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A reassembled Chinese national women’s volleyball team intends to recover from a disappointing Tokyo 2020 Olympics through Volleyball Nations League (VNL) without top star Zhu Ting.
It will be a challenge for new coach Cai Bin, who replaced legendary coach Lang Ping after Tokyo 2022, with the recently released roster missing spikers Zhu Ting and Zhang Changning, both citing injuries for the absence.
Cai, 56, was appointed as the head coach of the national women’s team for the second time after he led China to the finals of the Asian Championships in 2009 when they lost to Thailand. This time his goal is higher as he is expected to lead the Rio 2016 Olympic champions to Paris 2024 with untested soldiers.
Starting in late May, VNL will be the first major international event after Cai took the reins and the first time for the Chinese women’s team to show up at the international volleyball court after they failed in the preliminary round in Tokyo last year.
