Since last year, the anti-corruption tide in the domestic sports world has been surging, wave after wave, with its momentum and scope drawing attention. Among various sports projects, many leaders responsible for preparing for the Olympics have been involved, undergoing investigations one after another. Among them, football has been the most affected project. Within the football field, more than a dozen leaders of the Football Association have been involved, and now they have basically been sentenced, receiving severe legal sanctions.
Among these events, the most notable figure is Li Tie. This person, who once received much attention as the head coach of the national football team, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
However, Li Tie is not willing to accept this judgment and has chosen to appeal, trying to win the opportunity to reduce his sentence. Just one month after Li Tie's sentencing, the storm of anti-corruption in the domestic sports world began to affect the volleyball project, a situation that is truly sigh-inducing.
According to detailed reports from authoritative official media such as CCTV News and People's Daily, Li Quanqiang, the former leader of the Chinese women's volleyball team and former director of the Volleyball Management Center of the General Administration of Sports, has been taken away for investigation. Li Quanqiang is considered the highest-ranking figure investigated in this round of anti-corruption within the domestic volleyball circle.
It is worth mentioning that Li Quanqiang's predecessor, Pan Zhichen, was sentenced to four years in prison for bribery. Now that Li Quanqiang has also been taken away for investigation, this phenomenon clearly indicates that after achieving phased results in anti-corruption in the football world, the authorities have shifted their focus to investigating volleyball.
For Li Quanqiang, those who have long followed volleyball are relatively familiar with him. He has successively served as the leader of the Chinese men's and women's volleyball teams, then promoted to the deputy director of the Volleyball Management Center of the General Administration of Sports, and started serving as the director of the Volleyball Management Center in 2017. This period was only one year after the women's national volleyball team won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics. During his management of Chinese volleyball, many of Li Quanqiang's decisions have sparked great controversy.
For example, the current head coach of the women's national volleyball team, Cai Bin, was appointed during Li Quanqiang's tenure. In the past two or three years, the level of the women's volleyball team has shown a clear downward trend, failing to demonstrate strong competitiveness on the international stage. Cai Bin's coaching ability has therefore been subject to much questioning and criticism, yet the Volleyball Association has made no changes, still allowing Cai Bin to serve as the head coach of the national team.
It can be said that with Li Quanqiang's arrest, it is expected to cause quite a stir in related fields. It is estimated that many people will begin to lose sleep over this, but as long as one adheres to principles and propriety in doing things and being a person, there is no need to worry excessively. Anti-corruption in the sports field is not uncommon, reflecting society's pursuit of fairness, justice, and transparency.