Tall 1.87 meters, huge smashing power, good at playing tough battles, scored a team-high 21 points in the semifinals, and scored 16 points in the second place in the team, 18-year-old Li Chenxuan is like Liu Xiaotong, the former Olympic champion of the Chinese women's volleyball team. The two are similar in stature and have some similarities in style. At the U20 Women's Volleyball Asian Championships, Liu Xiaotong watched the game on the sidelines as an assistant coach, while Li Chenxuan fought the court to help the Chinese U20 women's volleyball team win the championship after 8 years, ending the Japanese team's two consecutive championships.
Li Chenxuan was voted the best main attacker after the game, selected into the best team, and in the eyes of many people, Li Chenxuan even deserved to win the MVP, because her performance in the semifinals and finals was far better than Wang Yindi. Captain Wang Yindi won the MVP, which caused some controversy, after all, Wang Yindi did not perform well in the semifinals and finals.
Wang Yindi made 5 of 16 deductions in the semifinals, scored 3 net blocks, scored 1 serve, and only scored 9 points. Li Chenxuan made 16 of 27 deductions in the semifinals, scored 3 net blocks, and scored 2 serves, completely suppressing Wang Yindi. In the final, Li Chenxuan scored 16 points and also suppressed Wang Yindi's 12 points.
Wang Yindi is the captain of the Chinese U20 women's volleyball team, she played well in the group stage and semifinals, but her performance in the semifinals and finals was not good, obviously inferior to Li Chenxuan, but the organizing committee still awarded the MVP to Wang Yindi. Li Chenxuan missed out on MVP. Of course, the best performance in the final was the substitute main attacker Dong Yuhan, who scored 20 points as a surprise soldier. However, Dong Yuhan did not play a lot before, and the total score was not as good as Li Chenxuan and Wang Yindi.
Li Chenxuan is a player from Shandong Youth Academy, selected for the national girls' volleyball team in 2021, and is the starting main attack of the national youth team.
Li Chenxuan is really like Liu Xiaotong in the past, and Liu Xiaotong is an assistant coach in this national youth women's volleyball team, I believe she will give Li Chenxuan some guidance. In fact, as early as last year, Li Chenxuan was hailed as Liu Xiaotong's successor.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is now full of talents in the main offensive position, and the main attackers participating in the Paris Olympics are Zhu Ting, Li Yingying, Zhang Changning and Wu Mengjie, and Zhuang Yushan is an alternate player. Even if Zhang Changning retired after playing the Paris Olympics, the competition for the main offensive position of the Chinese women's volleyball team is still fierce.
Li Chenxuan's role model is Liu Xiaotong, she needs local clubs to strive for good performances, need to practice passing and defense, and of course, strengthen her offensive advantages.
Although Liu Xiaotong is not the main force, she has made great contributions to the Rio Olympic cycle and the Tokyo Olympic cycle of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and she is known as the lucky general of the Chinese women's volleyball team, winning two World Cup championships and one Olympic championship. Liu Xiaotong also helped the Beijing women's volleyball team win the league championship. She is a deservedly winner in volleyball.
Li Chenxuan is known as Liu Xiaotong's successor, but there is still a long way to go before he can really succeed Liu Xiaotong. After all, there are not too many people who can achieve Liu Xiaotong's level.