Li Shijia

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Li Shijia
李诗佳
Full nameLi Shijia
Country represented China
Born (2003-10-07) October 7, 2003 (age 17)
Sichuan, China
HometownChengdu
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2017–Present (CHN)
Head coach(es)Wang Qunce, Xu Jinglei
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Medal record
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Balance Beam
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Shijia (Chinese: 李诗佳; pinyin: Lǐ Shījiā; born October 7, 2003) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 World bronze medalist on balance beam and the 2019 Zhaoqing World Cup champion on uneven bars and balance beam.

Career[]

Junior[]

2018[]

Li competed at the 2018 WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas, placing eleventh in the all-around and winning silver on balance beam behind Japan's .[1] She finished fifth with the Chinese team at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy. At the 2018 Chinese National Championships, Li finished seventh with the Sichuan team. She also placed thirteenth in the all-around and fifth on balance beam.

Senior[]

2019[]

Li placed fifth with the Sichuan team and in the all-around at the 2019 Chinese National Championships, as well as eighth on uneven bars. At this competition, she debuted a new double-twisting Yurckenko vault. At the 2019 Zhaoqing World Cup she won gold on uneven bars ahead of and on balance beam ahead of . Her score in the balance beam final of 15.050 was the second-highest international score of the year behind Simone Biles.[2]

After upgrading her difficulty value on balance beam and floor exercise during the summer and placing second in the all-around at the final internal test, Li was named to the Chinese team for the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany alongside Chen Yile, Liu Tingting, Qi Qi, Tang Xijing, and alternate Zhang Jin.[3] She helped China qualify to the team final in second place behind the United States.[4] Individually, Li recorded the seventh highest all-around score of all competitors, but qualified into the top group of six along with teammate Liu after American Grace McCallum's exclusion due to the two-per-country rule. She also qualified in second place into the balance beam final behind two-time world champion Simone Biles of the United States and ahead of the reigning world champion, Liu.[5] During the team final, Li competed on vault and beam only. Her score of 14.266 on balance beam was the second highest of the day, behind only Biles.[6] Overall, China finished fourth after counting three falls behind the United States, Russia, and Italy.[6]

Li was the youngest competitor in the all-around final and finished ninth after a slight mishap on the uneven bars. In the balance beam final, she won the bronze medal behind Biles and Liu, hitting a clean routine with a few broken connections to score 14.300.[7]

2020[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Chinese National Championships were postponed from May to September. Li suffered a waist injury during training which limited her to competing on uneven bars.[8] In the qualification round, which also served as a team final, Li placed tenth with the Sichuan team and ninth individually on the uneven bars, narrowly missing out on the event final by half a tenth of a point.[9]

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018 WOGA Classic 11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
City of Jesolo Trophy 5
National Championships 7 13 5

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 National Championships 5 5 8
Zhaoqing World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 4 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 National Championships 10
2021 National Championships 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5

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References[]

  1. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (February 20, 2018). "Hatakeda, DiCello Win All-Around at WOGA". The Gymternet.
  2. ^ "The Best Scores in 2019". The Gymternet. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  3. ^ "体操世锦赛中国队参赛名单揭晓" [Gymnastics World Championships China team entry list announced]. Xinhua News Agency. September 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Wijangco, Amanda (October 4, 2019). "China Tops Day 1 Of Gymnastics Worlds Qualifications". FloGymnastics.
  5. ^ ZD, ed. (October 6, 2019). "Biles tops women's qualification at Gymnastics Worlds". Xinhua News Agency.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Hopkins, Lauren (October 8, 2019). "2019 World Championships | Women's Team Final Live Blog". The Gymternet.
  7. ^ "2019 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. ^ "https://twitter.com/sui_luwu/status/1308675253673943040". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-09-27. External link in |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Results QF/TF 2020 Chinese Nationals". Golden China. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren. "Li Shijia". The Gymternet.
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