7 screws second heart surgery volleyball captain hui ruoqi retires
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There is a spirit called the Chinese women's volleyball team;
There is also an emotion called the Chinese women's volleyball team.
As the former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Hui Ruoqi recently mentioned at an event that she is about to retire, but she is just waiting for the right time to announce it.
For many fans, the news that 26-year-old Hui Ruoqi is about to retire and leave the court should come as no surprise.
"After returning from the Olympics, my physical condition and stamina have clearly been struggling. I have already discussed with the coach about the new season, and I won't be participating in this season's Volleyball Super League. Next, I will find an appropriate opportunity to officially say goodbye to everyone."
Last year, Hui Ruoqi won the Rio Olympic gold medal with the Chinese women's volleyball team and this year, she won the National Games championship representing Jiangsu team. Hui Ruoqi has already achieved the two most important goals of her professional career. Although she is still in her prime, her body no longer allows her to fight for volleyball.
For Hui Ruoqi, who once fought so hard for volleyball that she brushed with death twice, this is indeed a decision filled with helplessness and reluctance.
In 2006, Hui Ruoqi was loaned to the Jiangsu women's volleyball team. She quickly became a key player. In that season's national women's volleyball league, Hui Ruoqi helped Jiangsu team achieve their best result in 7 years: third place.
In 2007,Thanks to her outstanding performance in the league, the then 16-year-old Hui Ruoqi appeared on the Chinese women's volleyball team's roster for the first time. Since then, Hui Ruoqi's volleyball career has been closely tied to the national team.
In June 2009, the Swiss Women's Volleyball Elite Tournament was Hui Ruoqi's first international competition. She performed excellently, winning the Best Receiver award and gradually secured her position in the national team.
In the 2010 Women's Volleyball Grand Prix in Macau, Hui Ruoqi was injured, leaving three surgical scars on her shoulder with seven steel pins inside. She missed all the subsequent matches of that season, including the Guangzhou Asian Games.
In 2011, after her comeback, Hui Ruoqi became the pillar of the Chinese women's volleyball team, the core of their offense and defense transitions, and won third place in the World Cup that year, securing a spot in the London Olympics.
In 2013, Lang Ping became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and Hui Ruoqi was appointed as the captain of the new Chinese women's volleyball team. They achieved second place in the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss.
In 2014, at the Women's Volleyball World Championship, Hui Ruoqi, as the captain, led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the runner-up, achieving the best result in 16 years.
Before the start of the 2015 Women's Volleyball World Cup, Hui Ruoqi underwent her first heart surgery.
Due to a recurrence of her injury, she underwent a second heart surgery six months before the start of the 2016 Rio Olympics and won the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medal with the team after her comeback.
Later, Hui Ruoqi appeared on CCTV's "Lecture Room" and talked about this experience.
"Just as I was preparing to shine in the World Cup, my health took a sudden turn. At that time, the doctor told me that if I didn't undergo surgery, I would not be able to continue my sports career.So I had to temporarily give up and undergo surgery. During what was supposed to be an awake surgery, I passed out in the middle and was brought back with electric shocks."
Seven steel pins, two heart surgeries; ten years in the national team, experiencing the failure of the London Olympics and the rebirth like a phoenix in Rio. Perhaps it was because of these life-and-death trials that when Hui Ruoqi secured the championship for the women's volleyball team in the final against Serbia at the Rio Olympics, she was the one who cried the most in the face of victory.
At 26, she is about to bid farewell to the volleyball court.
Let's all wish this former "face of the Chinese women's volleyball team" all the best in her future.
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