Catherine posted an excellent, detailed update on Team China on Beautiful Gymnastics:
China are a little mysterious. A lot of news is closed, the juniors tend to only compete in internal competitions of which videos are hard to find if Piibunina isn’t there…and there is just a general lack of news about them in the public English language domain. …
In my last post but one I detailed China’s new bonus system. Obviously it aims to strengthen areas in which they are weak as a country …
… change has to start somewhere and hopefully they become more accepting in that regard. Huang Yubin is the (still fairly new) head coach and he is starting …
Recently, the MAG and WAG seniors were given a challenge. For the women, they are expected to show a 3.5 twist on trampoline at the end of winter training next spring. …
Shang Chunsong did it immediately, winning an iPhone. 🙂
… China do not have much depth this quad. The ‘old guard’ are all at university. The current seniors that would make a team are: Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong, Huang Huidan, Tan Sixin, Zeng Siqi (maybe?) and Tan Jiaxin. There is also Lou Nina, a new senior, but she has been injured so is MIA at the moment. …
The quad is far from a write-off though as there is a glut of amazing juniors who will make their debut in 2015 and 2016. …
She has a full list of the current National Team and their coaches. And highlight videos.
Click PLAY or watch Wang Yan’s Vault on YouTube. (Senior in 2015.)
Good vault. GREAT form in the preflight. 🙂
Obviously Vault is the weak apparatus for China. It should be their highest priority.
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