Recently, the Beijing division held a high-profile press conference to introduce the new season of the Beijing men's volleyball team and the women's volleyball team, the Beijing men's volleyball team in the new season to introduce three strong foreign aids, namely the Pakistan national team to receive Khan Murad, Cuba to attack Lazaro · Brunette, and Brazil main attack Jose · Ademar.
The women's volleyball team is also not far behind, and the team has brought in Bosnia and Herzegovina's main attacker Idina and Serbia's Yelena in the new season.
In addition to the foreign aid situation, the promotion of Liu Xiaotong, a former Chinese women's volleyball player and 2016 Rio Olympic champion, and the main projects she is responsible for have also attracted widespread attention.
According to the public documents, the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau released important news: it is proposed to appoint former Chinese women's volleyball player Liu Xiaotong as the vice president (deputy director) of Beijing Muxiyuan Sports Technical School (Beijing Volleyball Sports Management Center), Liu Xiaotong's appointment quickly became the focus of discussion among the media and fans.
Liu Xiaotong was born in 1990, her volleyball career is full of struggle and glory, entered the first line of the Beijing women's volleyball team at the age of 16, and was selected for the Chinese national team in 2013.
Her "masterpiece" is undoubtedly in the 1/4 final of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Liu Xiaotong came off the bench at that time, showing extraordinary strength in the fierce battle between the Chinese team and the defending champion Brazil team, which disrupted the defensive rhythm of the Brazil women's volleyball team, and joined the Chinese women's volleyball team to complete the counterattack and advance to the semifinals.
In November 2021, Liu Xiaotong announced her retirement, and in the same year, she was appointed as the leader of the Beijing Automobile Women's Volleyball Team, beginning the transition from athlete to manager.
"Now it's mainly the person in charge of the men's and women's volleyball team, I came out of this project, so I know more about this project, I think it's happy, I only participated in the competition when I was an athlete, and then I served the team well when I was the team leader, and now I have to understand more about the event and other aspects, I need to make judgments and decisions, I feel very happy."
According to the announced goals, the Beijing women's volleyball team hopes that through the addition of new foreign players and the growth of young players, the team can show a better state in the new season, and the goal is still to compete for the top four.
The new season of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Super League is about to kick off, and the BAIC women's volleyball team will play against the Fujian women's volleyball team in the opening match on October 26.
The journey of the new season of the volleyball super league has arrived, and Liu Xiaotong's promotion has added a touch of color to Beijing volleyball, and we look forward to her continuing to contribute to the cause of Chinese volleyball in her new role.
At the same time, fans will also be full of expectations to pay attention to the performance of the Beijing men's and women's volleyball teams in the new season.