1. Xiao Ruoteng competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, winning five medals.
33 Facts About Xiao Ruoteng
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Xiao Ruoteng is the 2017 World all-around champion and the 2018 World pommel horse champion.
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Xiao Ruoteng is the 2017 Asian all-around and pommel horse champion.
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Xiao Ruoteng's parents signed him up for gymnastics at age five because he was an active child.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the Asian Championships in Hiroshima and helped the Chinese team win silver behind Japan.
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Xiao Ruoteng was then selected to compete at the World Championships in Glasgow alongside Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang, You Hao, and Zhang Chenglong.
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Xiao Ruoteng injured his elbow during training and was unable to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Xiao Ruoteng considered retirement due to the injury but decided to continue competing.
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Xiao Ruoteng returned to competition and won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup, and he won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind Krisztian Berki.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the Asian Championships in Bangkok and led his team to the gold medal.
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Xiao Ruoteng won the gold medal in the all-around and on the pommel horse, and he won silver medals on the floor exercise and horizontal bar.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the World Championships in Montreal and won the all-around title.
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Xiao Ruoteng became the first Chinese gymnast to win a major all-around title since Yang Wei won at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Xiao Ruoteng won a bronze medal in the pommel horse final behind Max Whitlock and David Belyavskiy.
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Xiao Ruoteng won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the Doha World Cup behind teammate Zou Jingyuan.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the Chinese Championships and won the all-around title by over two points ahead of Sun Wei.
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Xiao Ruoteng won a bronze medal with his provincial team and on the horizontal bar.
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Xiao Ruoteng represented China at the 2018 Asian Games alongside Zou, Sun, Deng Shudi, and Lin Chaopan, and they won the team title.
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Xiao Ruoteng was selected to compete at the World Championships in Doha with the same team that competed at the Asian Games.
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Xiao Ruoteng finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2019 Doha World Cup.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart alongside Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, and Zou Jingyuan.
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Xiao Ruoteng then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Carlos Yulo and Artem Dolgopyat.
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Xiao Ruoteng was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Tokyo World Cup.
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Xiao Ruoteng won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind Zou Jingyuan.
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Xiao Ruoteng won the all-around title at the Chinese Championships, and he placed seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on the pommel horse.
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Xiao Ruoteng was one of the 12 men selected for the Olympic training squad.
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Xiao Ruoteng was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, and Zou Jingyuan.
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Xiao Ruoteng then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind Artem Dolgopyat and Rayderley Zapata.
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Xiao Ruoteng was not selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships.
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Xiao Ruoteng competed on the floor exercise and horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup but did not qualify for either event final.
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Xiao Ruoteng then competed at the Asian Games in Hangzhou alongside Lan Xingyu, Zou Jingyuan, Lin Chaopan, and Zhang Boheng, and they won the team title ahead of Japan.
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Xiao Ruoteng began the Olympic season at the Baku World Cup, finishing sixth on the horizontal bar.
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Xiao Ruoteng was selected to compete at the China at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Liu Yang, Su Weide, Zhang Boheng, and Zou Jingyuan.