Tang Xijing
Tang Xijing is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She 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. She is also the 2018 Chinese national all-around bronze medalist, the 2018 Youth Olympic balance beam gold medalist and uneven bars bronze medalist, and the 2019 Chinese national balance beam silver medalist.
Career
Junior
2018
Tang won the gold medal as part of the Chinese team with He Licheng, Qi Qi, Yin Sisi, and Zhao Shiting at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Individually, she won the gold on balance beam ahead of Yin and Eum Doh-yun of South Korea. Tang won the bronze medal in the all-around at the 2018 Chinese National Championships behind Luo Huan and Zhang Jin. She won silver with the Beijing team and placed fourth in the uneven bars final.Tang 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. She placed fourth in the all-around after falling twice on beam. In event finals, Tang 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. She also placed fourth on floor.
Senior
2019
Tang 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. She individually placed fourth in the all-around and won silver on the uneven bars. At the 2019 Chinese National Championships, she won silver with the Beijing team and on balance beam behind junior Ou Yushan, as well as fourth in the all-around.Tang 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. She helped the team qualify in second behind the United States and was the first reserve on uneven bars. Tang failed to qualify to the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule. She 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.
Tang replaced Liu in the all-around final after Liu's withdrawal. Despite qualifying in 21st place to the all-around, since she was replacing sixth-place qualifier Liu, she was seeded in the top rotating group. Tang 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. She recorded the second-highest beam score of the day behind Biles. This finish marks the highest placement of a female Chinese gymnast in World Championships or Olympic history, matching Jiang Yuyuan's second-place finish at the 2010 World Championships. It was also the first all-around medal won by a Chinese woman at the World or Olympic level since Yao Jinnan's bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships.
Selected competitive skills
Competitive history
Junior
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
| 2016 | Junior National Championships | ||||||
| 2017 | National Championships | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 2017 | National Games | ||||||
| 2018 | Asian Junior Championships | ||||||
| 2018 | National Championships | 4 | |||||
| 2018 | Individual National Championships | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games | 4 | 4 |