#lang ping

“She is a Chinese former volleyball player and coach. She is the former head coach of the Chinese women's national volleyball team and U.S. women's national volleyball team. As a player, Lang won the most valuable player award in women's volleyball at the 1984 Olympics. She coached the U.S. women's national team to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in her home country. Lang later coached the gold medal-winning Chinese women's national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the first person in volleyball history, male or female, to have won Olympic gold both as a player and as a coach.”

Documentary on China’s volleyball legend Lang Ping to premier at global film festival — CGTN

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— Documentary “Iron Hammer” about Lang Ping, former Chinese Olympic volleyball star and current head coach of China women’s national volleyball team, will premier via virtual a global film festival on June 7…

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Congratulations to Team China for the gold medal win in volleyball!

Zhu Ting is a tank that will just roll over anyone. Seriously, what a powerful player. And Yuan Xinyue is a blocking beast. What a fun team to watch.