BEIJING, March 28 -- The Chinese women's volleyball team, led by Lang Ping, will continue their medal-winning run for the next ten years, according to International Federation de Volleyball (FIVB) president Ary S. Graca.

After Lang Ping took the helm of China again in 2013, the Chinese women have emerged as the most successful women's team in the world, bagging consecutive titles at the World Cup in 2017, the Olympic Games in 2016 and the Grand Champions Cup in 2017, as well as a silver and a bronze in the World Championships in 2017 and 2018.

"The women's volleyball team is very young, they will be on the podium for the next ten years," Graca told Xinhua in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.

Graca had made a prediction that China would go to the final of the women's volleyball at the Rio Games during his visit to China in May of 2016, with the Chinese women eventually making it to the final and claiming the gold medal.

"I was not only trying to please the public here, I knew what I was saying," Graca recalled. "I saw the training, I talked to the girls and they were very young and very strong, I had no doubt about this."

The FIVB president also encouraged the Chinese men's team, which is bidding to qualify for the Tokyo Games under Raul Lozano of Argentina. Despite their women's counterparts' triumph, the Chinese men have missed the last two Olympic Games in a row following their participation as hosts at the Beijing Games in 2008.

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