She is known as the "heavy gunner" of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and has smashed and beaten Japan opponents three times, making them faint on the ground, and even having a concussion, she is Wang Yimei, the absolute core of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Japan therefore called Wang Yimei the "ultimate weapon", which shows the fear of Wang Yimei's smashing.
However, in 2013, Lang Ping became the new coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, which made Wang Yimei's sports career take a huge turn, and she transferred Wang Yimei from the main offensive position to the substitute, completely marginalizing Wang Yimei.
Wang Yimei, who was at her peak, was given up by her idol Lang Ping, and she had no chance to play, so she was forced to leave the national team.
Wang Yimei did not give up volleyball, she went abroad, joined the volleyball club in Turkey, and continued her volleyball dream.
Why do athletes who have won glory for their country get such treatment?
Beat Japan violently and win glory for the country
At the 2006 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, Wang Yimei showed her skills for the first time, and at the World Championships in the same year, her excellent performance made foreign media call her "the second Lang Ping", believing that she has the hope of becoming the new leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Wang Yimei still played very bravely in the women's volleyball game, and her smash turned the key situation for the team many times.
In the group stage against Japan, Wang Yimei's multiple violent dunks made Japan's opponents unable to resist at all.
At that time, the Chinese team was 9 points behind the Japan team, and the score was very dangerous, at this time Wang Yimei stood up and took the Japanese opponent by surprise with a smash, and the opponent also fell to the ground and lost the ability to counterattack.
Interrupted the advantage of the Japan team in time, led the Chinese team to chase after the victory, and finally turned defeat into victory.
Although the Chinese women's volleyball team only won the third place in the Beijing Olympics, Wang Yimei's outstanding performance left a deep impression on various teams, believing that she is already the absolute core force of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In the next Women's Volleyball World Cup, Wang Yimei continued to help the Chinese women's volleyball team win the third place, and she also had an absolute strength display in the game, which surprised everyone.
When playing against the Japan team, Wang Yimei's heavy buckle directly hit the opposite main attacking player Kimura Saori fainted on the spot, and he was able to knock everyone out with volleyball, which shows how amazing Wang Yimei's ball speed is.
And this is not the first time Wang Yimei has stunned her opponent, she was praised by foreign media as "the second Lang Ping", from which it can be seen that everyone agrees with her smash, because Lang Ping was called "Iron Hammer" at the beginning, and the power of playing is very terrible, and Wang Yimei is not inferior to Lang Ping.
And when it comes to why Wang Yimei's smash is so amazing, it still stems from her innate advantages and hard work.
Chinese women's volleyball team "heavy gunner"
Wang Yimei has excellent height, good physical flexibility, and great strength, so her smash is particularly powerful, and in daily training, it is difficult for even her teammates to catch her smash, let alone the opponent she does her best to match the game.
Wang Yimei's most surprising record is that she once smashed the ball three times to stun Japan opponents, making Japanese people call her the "ultimate weapon" of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Among them, she twice stunned Saori Kimura, the main player of the Japan women's volleyball team, and once knocked out the libero Yuko Sano.
At the 2008 Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, Wang Yimei's violent dunk shattered Japan's defense, directly hitting Saori Kimura and fainting.
Then, in 2010, when facing Japan again, Yuko Sano was unfortunately hit directly in the head by Wang Yimei's smash and fell to the ground.
In the 2011 Women's Volleyball World Cup, Wang Yimei's ball once again showed her absolute strength, her ball speed was amazing, a violent dunk made Saori Kimura faint, and even had a concussion.
The Japan team is very jealous of Wang Yimei's smash, and there are even TV shows trying to test how lethal her smash is. They used the machine to pop the volleyball with Wang Yimei's ball speed and strength, and the four tiles used for the test were instantly shattered, which shows how amazing Wang Yimei's heavy buckle is, no wonder the Japan opponent can't parry this blow at all.
Wang Yimei's wonderful smash in the game made many people expect her to lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to continue to win good results, but Wang Yimei lost this opportunity because of her own indulgence.
She once lost 36 pounds in two months in order to reduce the hindrance of her weight to movement, and now she is also disqualified from being coached because she can't keep her mouth shut.
Regret to leave the national team
Weight can be a huge impact on a volleyball player who needs to move both to attack and defend, so when weight gain cannot be controlled, performance in the game will only be disappointing.
The Chinese women's volleyball team did not perform well in the London Olympics, so the national team invited Lang Ping to serve as the new head coach of the women's volleyball team. As soon as Lang Ping took office, he adjusted the tactics and personnel structure of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Coach Lang Ping chose to reuse young and potential newcomers, and Wang Yimei was not among the veterans selected by Lang Ping. Many people are puzzled by Lang Ping's decision-making, Wang Yimei's outstanding performance is obvious to all, why did he give up Wang Yimei?
But in fact, Wang Yimei was abandoned, and there were her own reasons, she couldn't control her weight, and Coach Lang Ping once asked Wang Yimei to lose weight to ensure her health and performance on the field.
But Wang Yimei not only did not control her weight, but also once asked her teammates to break the rules set by the coach with her.
As a result, Wang Yimei's weight continued to increase, which caused a great burden on her health and court performance.
Wang Yimei's body is constantly injured, her back injury is serious, because she has to support the weight of her body, her old knee and ankle injuries have not been healed, resulting in her not only not being able to play her previous strength, but also making mistakes in competitions and training, and the coach is very disappointed in her.
Head Coach Lang Ping adjusted the tactics out of consideration for the entire women's volleyball team.
Wang Yimei's offense is strong, but her defense is very weak, and her skills have been formed and it is difficult to make changes, plus Zhu Ting and other powerful young players have also appeared at that time, so Lang Ping abandoned Wang Yimei and excluded her from the main lineup.
Wang Yimei was lost and sad, and after realizing that she did not have the possibility of playing, she decided to leave the national team and go to Turkey to develop and prove herself again.
She joined the Turkey club, and despite the difficulties of language barrier and adaptation to the new environment, Wang Yimei still adapted successfully and helped the Turkey team achieve good results.
Although Wang Yimei has retired, she is still devoted to the volleyball career she loves, serving as a coach in the Liaoning women's volleyball team, and has also become the legal person of the Liaoning Huajun Women's Volleyball Club, cultivating new women's volleyball players and completing the transformation of identity, which is also the best result for an athlete.
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