Coach Has Roots in Two Worlds_体坛播报
the u.s. women's volleyball players have to lean in close to hear their new head coach speak.
the u.s. women's volleyball players, practicing in a gym at the olympic training center, have to lean in close to hear their new head coach speak. the tone of lang ping's voice, lilting and tinged with a chinese accent, belies the noise her presence here has made a half a world away.
lang helped lead china's women's volleyball team as a player to unprecedented world-stage success in the early 1980s, including the 1984 los angeles olympic gold medal, kindling a chronic national fervor for the sport and making her a relentlessly hounded icon. she also coached the chinese women to a silver medal in the 1996 atlanta olympics.
saturday, she will coach the u.s. women for the first time - an exhibition against brazil in fort collins, colo.
the u.s. women's volleyball players, practicing in a gym at the olympic training center, have to lean in close to hear their new head coach speak. the tone of lang ping's voice, lilting and tinged with a chinese accent, belies the noise her presence here has made a half a world away.
lang helped lead china's women's volleyball team as a player to unprecedented world-stage success in the early 1980s, including the 1984 los angeles olympic gold medal, kindling a chronic national fervor for the sport and making her a relentlessly hounded icon. she also coached the chinese women to a silver medal in the 1996 atlanta olympics.
saturday, she will coach the u.s. women for the first time - an exhibition against brazil in fort collins, colo.