赵蕊蕊将有待于新年回队

Chinese volleyball player Zhao Ruirui has set her comeback date on January 1, 2008 after her long-term recuperation from injury, a national volleyball team official has revealed.

The team's director, Li Quanqiang, says Zhao's return will be in time for China's final preparation for the Beijing Olympics, scheduled to open on August 8 next year, where the team looks forward to defend its title.

A correspondent of The Beijing News witnessed Zhao working hard in a training session on Wednesday in Beilun in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, with the bandage around her knee removed.

Li Quanqiang says Zhao's physical strength has been recovering smoothly and her training will get back on track.

Zhao, a key player in Chen Zhonghe's team, was injured in her leg prior to the 2004 Olympic Games.

Her injury got worse during the game against the United States, which sidelined Zhao in the games in Athens where the Chinese women volleyball team re-claimed the Olympic title after a 20-year wait.

国际排联一官员透露：中国女排运动员赵蕊蕊已经把她的回队训练的日期定在了２００８年的元旦，那时她将完成一段长时间的疗养，　　领队刘国强说赵的回队正赶上明年８月分的北京奥运会的女排后期训练，女队期望在本届奥运会上再夺冠军．　　北京新闻的一记者透露周三在浙江省北仑市看到正在艰苦的训练的赵蕊蕊，她膝盖上还缠着纱布，　　刘国强说赵的体力正在逐渐恢复，她的训练也将步入正轨，　　赵是陈忠和队里的一名种子选手，她是在２００４年的雅典奥运会上受伤的，　　她的伤势在与美国对的较量中加重，以至她在雅典奥运会上不能上场，而本届奥运会上中国女排在等待了２０年之后终于重又获得了奥运冠军的荣誉．