Veterans of valor

Xue Chen

(Beach Volleyball)

Xue made the Chinese national team in 2002 at the age of 13, starting her Asian Games journey with gold in Doha with partner Zhang Xi, half a year after becoming the youngest-ever champion at the Shanghai Open when she was 17. The pair retained the Asian title at Guangzhou 2010. Along with multiple titles at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and an Olympic bronze, Xue and Zhang made the FIVB Roster 100 in 2021 — a list of the 100 greatest volleyball players from 2010 to 2020.After missing out on the Incheon and Jakarta Games, Xue and playing partner Xia Xinyi will now go for China's sixth consecutive women's beach volleyball title at the Asiad since 2002.