Zhu Ting was watching the game from the sidelines.

Photo by Zhang Yichen

  China News Service, Xi'an, September 16th (Reporter Zhang Yichen) On the 16th, the first match of the senior women's volleyball team of the 14th National Games started. In the end, the Shanghai team defeated the Henan team in three straight games.

Zhu Ting, the leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team, did not represent Henan in this game.

After the game, Henan coach Jiao Shuai said in an interview that Zhu Ting would not play in the subsequent National Games.

Zhu Ting (first from right) is watching the game from the sidelines.

Photo by Zhang Yichen

  At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team stopped the group stage, and Zhu Ting's wrist injury attracted much attention from the outside world.

At the opening ceremony of the National Games on the evening of the 15th, when Zhu Ting appeared as the flag bearer of the Henan delegation, her wrist was still wrapped in a bandage.

  In the first match of the Henan women's volleyball team, Zhu Ting stood on the sidelines with her wrists wrapped in bandages and did not play.

Henan team coach Jiao Shuai said after the game that Zhu Ting would be allowed to "slow down". When asked whether Zhu Ting would not be allowed to play the next game, Jiao Shuai gave an affirmative answer.

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