China News Service, Beijing, August 26. The Chinese Volleyball Association issued a document in the early morning of August 26, responding to the fact that the Chinese women's volleyball team wore a mask in the first game of the Asian Cup against Iran.
The Chinese Volleyball Association said that it sincerely apologized for not being meticulous about the work, and conscientiously summed up experience and lessons.
The original text is as follows:
In the 2022 Women's Volleyball Asian Cup group match between China and Iran on August 25th, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball girls wore masks in the first game, which caused widespread concern and concern in the society. We are deeply concerned about the women's volleyball team. Thank you and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by our lack of meticulous work.
Before the game, the team learned that the athletes in the participating teams had been infected, and some of our athletes also had symptoms. In order to prevent the risk of the spread of the epidemic, the team started from protecting the health of the athletes and required the athletes to wear masks uniformly when entering the competition venue.
Because the organizing committee has not made clear regulations on whether athletes should wear masks in the game, our athletes wear masks after the start of the game to protect themselves.
Due to our lack of experience on the field, we did not remind the players to take off their masks in time. Therefore, in the first game, all our players wore masks to play.
In the second half of the first game, after realizing that playing with a mask is not good for the health of the players, the team reminded us in time that our players took off the masks and finished the next game.
In the future, we will conscientiously sum up experience and lessons, coordinate epidemic prevention and control, competition and training, and under the premise of protecting the health of athletes, we will play every competition well and repay everyone's concern.