On June 29, the Volleyball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China announced the list of Chinese women's volleyball players for the Paris Olympic Games. More than 20 days later, Ding Xia will appear at the Olympic Games at the age of 34.5, making her the oldest Olympic national player in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
The list of Chinese women's volleyball players in the Paris Olympics is: Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, Diao Linyu, Gao Yi, Gong Xiangyu, Wang Yuanyuan, Zhang Changning, Li Yingying, Zheng Yixin, Ding Xia, Wang Mengjie, Wu Mengjie. Subs: Chong Yushan. Among the 13 people, Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, Gong Xiangyu, Zhang Changning, Ding Xia 5 are all selected for the third time, coincidentally, all five of them participated in the finals of the Rio Olympics 8 years ago, when the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Serbian team 3:1, and won the Olympic championship for the third time in 12 years. Wang Yuanyuan, Li Yingying, and Wang Mengjie are participating for the second time, and Diao Linyu, Gao Yi, Zheng Yixin, Wu Mengjie, and Zhuang Yushan are the first choice to compete in the Olympic Games.
In the past 32 years, the Chinese women's volleyball team has appeared 6 "veterans of the three dynasties".
Su Huijuan is the first "veteran of three dynasties" in history, and she participated in three Olympic Games: Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992. Su Huijuan is a setter and a player of the Chinese women's volleyball team during the five-consecutive championship period, and participated in the 1984 Olympic Games, the 1985 World Cup, and the 1986 World Championships.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Wu Dan and Sun Yue appeared in the Olympic arena for the third time. Wu Dan was a setter in a somewhat unusual situation, having competed in three of the Olympics between 1988 and 2000, missing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics before returning to the 2000 Olympics after a few years away from the national team. Sun Yue competed in three Olympic Games, including 1992, 1996 and 2000.
In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team successfully won the championship, and the twelve members of the team at that time had a "Three Old Yuan Dynasty", she was Wang Lina, who was the main attacker. Wang Lina has won 1 gold and 1 silver in the Olympic Games three times, which is the best performance among the "veterans of the three dynasties".
Eight years ago, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team added two "veterans of the three dynasties" to the Olympic lineup, they are Xu Yunli and Wei Qiuyue. Like Wang Lina, Xu Yunli and Wei Qiuli both became Olympic champions on their third Olympic journey.
There were 5 "veterans of the three dynasties" in the Paris Olympics all of a sudden, and they had the status of Olympic champions as early as 8 years ago, among which Yuan Xinyue, Zhu Ting, and Gong Xiangyu are likely to play the main role in three consecutive Olympic Games. At present, the Chinese women's volleyball team is not at its peak, and I hope that "Zhu Yuanzhang", Gong Xiangyu and Ding Xia can give full play to their strength and experience to help the Chinese women's volleyball team get out of the trough.
In the past, the oldest Chinese women's volleyball team Olympic player was Yan Ni, who was born on March 2, 1987 and was 34 years old and 5 months old when she participated in the Tokyo Olympics. Ding Xia was born on January 13, 1990, and she was a 34.5-year-old veteran when she competed in the Tokyo Olympics, breaking the record for the oldest age set by Yan Ni three years ago.