Sports movies are never just about sports. They are stories of the human spirit. But the best ones always make you want to stand up. Several sports movies will come out in China this year. Take a look at three of them.

    In the 1980s, the Chinese women's national volleyball team won the first gold medal for China in the world. People cheered for them.

   Leapdirected by Chen Kexin, which was put off in the Spring Festival due to COVID-19, shows how volleyball players went on a journey to become the top team in the world.

    Gong Li played the role of Lang Ping, a Chinese volleyball team's present head coach.

Leap

    Li Na was the first Asian tennis player in history to win at the French Open 2011 and Australian Open 2014  Li is one of China's best-known players.

    The movie tells a story of Li who achieved greater success than she ever expected. Li became a symbol of independence and hope.

    The movie was directed by Chen Kexin which was finished last year.

Li Na

    Table tennis is closely related to China's national pride. Rong Guotuan won China's first international gold medal at the 25th World Table Tennis Championships in 1959. Deng Yaping and Wang Nan are national heroes in China.

    The movie which will be directed by Zhang Yimou in May this year tells the story of a Chinese ping pong player, Yuan Xin played by Deng Chao, who was beaten by Japanese player Abe in 2016. After years of hard training, he was determined to win his honor back during the Olympic Ping Pong Games.

Ping Pong