Do you think Li Shanshan is a good gymnast? 16 years ago, i watched the women team final in Beijing Olympic 2008 and so much admire her balance beam routine. She definitely the best balance beam worker of the Chinese WAG Olympic team that year.
Her balance beam routines include many hard elements and also artistry, graceful, elegant. Her dance movements on beam looks graceful. (Deng Linlin’s bb routines are a bit robotic)
However, Li Shanshan doesn’t get as much attention like the other 5 on the Olympic team. People often say she’s weakest line in the team (
though she’s not weak in comparison with most other Chinese female gymnasts, she just being on a very strong team, which has many extraordinary masters (Cheng Fei, Deng Linlin).
Cheng Fei, Deng Linlin, Yang Yilin, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan are high class masters, they are totally different than all other Chinese female gymnasts. While Li ShanShan is just a typical Chinese WAG gymnast. That why people think Li Shanshan is too weak.
Li Shanshan’s proudest achievements during her gymnastics career are:
- Olympic 2008 gold medal (with Chinese team, she competed for balance beam)
- Gold medal at Chinese National Games 2005 (most prestigious multi-sport competition in China) (she won gold with team Guangdong, she competed for vault and floor)
- 2x balance beam gold medal at Chinese National Artistic Gymnastics Championships (2006 & 2007)
- 2 silver medals at World Gymnastics Championships 2007 (team & balance beam)
Li Shanshan won balance beam event at 2006 & 2007 Chinese National Gymnastics Championships. It’s one of the most important achievements of her career. The wins earned her a spot in 2008 Olympic team.
