The Macao stage of the FIVB World Grand Prix continued on S And that's when China's women's team snatched their eighth consecutive victory by thrashing Dominica in straight Despite already qualifying for next weeks' final， China sent all their main Dominica continued their momentum from beating Brazil in their previous match， and piled the pressure on the Chinese side with powerful Veteran Zhou Suhong stepped up at a key moment， helping China take the first set 25- Dominica tried hard to bounce back in the next two sets， forcing an intense But powerhouses China held on， and built up their dominance little by 25-22， 25-21， and China claimed their eighth straight They'll face their strongest opponents Brazil on S Earlier in the day， arch rivals Brazil hammered Japan in straight The Brazilians dominated the game right from the beginning and never gave the Japanese side any
Chinese Women's Volleyball Team China goes through wind and rain to see sunlight Chinese head coach Chen Zhonghe and his women spikers love to sing a popular lyric titled as "Sunlight always comes after wind and rain" "Sunlight always comes after wind and rain， be confident that we will see the rainbow in the No matter how much wind and rain we go through， I will always be on your side，" Chen sang softly the mandarin song in a Fujian accent after China won the first triumph at the three major women's volleyball tournaments， namely the World Cup， the World Championships and the Olympics， since 1986， when China crowned at the World C "My players have been my companions through the rain and wind，"Chen "I could not achieve anything without " When the 46-year-old Chen， who had been trial horse and assistant coach of the Chinese women's team since 1979， took the helm in February， 2001， few people believed he could lead the team to repeat the glory of the "Old Chinese Women's Volleyball Team"， which had scored five straight victories in the World Cup， the World Championships and the Olympics in the "I was not a famous coach， and I had not made significant achievements as a player，" Chen "Quite a few people doubted my ability， some even said 'Is that possible that somebody who can not even speak standard mandarin can be a good coach?'" Chen The critics raised their high-pitched tones when Chen began to rebuild the Chinese team by replacing star players such as Zhu Yunying and Qiu Aihua with newcomers Feng Kun， Yang Hao， Zhao Ruirui and Liu Ya' Against heavy pressure as his move was hotly disputed across the Chinese media， Chen did not back off but sticked to his choice of players and the young spikers did not let him The fresh faces began to make their international fame late in Following a victory in the Asian Championship， China won the Grand Champions Cup with a crystal clean record in Japan in N The Chinese women went on to finish runners-up to Russia at the2002 Grand Prix finals， before trapping into the biggest trouble since the founding of the new In a strategy to avoid an early crash with Russia， which held a commanding record over China in 2002， at the World Championships in Germany， China lost some of the group matches intentionally， triggering off anger from the opponents as well as the Chinese The low-spirited Chinese women then lost to Italy in the semi-finals for a disappointing fourth place finish at the "That was the worst time for our team，" said Chen Z "Fortunately we went through it shoulder to " China lucked up going into the year of It scored its first ever Grand Prix title in Italy in August and retained the Asian championship title in Vietnam in October before completing a 2003 hat-trick at the World C With the World Cup trophy and an Olympic ticket in hand， Chen and his players eyed the title at the Athens Games in "People will have higher expectations from us in the Olympic Games， because we have won the World Cup，" said C "But we still have a lot to improve in order to achieve a good result at the Athens G" "We will come across more difficulties and obstacles in the future， but I'm sure we shall overcome them "
