Chinese women s team depart for Volleyball Nations League in Italy
22 May 2021, 19:05 GMT+10
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) China s national women s volleyball team departed Shanghai on Friday for the upcoming Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2021 in Rimini, Italy, the team announced on social media. Led by iconic head coach Lang Ping, the Chinese delegation features 22 members, including 13 players, although star players Zhu Ting and Yuan Xinyue are not among them. 16 teams, including China, United States, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Netherlands and Japan, will compete in the women s competition, which takes place from May 25 to June 26. It s atypical this year that I have to pay close attention to players training and competitions, said Lang. We will in a bubble for five weeks and I m well-prepared for that, both training and competition, and living.