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Lang Ping to pick US women's Volleyball team
 Beijing, China,
February 28, 2005 - Former Chinese Volleyball star Lang
Ping has started her coaching career with the US women's
national team.
Lang Ping, once known as the "Iron Hammer," was hired in
early February as head coach of the U.S. women's
Volleyball team.
She was in Colorado Springs, the USA Volleyball's
training base over the weekend to handpick her future
players from more than 100 candidates.
Pic: USA with great team spirit at the 2004 World
Grand Prix Final Round in Italy
"Although I have not signed the contract, I've come to
see my players and have a better understanding of the
team."
Lang Ping will formally start her coaching job with the
US team in May.
The 45-year-old was one of the world's best players in
the 1980s and later coached the Chinese team to a silver
medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Since leaving China's national team in 1999, she has
been a head coach for a number of championship teams in
the Italian League.
Lang Ping's hiring could lead to a potentially exciting
match-up against reigning Olympic and world champions
China at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Story courtesy of www.chinaview.cn
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