Yingying scored 9 points in the tiebreaker and scored 26 points in the whole game, which was the number one contributor to the Chinese team's ability to defeat the opponent after 20 years. In the second match with the France women's volleyball team, Li Yingying scored 14 points to help the team win easily in three straight games. In the final battle with Serbia for a place in the group, Li Yingying scored 28 points to lead the team to three consecutive victories. Coupled with the 1/4 final with Turkey, Li Yingying was the team's scoring champion in all four games, and various statistics such as scoring, serving, and offensive efficiency were among the best among the main attackers of the women's volleyball team.
Missing out on the semi-finals is a bit bitter for Li, but at just 24 years old, she still has a chance to continue her dream of Olympic gold at the Los Angeles Olympics four years later. At the end of the journey of the Paris Olympics, Li Yingying is still facing the old question, whether to continue to stay in the domestic league or choose to go to the overseas league to exercise, she needs to discuss and decide with the Tianjin women's volleyball team and her family. After all, with Li Yingying's outstanding performance in the Paris Olympics, there must be no shortage of giant teams in the Turkey and Italy leagues who want to introduce her, let us look forward to Li Yingying leading the Chinese women's volleyball team to another good result in the future World Series.