On July 5, Beijing time, at 20:00 this evening, the Chinese women's volleyball team officially announced the list of 12 people participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games, of which the defeat of Olympic champion Lin Li caused a lot of controversy.
Lin Li is not yet 30 years old, to be precise, she is now 28 years old, she is one of the key heroes of the Chinese women's volleyball team to turn the tide and win the championship at the Rio Olympic Games, and then the Rio Olympic Games ended, she was plagued by injuries for a period of time, and her state was somewhat declining. In this cycle, Lang Ping and An Jiajie began to cultivate young free agent Wang Mengjie, who began to take the position at the World Championships and the World Cup, and was successfully elected as the best free man in the World Cup, overpowering Lin Li. Although during the World Women's Volleyball League, Wang Mengjie's performance fluctuated significantly, but Lang Ping finally chose to believe Wang Mengjie.
In this way, among the heroes of the Chinese team winning the championship at the Rio Olympic Games, Lin Li became the only one who did not retire but did not make the list of active Olympic champions. In addition, the Chinese women's volleyball team has also set a big record, in the past 37 years of history, the Chinese women's volleyball team has eight Olympic games in the list, have players from Fujian, or coaches. Now Lin Li is officially out, which means that in this Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team will have no Fujian elements.
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, when the Chinese women's volleyball team included Hou Yuzhu and Zheng Meizhu from Fujian, and then in 1988 Hou Yuzhu and Zheng Meizhu were selected, in the 1996 Olympic Games, the Chinese team was Li Yan and Wang Ziling selected, the 2000 Olympic Games also had Li Yan route, the 2004 head coach Chen Zhonghe was from Fujian, the 2008 head coach Chen Zhonghe and the deputy attack Xu Yunli were from Fujian, in 2012 Xu Yunli and Zhang Xian were from Fujian. In 2016, Xu Yunli and Lin Li came from Fujian, and it can be said that the elements of Fujian are already an important part of the Chinese women's volleyball team, but this time Zheng Yixin and Lin Li did not finally be able to catch the last train of the women's volleyball team, which is indeed regrettable.