This Liverpool Gymnastics World Championships is the first international competition for the Chinese team in the new Olympic cycle. Except for , Xiao Ruoteng and , the men's team entered the World Championships roster, and the women's team also sent the strongest lineup to play. In the first men's team final, the Chinese team led by Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan and Sun Wei performed well and won the championship with zero mistakes in 6 events, leading the old rival Japan by as much as 4 points. The team's first gold medal in this competition.
As the top three teams in the team competition will get tickets for the Paris Olympic men's team, the Chinese team successfully entered Paris at the first time. In the subsequent men's all-around event final, Zhang Boheng of the Chinese team played smoothly and finally won the runner-up. The Tokyo Olympic champion Hashimoto Daiki ranked first. In the women's uneven bars competition, defending champion Wei Xiaoyuan took out a game-high 6.6 difficulty, and completed a complete set of moves brilliantly, beating American star Jones to win the championship.
This is the only gold medal won by the Chinese women's team in this World Gymnastics Championships. This gold medal is of great significance to the Chinese women's gymnastics team, which is in a low period. Wei Xiaoyuan said in an interview that she will strive to win the championship again at the Paris Olympics. In the men's ring event, You Hao , the favorite to win the championship, only ranked fifth due to a big mistake in the trick. Zou Jingyuan withstood the pressure and won the silver medal with 14.866 points. On the final day of the final, Zou Jingyuan once again won the championship with 16.166 points in his strong parallel bars competition.
This is the third time that Zou Jingyuan has won the parallel bars gold at the World Championships. In the Paris Olympics two years later, his goal is to defend his title. So far, the Chinese gymnastics team has finished the World Championships with 3 golds and 2 silvers, ranking second in the medal list. Judging from this World Championships, the Chinese team has the strength to hit the Olympic gold medal in the men's parallel bars, rings, individual all-around, women's uneven bars and men's team events. In the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese gymnastics team won 3 gold medals. Can they continue their glory in Paris in 2024?
