2024 Chinese National Championships + Trials

[Passion]

Definitely the oldest in the last 40 years at least. She’s 24.

Ou Yushan is 20.
Zhou Yaqin is 18.
Qiu Qiyuan is 17.
Zhang Yihan is 16.

Du Siyu is 22.
Zhang Qingying is 17.
Huang Zhuofan is 17.

 

[IratePanda]

Definitely the oldest in the last 40 years at least. She’s 24.

Ou Yushan is 20.
Zhou Yaqin is 18.
Qiu Qiyuan is 17.
Zhang Yihan is 16.

Du Siyu is 22.
Zhang Qingying is 17.
Huang Zhuofan is 17.

Yes, she's the oldest in 40 years. Chen Yongyan was 22 in 1984.

 

[Passion]

Luo Huan was an alternate for the Rio Olympic team. It was Tan Jiaxin, Luo Huan, and Liu Jinru. Tan Jiaxin ended up replacing Liu Tingting on the team after LTT broke her hand.

2016 was her first year as a senior. She's been competing internationally since 2013.

2017 and 2018 back to back National Champion, 2019 the silver medalist. Member of the 2017 and 2018 World Teams, she was on the last Chinese women’s team to win a team medal.

She was dealing with injuries during the early 2020’s before making a spectacular comeback at the 2023 University Games.

Now she’s an Olympian.

 

[IratePanda]

Luo Huan was an alternate for the Rio Olympic team. It was Tan Jiaxin, Luo Huan, and Liu Jinru. Tan Jiaxin ended up replacing Liu Tingting on the team after LTT broke her hand.

2016 was her first year as a senior. She's been competing internationally since 2013.

2017 and 2018 back to back National Champion, 2019 the silver medalist. Member of the 2017 and 2018 World Teams, she was on the last Chinese women’s team to win a team medal.

She was dealing with injuries during the early 2020’s before making a spectacular comeback at the 2023 University Games.

Now she’s an Olympian.

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Lovely tribute! I first remember seeing Luo Huan in videos from 2012 Junior Nationals (sadly, they're long gone from YouTube). That competition was a showcase for many future stars, including Liu Tingting, Fan Yilin, Lyu Jiaqi, Chen Siyi, Zhu Xiaofang, and Zhang Jin. Now, she and Zhang JIn are the only ones still competing.

Luo Huan is in fact China's oldest-ever WAG Olympian. China didn't compete in WAG until 1984.

 

[RichardL]

She should've easily been world beam champion back in 2017!

 

[RichardL]

She should've easily been world beam champion back in 2017!

Or, I guess Ragan Smith also should've. Lots of favorites took themselves out that year.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Luo Huan was an alternate for the Rio Olympic team. It was Tan Jiaxin, Luo Huan, and Liu Jinru. Tan Jiaxin ended up replacing Liu Tingting on the team after LTT broke her hand.

2016 was her first year as a senior. She's been competing internationally since 2013.

2017 and 2018 back to back National Champion, 2019 the silver medalist. Member of the 2017 and 2018 World Teams, she was on the last Chinese women’s team to win a team medal.

She was dealing with injuries during the early 2020’s before making a spectacular comeback at the 2023 University Games.

Now she’s an Olympian.

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What a story!

 

[Denn]

Check out the age of the men. Wow. China has never had a team anywhere near this old.
Xiao Ruoteng: 28
Sun Wei: 28
Liu Yang: 29
Zhang Boheng: 24
Zou Jingyuan: 26

Literally no weakness, either. The 3 AAers are so good that they could afford to take Liu Yang for rings and rings alone. Amazing. They could easily qualify two guys to every apparatus final except vault and the third guy is great, too.

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[Denn]

Amazing about Luo Huan — I didn't even realize it was the same gymnast!

 

[Denn]

BTW, we finally will find out if Mr. Withdraw, Zhang Boheng, withdraws from finals at the Olympics, too. That would be... sad. But it's his pattern.

 

[ucrgirl]

My team is Qiu Qiyuan, Zhou Yaqin, Zhang Yihan, Ou Yushan, Luo Huan. I'd love a big VT rotation, but I don't take risks, I want the stability. Even this team is riskier than I'd like.

I was curious what @Passion thought of the team that was named so I read back through the thread . . .

Congratulations on picking the team!

 

[KathySantoni]

Who is going up on what events? Also, what events are there medal chances on?

Is this the “all out” team or the more conservative/consistent option?

 

[Passion]

This team is the conservative option, it leaves Du Siyu's DTY and Zhang Qingying's rudi on VT in the alternate pen.

Zhang Yihan is the vaulter on this team, she has a DTT. Qiu Qiyuan has a FTT, Ou Yushan and Luo Huan have FTYs. The vault lineup will likely be Luo Huan, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhang Yihan. Hoping for two 13's and a 14.

On bars Qiu Qiyuan is the reigning World Champion, she can score above 15, she's the anchor. Zhang Yihan is also good on UB, but she is inconsistent. Hoping for around 14.5 out of her. Luo Huan scores very reliably around a 14. Ou Yushan is the backup able to score 13.5-14.1 range. The lineup will likely be Luo Huan, Zhang Yihan, Qiu Qiyuan. OYS would replace ZYH if she is having trouble.

Beam has Zhou Yaqin as the silver medalist from last Worlds. Qiu Qiyuan has also upgraded her BB, and now both are capable of 7.2 and 7.0 start values, respectively. If they both hit clean they could both score over 15. Luo Huan and Ou Yushan are both scoring around 14, but Luo Huan may have an upgraded (6.7) beam. If that materializes, the lineup would be Luo Huan, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhou Yaqin. If not, Ou Yushan, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhou Yaqin is the lineup. LH and OYS will both do BB in prelims, so they can use that to see how they're scoring.

On floor all five team members can put up a low to mid 13. That will just depend on who's injured/who they want to rest/how they do in podium training/prelims. If the TF was today the lineup would probably be Ou Yushan, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhou Yaqin. Zhang Yihan would also do FX in prelims, if not TF.

Medal Chances

TF: If they hit, I believe they will be on the podium. They were within scoring range of silver last year and this is a stronger team. You're effectively replacing Huang Zhuofan with Zhang Yihan (gain a 5.2 VT), and replacing Zhang Qingying with Luo Huan (break even since Zhang Qingying was only doing the FTT last year.) You also gain QQY's beam upgrade and OYS can walk on her foot now.

AA: Qiu Qiyuan was 4th AA last year, and she's upgraded BB since then. With the 13.2 she scored in last years AA final on VT, two 15's on UB/BB, and a 13.4 on FX (score from TF last year) that puts her around 56.5+, a competitive score to be in contention for a medal.

VT: no lol.

UB: Qiu Qiyuan is neck and neck with Kaylia Nemour for gold. If Zhang Yihan hits in quals she would also likely make the final. Luo Huan could be near the final or 2per'd.

BB: Zhou Yaqin and Qiu Qiyuan could win both gold and silver interchangeably. Luo Huan and Ou Yushan could be 2per'd.

FX: Zhou Yaqin made the final last year. Ou Yushan could make the final on a great day. Neither is in the conversation for a medal. Would be a win to make the final again.

 

[Rich]

BTW, we finally will find out if Mr. Withdraw, Zhang Boheng, withdraws from finals at the Olympics, too. That would be... sad. But it's his pattern.

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2022 world gold medal for team????

 

[Passion]

2022 world gold medal for team????

Yes, they won all the yellow banana lambs.

 

[Rich]

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Yes, they won all the yellow banana lambs.

I was thinking women lol

 

[Denn]

Um, Zhang Boheng is one of the clear, two best gymnasts in the world for MEN'S gymnastics.

That's like not knowing who Rebeca Andrade is.