The first victory of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Tokyo Olympics is not only a battle of honor

On July 31, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Italian team 3:0 in the absence of hope of qualifying, won the next game to defend honor, and won the first victory in the Tokyo Olympics.

Before the start of the game, many netizens were not optimistic about the results, believing that the Chinese women's volleyball team met the Italian team with consecutive wins in the case of consecutive defeats, and the probability of winning was not large. But when the game began, netizens praised: "This is the long-lost Chinese women's volleyball team!" ”

It was a "battle of honor."

As one of the most outstanding teams in the Chinese sports team, the women's volleyball team has countless glories: the World Cup won the championship in 1981 and 1985, the world championships in 1982 and 1986 defeated the strong opponent to the top, and the 2004 and 16 Olympic Games showed the world the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team... But it also experienced many moments of defeat: the 1988 Olympic Games stopped in the semi-finals, the 2006 World Championships ranked fifth, the 2009 Asian Championships lost to Thailand, and the 12-year Olympic Games lost to the Japanese women's volleyball team. It is the peaks and valleys again and again that have made the spirit of the women's volleyball team more abundantly interpreted. The defeat of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics does not mean giving up and fleeing, it will only be a new starting point for the continuation of the legend, a new opportunity to start again.

The women's volleyball players told us with practical actions: even if they have long lost the quarterfinals, even if they have lost many games in a row, as long as they stand on the field, they must face their opponents with the highest spirit, and they must shout out in a powerful voice: "Come on! "Never accept defeat, always positive, always full of ideals and sweat, this is the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team."

At the same time, it is also a "tinder war".

There is a special thing about this game, that is, the youngest players are sent in each position, and there is no change of people in the whole game. Li Yingying, 21, scored 15 points, 24-year-old Gong Xiangyu scored 9 points, and Wang Yuanyuan, also 24, scored 6 points... Their repeated batting seems to tell the world: the future of the Chinese women's volleyball team has us!

Sports competition needs to be inherited, the touch of passing on the torch is worthy of being recorded more than any victory, a generation of veterans have achieved success and retirement, and the power of youth will be gloriously inherited, which is the spirit of sportsmanship.

This game let us see the strength and hope, but also told us that the Chinese women's volleyball team needs to adjust, need to change, need to have the influx of fresh blood, and need more people to take up new burdens. Whether they are at the peak or the trough, winning or losing is only temporary, and the spirit of the women's volleyball team will continue forever, looking forward to the next game of the Chinese women's volleyball team!

Text/Qianyu Liu (Chongqing University)