Among the top 100 stars in the world updated by the International Volleyball Federation recently, the Japanese women's volleyball team is on the list of the core figures of the three Olympic cycles in Beijing, London and Rio, Kimura Saori! The best main attacker of the Japanese women's volleyball team in the new century has brought two medals of three major competitions to the Japanese women's volleyball team, and once scored 33 points in the 1/4 final of the 2012 London Olympic Games against the Chinese women's volleyball team, helping the Japanese women's volleyball team to be tenacious and upset, and retired to return to the family after the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.
The INTERNATIONAL Volleyball Federation's evaluation of Kimura Saori is: "If you look back at the Japanese women's volleyball team in the past decade, you will find that there is a core player who helped the Japanese women's volleyball team win the bronze medal at the 2010 FIVB World Women's Volleyball Championship and the 2012 London Olympic Games, which is also the first medal of the Japanese women's volleyball team after 32 years and 28 years." And the core player of that period was Saori Kimura! ”
Kimura Saori in high school with a comprehensive offensive and defensive skills into the Japanese women's volleyball national team, in 2003 the Japanese women's volleyball national team appeared Kimura Saori figure, when the Main Offensive Line of the Japanese women's volleyball team also famous Oyama Kana and Kurihara Kei, Kimura Saori only occasionally came off the bench, but her one pass ability soon showed a very high talent, even more than Oyama Kana and Kurihara Kei. After the Athens Olympics, Kimura Saori officially became the main attack of the Japanese women's volleyball team.
The overall strength of the Japanese women's volleyball team in the Beijing Olympic cycle is also second-rate in the world, and the second pass Takeshita Yoshie, the main attack Isori Kimura, the receiver Miyuki Takahashi, the free man Yuko Sano, and the deputy attack Araki Erika are the strongest lineup of this team's fixed starting. The World Championships won the 6th, the World Cup 7th, and the Olympic Games tied for 5th, but the Main Lineup of the Japanese Women's Volleyball Team in this Olympic cycle has been trained for a long time, and soon ushered in the small universe explosion in the London Olympic Cycle.
The 2010 World Championships group situation is favorable, the Japanese team with the advantage of the host, the group stage to maintain a full victory, the rematch only lost two games to Russia and China, to the second to enter the semifinals, this is the first time in 20 years that the Japanese women's volleyball team reached the final four, and in the third place competition to beat the Beijing Olympic runner-up 3-2 defeat of the United States women's volleyball team to win a valuable bronze medal. In 2011, despite losing to China, Italy and Serbia, the 4th place is also a rare achievement of the Japanese women's volleyball team. In the group stage of the 2012 London Olympic Games, Japan lost to Russia and Italy successively, but defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team in the quarterfinals, and then won South Korea 3-0 in the third place battle, and finally won another bronze medal in the London cycle, pushing the Japanese women's volleyball team to a peak in the new century.
Kimura Saori in the 2012 London Olympic Games against the Chinese women's volleyball team, the whole field scored 33 points, the Chinese women's volleyball team has never found the rhythm of the block, so that the Japanese women's volleyball team has the opportunity to destroy the Chinese women's volleyball team in the tug-of-war. In fact, this is also a microcosm of Kimura Saori's entire London cycle, the key points of each competition, the Japanese women's volleyball team despite the cover of the secondary attack, there are also fake actions in the second setter, the final pass point is still Kimura Saori, she can always live up to expectations.
Rio cycle Japanese women's volleyball Kimura Saori basically started, but without the assistance of Sachiko Eda, Takeshita Yoshie and Yuko Sano, Kimura Saori was lonely, and finally the Japanese women's volleyball team did not win medals in three major competitions in the entire Rio cycle, and the best result was the fifth place.