Taiwanese women's ranking ranked fifth at the Furuya Asian Games. Team captain Liao Yiren supported the head coach's arrangement.

Liao Yiren. (File photo, provided by the Chinese Olympic Games)

[Special Correspondent Wu Mengru/Reporting from Nagoya] The Taiwanese women's volleyball team defeated Indonesia in the 5th and 6th place ranking matches yesterday, and this time the Nagoya Asian Games ended in fifth place. Faced with outside doubts about the women's volleyball team's lineup, team captain Liao Yiren supported head coach "Sister Niu" Deng Yanmin's arrangements. "You will know the coach's painstaking efforts until the end. We have never doubted Sister Niu's choice."

The Taiwanese women's volleyball team lost to Japan in the top 8 this time and missed the chance to advance to the top 4 to compete for medals. However, they vented their resentment in the ranking match and defeated Kazakhstan and Indonesia one after another to settle for fifth place.

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Regarding this Asian Games trip, Liao Yiren said that in fact, the Asian Games schedule is very physically demanding, with three consecutive days of playing, one day off, and three days of playing again. "The day before the game against Kazakhstan, we played a late game against Japan. I drank refreshing drinks before the game and was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. The next day, I immediately went 'late to early', which was really taxing on the attackers."

However, before the women's volleyball team competed in the Asian Games, there were questions about the coaching team's recruitment of players, and the scheduling during the game was also discussed. But Liao Yiren believes that everyone believes in the coach's choice. For example, in the final battle against Indonesia, the opponent's main attacker was unable to jump in the end. "However, despite our physical disadvantage, we were able to maintain our speed and physical fitness until the last moment because the coaching staff made very precise physical adjustments." She also mentioned that in fact, everyone has some injuries, and it is really not easy to plan the best lineup and protect the players.