FIVB president: Chinese team lost by mistake of the coach

 LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Wei Jizhong, the president of the international federation¹ of volleyball, attributed China's loss in the Olympic women's quarterfinals to the mistake of their coach.

The Chinese team, coached by Yu Juemin, finished fifth in the Olympic tournament, one of the worst results in a decade.

"The Chinese team are nearly on the same level with Japan and South Korea. But they lost to Japan. I think it was a mistake of the coach," said the 76-year-old Chinese, who's going to retire from his office in September.

"But this is a good thing for them. If they win, they will continue to use the players and the coach. Because they lost, they will think about using young players. I believe they will have a new bright future," said Wei.

In Wei's eyes, the over-use of veterans in the women's event has affected² the competition level of the London Games.

"We have a technical evaluation³ group here. In London, for men's team, competition is of high level. There are some talented new players and new technic. For the women's, however, it is not good as expected," said Wei.

"The reason is that women's teams have too many old players. They did their best, but due to the age, they can't reach high level.

"After the London Games, we will have a big leap forward. New players will join in the competition, while old players retire, giving their place to youngsters⁴, so we can say that volleyball is going to welcome a new generation."

According to Wei, the FIVB have decided⁵ to create youth world championships every two years to prepare a young generation for the beach volleyball and volleyball.

1 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

2 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

3 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

4 youngsters   

n.孩子( youngster的名词复数 )；少年；青年；年轻人

参考例句：

• We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace. 我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。
• The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。