Liu Xin (gymnast) explained

Liu Xin
Birth Date:12 October 1999
Birth Place:Guangxi, China
Discipline:RG
Level:Senior International
Club:Shanghai Province
Headcoach:Huang Yijun, Sun Dan
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Liu Xin (born 12 October 1999)[1] is a Chinese rhythmic gymnast. She competed in the group all-around at the 2020 Olympic Games where the Chinese group finished fourth.

Career

Liu competed with the junior Chinese group at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships in Richmond, British Columbia, and they won the gold medal in the all-around.[2]

Liu competed at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia alongside Ding Ziyi, Hu Yuhui, Huang Zhangjiayang, and Xu Yanshu. They finished eleventh in the group all-around and did not qualify for either event final.[3]

Liu was selected to compete for the Chinese group at the 2019 World Championships alongside Hao Ting, Hu Yuhui, Guo Qiqi, Huang Zhangjiayang, and Xu Yanshu.[4] The Chinese group together finished seventh in the all-around final.[5] Additionally, the group qualified for both event finals where they finished fifth in 5 balls and eighth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[6]

Liu was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Hao Ting, Guo Qiqi, Huang Zhangjiayang, and Xu Yanshu.[7] In the qualification round, they finished fifth and qualified into the final where they finished fourth behind Bulgaria, Russia, and Italy.[8] [9] The same group then competed at the 2021 World Championships and finished fifth in the group all-around.[10] In the event finals, they finished fifth in 5 balls and fourth in 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liu Xin. dead. 4 August 2021. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 4 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804193919/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1317597-liu-xin.htm.
  2. Web site: 2014 Pacific Rim Championship Junior Groups . . 30 April 2023.
  3. Web site: 36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final . . . 30 April 2023 . 15 September 2018.
  4. Web site: 37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Entry List by NOC . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2021 . 6 . 20 September 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525061404/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/r_19worlds_complete.pdf . 25 May 2021.
  5. Web site: 37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Group All-Around Final . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2021 . 21 September 2019 . 22 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210922170324/https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_gpaa.pdf . dead .
  6. Web site: 37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Group Event Finals . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2021 . 22 September 2019 . 22 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210922181858/https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/r_19worlds_gpevents.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: Games of the XXXII Olympiad Rhythmic Gymnasts By NOC . . 15 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results . . 15 December 2021 . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808053149/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  9. Web site: Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Final — Results . USA Gymnastics . 15 December 2021 . 8 August 2021 . 26 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026140709/https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21olympics_grpaa.pdf . dead .
  10. Web site: 38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2021 . 29 October 2021 . 19 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219131555/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpaa.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: 38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group Event Finals . USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation . 15 December 2021 . 31 October 2021 . 15 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215021606/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21worlds_gpevents.pdf . dead .