Following the Chinese women's basketball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team was also eliminated in the quarterfinals of the women's volleyball team at the Paris Olympics. Although the girls tried their best, they eventually lost 2-3 to the Turkey women's volleyball team and missed the semifinals.
And after this game, the exit of the Chinese women's volleyball team also caused a lot of controversy. At the heart of the controversy was several key decisions in the tiebreaker, especially an obvious misjudgment by the referee, which directly affected the final outcome of the game.
The first four innings of the match went relatively smoothly, with both sides going 2-2 and the game going into the final tiebreaker. In the decisive game, the Chinese women's volleyball team and the Turkey women's volleyball team played very closely, and the scores rose alternately. When the score came to 10, there was a very controversial decision, the blocking of the Turkey women's volleyball team was suspected of hitting the net, but the referee from Canada awarded Turkey a point. The Chinese women's volleyball team immediately protested and asked to watch the video back, but the referee still upheld the original verdict after watching the video replay.
It is worth noting that in the process of the referee reviewing the video, part of the footage of the Turkey women's volleyball team that may have touched the net was deliberately edited. Subsequently, the referee insisted on his decision on the grounds that the Turkey women's volleyball team did not violate the rules of touching the net. The decision clearly had an impact on the psychology of the Chinese team.
Soon after, the Canada referee awarded the Turkey women's volleyball team a score before the ball landed. The Chinese women's volleyball team challenged again, although this challenge was successful, but the original point that the Chinese women's volleyball team should have scored was changed to the Turkey women's volleyball team to re-serve, making the situation on the court more unfavorable to the Chinese women's volleyball team.
The continuous misjudgments of the referee on duty not only made the head coach Cai Bin extremely dissatisfied on the sidelines, but also dealt a big blow to the morale of the entire Chinese women's volleyball team. Although the Chinese women's volleyball team still showed tenacity in the face of adversity, it failed to save the defeat in the end, losing 2-3 to the Turkey women's volleyball team and stopping in the final four of the Olympic women's volleyball team.
According to reports, after being eliminated by the Turkey women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team acted quickly and filed a formal complaint with the Olympic Committee. Although the outcome of the appeal will not change the final outcome of the match, if a series of misconduct by the Canada referee can be exposed and the FIVB investigates him, at least to some extent, similar incidents can be avoided in the future and ensure that other teams are treated as unfairly as the Chinese women's volleyball team.
After being eliminated by the Turkey team, former Chinese women's volleyball head coach Lang Ping also gave support and encouragement to all the players of the Chinese women's volleyball team for the first time. As a veteran national player and coaching the national team for many years, Lang Ping is well aware of the cruelty of competitive sports and the difficulties of athletes. Therefore, she did not criticize the players of the women's volleyball team too much, but gave encouragement and blessings.
It can be said that Lang Ping's move not only reflects the mind and pattern of a coach, but also brings more positive energy to the team, boosts the morale of the team, and allows fans to see the hope of the future of the Chinese women's volleyball team.