April 1 is the death day of Former Chinese women's volleyball player and "General with Broken Arm" Chen Zhaodi, who has been away from us for 7 years. As a veteran women's volleyball team member, Chen Zhaodi's life has been dedicated to her favorite volleyball career, and her death eventually led to Lang Ping's re-appointment as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and will lead the team to the Tokyo Olympic Games next July. Chen Zhaodi was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, with excellent ability and hard training, Chen Zhaodi was selected for the Bayi women's volleyball team and represented the national team in a series of international events.
Chen Zhaodi debuted earlier, five years older than Lang Ping, in 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team re-formed the difficult moment, Chen Zhaodi, who was already the leader of the women's volleyball team of the National Sports Commission, resolutely put on the team uniform and went to the field, and Lang Ping, Zhang Rongfang and others became the main members of the old women's volleyball team. Due to the excessively serious waist injury and the arm injury in the game, Chen Zhaodi endured the injury more than once and insisted on playing. Bandages hanging arm to insist on playing the complete Games, against the waist injury insisted on playing the Asian Championship, and finally in the 1981 Women's Volleyball World Cup and the 1982 Women's Volleyball World Championship, Chen Zhaodi and his teammates won the championship together, and opened the old women's volleyball team five consecutive championships.
After retiring from the army, Chen Zhaodi did not leave the sports career, and entered the sports committee, and was promoted to the rank of major general in 2006. With the injuries that fell during the training of the players, coupled with the repeated waist injuries for many years, Chen Zhaodi endured pain that ordinary people could not bear. In Chen Zhaodi's own words, if it were not for his illness, he would continue to insist on the court. On April 1, 2013, Chen Zhaodi, who had been battling cancer for many years, died in Beijing at the age of 58.
General Chen Zhaodi's memorial service was held in Babaoshan, Beijing, and the old women's volleyball team members including Lang Ping were all present, and everyone mourned and sent the former good sisters on their last journey. At that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team had just experienced the loss of the quarterfinals of the London Olympic Games to Japan, and faced the turbulent period of changing the head coach, perhaps the death of Chen Zhaodi completely touched lang Ping's love for the women's volleyball cause in his heart, and finally Lang Ping appeared at the competition site of the Chinese women's volleyball team coach that year, leading the new Chinese women's volleyball team to create a miracle in the Rio and Tokyo cycles.
The past has passed away, leaving more for future generations to admire and learn. Now that Chen Zhaodi has left us, several steel nails left by injuries have been found in the ashes after death. Chen Zhaodi's title of desperate third lady is well deserved, and from her, we can see the best inheritance of the spirit of the women's volleyball team, which is also the best learning example for the women's volleyball players.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the third place as the host, and Chen Zhaodi, who had left the stadium for many years, returned to the side of the volleyball court, but his identity changed from a team member to a commentator. With his professional knowledge and unique insight into volleyball, Chen Zhaodi gave many wonderful commentary pictures to the fans. In 7 years, the brilliant achievements of the Chinese women's volleyball team believe that General Chen Zhaodi can see it, and the deep impression she has left on future generations will guide more people to continue to move forward.