{"id":62907,"date":"2021-07-08T02:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=62907"},"modified":"2021-07-08T02:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T02:53:14","slug":"zhu-ting-to-lead-power-packed-china-squad-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/zhu-ting-to-lead-power-packed-china-squad-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"ZHU TING TO LEAD POWER-PACKED CHINA SQUAD IN TOKYO"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>China prepare for title defence with seven Rio veterans and five Olympic debutantes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The China Volleyball Association announced its 12-player roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan this week.<\/p>\n<p>Outside hitter Zhu Ting leads as captain as China head into the defence of their Olympic title with a mix of relatively experienced players and Olympic newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy, head coach Lang Ping appointed Zhang Changning as the interim captain, and the outside hitter recorded two over-30 point performances before the other key players joined the action in Week 4.<\/p>\n<p>China concluded their 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League campaign in fifth place, with 10 wins in 15 matches. The Asian powerhouse punched in six consecutive wins in the last two weeks of the preliminaries, including a big straight-sets win over eventual winners the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The last couple of matches provided a preview of just how strong a contender the Chinese team will be in Tokyo. With seven Rio 2016 veterans returning for another Olympic run, and reinforced by five young and talented players, they certainly have a formidable team.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Zhu Ting \u6731\u5a77 (23 points) dismantles Team USA at the Women&#039;s Volleyball World Cup 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6hcE9UQkKVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>China&#8217;s Olympic Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Setters \u2013<\/strong> Yao Di, Ding Xia<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Opposites<\/strong> \u2013 Gong Xiangyu<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Outside Hitters<\/strong> \u2013 Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning, Liu Xiaotong, Li Yingying, Liu Yanhan<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Middle Blockers<\/strong> \u2013 Yuan Xinyue, Wang Yuanyuan, Yan Ni<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Libero<\/strong> \u2013 Wang Mengjie<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley&nbsp;<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China prepare for title defence with seven Rio veterans and five Olympic debutantes The China Volleyball Association announced its 12-player roster for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":62908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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