November 27 news, tonight, CCTV launched the "Chinese Women's Volleyball Team" series of documentary series of the third episode of "Unity and Hard work", telling the 1981 Women's Volleyball World Cup Chinese team with the "women's volleyball spirit", continuous victory over the Soviet Union, the United States and other strong enemies of the heroic story, can be sung and wept.
After defeating the Soviet team, the Chinese team and the United States team are all 4 wins, followed by a direct confrontation between China and the United States, if you lose, the last game is to play japan, then the fate may be the same as 4 years ago, will not be in their own hands.
In 1977, the Chinese women's volleyball team participated in the World Cup for the first time, and the Japanese team won the world championship for the first time at home. The Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Cuba 3-2 in the final four, but lost to Japan and South Korea, and the Japanese team deliberately lost a round to the South Korean team in the last game, squeezing the Chinese women's volleyball team off the podium. The Chinese team ranked 4th after the South Korean team and did not qualify for the podium.
Veteran captain Cao Huiying recalled, "In 1977, we took the fourth place in the whole team, when the Japanese team also played the Korean team, and it was possible to play them 3-0, but the last look was obviously conceded. Just this round, we only took the 4th place. ”
Cao Huiying said, "Just by being squeezed down this ball, everyone realizes a problem, that is, fate, must be in their own hands." ”
It is also the player's career that has experienced such a painful lesson, so after Lang Ping became the manager of the women's volleyball team in the future, he remembered to never let the ball opponent, be fair and just, and always take the initiative himself.
Before playing the American team, the Chinese women's volleyball team encountered a huge crisis full of injured soldiers, Chen Yaqiong was injured in the left shoulder, Zhang Rongfang hit the Soviet team's foot, "the ankles were swollen like steamed buns", and Chen Zhaodi's waist was sprained.
On the eve of the game, Yuan Weimin called the whole team to a meeting, and everyone offered ideas. At that time, the American team was in full swing, with the world's first gunner Heyman at 1.96 meters, and Crouchett, and they had 240 international competition experience, while the Chinese team only had more than 100 games.
Everyone believes that the United States will seek a breakthrough from Zhang Rongfang, the shortest in the Chinese team, who is only 1 meter 74 tall, and Zhang Rongfang is affected by the movement of her feet, and Zhang Rongfang faces an opponent who is Heyman, who is 22 centimeters taller than her.
Everyone said, "You can't hesitate, as soon as you hesitate for a few tenths of a second, you will be blocked by others." ”
At this point in the game, the players were very tired, but at this team meeting, everyone took the initiative to ask for help, hoping that they would bear more and be able to shed the last drop of sweat for the team.
CCTV commentator Song Shixiong commented, "This is the joy of victory after a hard battle. Zhang Rongfang is a strong girl, and she sprained her foot in a match with the Soviet union, and she was also worried that she could not continue the game, and she covered her face with a towel in pain at night. After only a day off, she was playing again. The foreign reporter asked Yuan Weimin, 'What kind of panacea did you use to cure Zhang Rongfang?' Yuan Weimin said, 'Will. ’”
Cao Huiying said, "At that time, I felt that I had already used the last bit of strength. Hands shook when drinking water. ”
He Huixian, a reporter with the team, said, "Take down the American team, I was really going to shed tears at that time." ”
After the end of the war with the United States, in the lounge of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the team members, the team leaders, the reporters, all the Chinese present cried, and after winning this game, the Chinese team took its fate into its own hands. The last match was against Japan, and as long as the Chinese team won, it would be the world champion.