{"id":462300,"date":"2026-05-27T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/462300\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:01:09","slug":"china-womens-volleyball-team-hit-by-injuries-as-key-players-pull-out-of-nations-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/462300\/","title":{"rendered":"China women\u2019s volleyball team hit by injuries as key players pull out of Nations League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese women\u2019s team were in the midst of an injury crisis after key members pulled out of the coming Volleyball Nations League (VNL), prompting fans to question the high-intensity training associated with the so-called \u201cwomen\u2019s volleyball spirit\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Just one week before the first stop of the VNL in Nanjing, head coach Zhao Yong admitted that injuries were hampering preparations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a recent interview, Zhao confirmed that 23-year-old rising outside hitter Wu Mengjie required knee surgery due to a training injury and would miss the entire tournament.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Wu was China\u2019s leading attacker in last year\u2019s VNL, averaging 18.92 points per match.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Another key outside hitter, Li Yingying, remained in Tianjin for rehabilitation following a severe right ankle injury sustained during the 2025 domestic league playoffs, failing to reach match fitness despite her inclusion in the 30-player VNL team.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Young opposite hitter Ji Yuxiao also left the squad due to injury, ruling her out of the coming campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chinese women\u2019s team were in the midst of an injury crisis after key members pulled out of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[215253,1657,215250,57910,215254,85,46,78913,215252,215251,22627,4436,39245,105,1348,215246,215248,215247,215249],"class_list":["post-462300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asian-championship","tag-china","tag-chinese-womens-national-volleyball-team","tag-czech-republic","tag-gong-xiangyu","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jiangsu","tag-li-yingying","tag-los-angeles-olympics","tag-nanjing","tag-poland","tag-serbia","tag-sports","tag-thailand","tag-vnl","tag-volleyball-nations-league","tag-wang-yuanyuan","tag-zhao-yong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}