搜狐体育讯 As Athens 2004 approaches, both China’s men’s and women’s volleyball teams are in mixed sentiments. Men’s team was out in qualification games held in Japan. Although the failure was not without reason, for some teams were suspected of violation of fair play, the result was final and simple. While men’s team has been eliminated from the Olympics, people are worry about women’s second striker ZHAO Ruirui’s fracture. Fortunately, news came out yesterday that this “Crystal Beauty” of China’s volleyball team was able to walk, totally free from clutches.On 30 May, ZHAO Ruirui, encouraged and accompanied by the head coach CHEN Zhonghe, stood up without the support of clutches and edged for about 10 metres between her two coaches. The short distance she covered in more than a minute, however, this was remarkable in her recovery from injury.