Shortly after the national games, women's volleyball players who generally choose to retire will officially announce their retirement during the National Day holiday. However, now a sudden thing has happened, the former national player of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Zhang Lei, a 36-year-old veteran of the Shanghai women's volleyball team, officially announced his retirement on the social platform, ending his 20-year career. This decision is a surprise, to know that Zhang Lei participated in the National Games as the main force of the Shanghai women's volleyball team, and the overall state is quite OK, and it is not too much to insist on an Olympic cycle.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Lei did not officially announce his retirement after the National Games, but chose to quit on the eve of the National Championship. Zhang Lei bluntly said on the social platform that there is no unbroken feast in the world, grateful for everything, and hopes that everyone will continue to support the Shanghai women's volleyball team in the future. As a member of the London cycle of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Zhang Lei has not only been selected for the national team many times, but also participated in the London Olympic Games, and the running attack of the No. 2 position is still the focus of fan discussion.
Zhang Lei's retirement not only surprised and regretted most fans, but even Zhang Lei's former teammate Wang Yimei said that it was very uncomfortable. Because Zhang Lei's decision was indeed too sudden, everyone thought that Zhang Lei could still insist on playing in the Paris cycle. You must know that according to her age, the women's volleyball player is fully qualified to become an assistant coach, rather than continuing to struggle on the volleyball court, if it is not for the love of volleyball, Zhang Lei can not persist until now.
Since the withdrawal of the national team, Zhang Lei has been the main recipient of the Shanghai women's volleyball team and has helped the team get many honors. However, in the recent Olympic cycle, Zhang Lei due to his older age and the decline in his competitive status, the Shanghai women's volleyball team still tends to introduce foreign aid in the league. Germany's main reception of Lipman is the most typical example, but the domestic arena does not allow foreign aid to participate, the Shanghai women's volleyball team is still the main Zhang Lei, alleviating the crisis of the No. 2 position of the Shanghai women's volleyball team.
But every women's volleyball player's career will have an end day, and now Zhang Lei does not want to insist on it anymore. And her age is really a bit old, to know that the Chinese women's volleyball team can play to about 40 years old retired athletes are simply very few, Zhang Lei has created a miracle. Although Zhang Lei has withdrawn, the Shanghai women's volleyball team has introduced a young receiver Ouyang Xixi from the Bayi women's volleyball team, so it is likely that the Shanghai women's volleyball team will take over Zhang Lei's position is Ouyang Xixi.
However, Ouyang Xixi has not yet played the main game, and it is still unknown whether she can be a good successor. Moreover, there are no outstanding newcomers within the Shanghai women's volleyball team, which greatly reduces the offensive firepower of the Shanghai women's volleyball team in the No. 2 position, and loses a major general. I hope that Zhang Lei can find a new direction after retiring, after all, there are many women's volleyball players who have lived a wonderful life after retiring, and may also appear in the coaching team of the Shanghai women's volleyball team, Zhang Lei has this qualification.