Lang lands 2m yuan job as China women's coach
Source: Xinhua |
April 26, 2013, Friday
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FORMER volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping was appointed coach of the Chinese women's national team yesterday.
The 53-year-old former head coach of both the Chinese and United States national team emerged as the clear winner from a four-candidate shortlist that also included former Chinese women's head coach Cai Bin, former New Zealand men's team coach Jiang Jie and German league coach Liu Changcheng.
The four candidates had made their presentations during a closed meeting held by the Chinese volleyball governing body 10 days ago.
No financial details were released during yesterday's press conference in Beijing where all the four new head coaches - for the national men's and women's volleyball and beach volleyball teams - were presented before media, but a source told Xinhua that Lang's annual salary is about 2 million yuan (US$324,000).
Pan Zhichen, director of the Chinese volleyball administrative center, declined to confirm this but said Lang's salary is commensurate with her credit and fame. "Lang is a highly-rated coach and she is very professional and much honored," said Pan. "What we've offered shows our respect."
Lang, a key member of China's most successful volleyball squad, guided China to the silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Expectations are high for Lang to pull the Chinese team out of the doldrums.
After bagging the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese team failed to reach the semifinals in London in 2012. Head coach Yu Juemin resigned immediately after the Olympics.
The 53-year-old former head coach of both the Chinese and United States national team emerged as the clear winner from a four-candidate shortlist that also included former Chinese women's head coach Cai Bin, former New Zealand men's team coach Jiang Jie and German league coach Liu Changcheng.
The four candidates had made their presentations during a closed meeting held by the Chinese volleyball governing body 10 days ago.
No financial details were released during yesterday's press conference in Beijing where all the four new head coaches - for the national men's and women's volleyball and beach volleyball teams - were presented before media, but a source told Xinhua that Lang's annual salary is about 2 million yuan (US$324,000).
Pan Zhichen, director of the Chinese volleyball administrative center, declined to confirm this but said Lang's salary is commensurate with her credit and fame. "Lang is a highly-rated coach and she is very professional and much honored," said Pan. "What we've offered shows our respect."
Lang, a key member of China's most successful volleyball squad, guided China to the silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Expectations are high for Lang to pull the Chinese team out of the doldrums.
After bagging the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese team failed to reach the semifinals in London in 2012. Head coach Yu Juemin resigned immediately after the Olympics.
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