1. Tang Xijing is the 2019 World all-around silver medalist, matching Jiang Yuyuan at the 2010 World Championships for the highest all-around finish for a Chinese woman in World or Olympic history.
20 Facts About Tang Xijing
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Tang Xijing is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist on balance beam and the 2022 Chinese national all-around champion.
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Tang Xijing unofficially announced her retirement on March 20,2024, on her alternate Weibo account.
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Tang Xijing won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2018 Chinese National Championships behind Luo Huan and Zhang Jin.
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Tang Xijing won silver with the Beijing team and placed fourth in the uneven bars final.
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Tang Xijing competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she qualified third into the all-around final and all event finals except vault.
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Tang Xijing placed fourth in the all-around after falling twice on beam.
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In event finals, Tang Xijing won gold on balance beam ahead of Russia's Ksenia Klimenko and Great Britain's Amelie Morgan, and bronze on uneven bars behind Klimenko and Giorgia Villa of Italy.
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Tang Xijing was named to the Chinese team for the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy with Liu Tingting, Qi Qi, and Zhang Jin, where they won the silver medal behind the United States.
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Tang Xijing individually placed fourth in the all-around and won silver on the uneven bars.
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Tang Xijing was named to the Chinese team for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, alongside Chen Yile, Li Shijia, Liu Tingting, Qi Qi, and Zhang Jin.
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Tang Xijing helped the team qualify in second behind the United States and was the first reserve on uneven bars.
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Tang Xijing failed to qualify to the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule.
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Tang Xijing competed on vault, where she debuted a new double-twisting Yurchenko vault, uneven bars, and floor during the team final to help China place fourth behind the United States, Russia, and Italy after the team counted three falls.
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Tang Xijing replaced Liu in the all-around final after Liu's withdrawal.
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Tang Xijing hit four strong routines to win a surprise silver medal in the all-around behind five-time world champion Simone Biles of the United States and ahead of 2019 European Games Champion Angelina Melnikova of Russia.
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Tang Xijing recorded the second-highest beam score of the day behind Biles.
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Tang Xijing recorded the top beam score of the day by a wide margin after landing her new double pike dismount and earned the fourth-highest score on both vault and floor exercise.
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On 3 July, Tang Xijing was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lu Yufei, Ou Yushan, and Zhang Jin; they finished seventh as a team.
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At the Chinese National Championships Tang Xijing placed first in the all-around.