{{short description|Chinese artistic gymnast}} {{family name hatnote|Tang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox gymnast | name = Tang Xijing<br>{{lang|zh|唐茜靖}} | image = 2018-10-15 Balance beam Victory ceremony (Apparatus final Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–062.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Tang at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games | fullname = Tang Xijing | nickname = Xixi, Silver Princess | country = {{GYM National Team|CHN|WAG}} | formercountry = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|01|03}} | birth_place = Guangdong, China | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | discipline = WAG | natlteam = 2016–present | club = | gym = | headcoach = Wang Liming, He Hua | assistcoach = | formercoach = | choreographer = | music = | eponymousskills = | retired = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Balance beam}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Stuttgart|All-around}} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Hangzhou|Balance beam}} {{MedalCompetition |Asian Championships}} {{MedalGold|2022 Doha|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Doha|All-around}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Doha|Uneven bars}} {{MedalCompetition | Youth Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|Balance beam}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Buenos Aires|Uneven bars}} {{MedalCompetition | National Games}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Tianjin|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Tianjin|Balance beam}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Shaanxi|Team}} }} '''Tang Xijing''' ({{lang-zh|s=唐茜靖|p=Táng Xījìng|j=Tong4 Sai1-zing6}}; born January 3, 2003) 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 2020 Olympic silver medalist on balance beam and the 2022 Chinese national all-around champion. At the junior level she is the 2018 Youth Olympic balance beam champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. She unofficially announced her retirement on March 20, 2024, on her alternate Weibo account.
== Junior gymnastics career== 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 in 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.<ref name=TG101118/> She placed fourth in the all-around after falling twice on the beam.<ref name=TG101318/> In the event finals, Tang won gold in balance beam ahead of Russia's Ksenia Klimenko and Great Britain's Amelie Morgan, and bronze in uneven bars behind Klimenko and Giorgia Villa of Italy. She also placed fourth in floor.<ref name=OC101518/>
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== Senior gymnastics career == === 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.<ref name=XH091719/> She helped the team qualify in second behind the United States and was the first reserve in uneven bars.<ref name=FG100419/> Tang failed to qualify to the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule. She competed in 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.<ref name=TG100819/>
Tang replaced Liu in the all-around final after Liu's withdrawal.<ref name="OC100919" /> 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.<ref name=FIG101019>{{cite web|url=https://live.gymnastics.sport/news_display.php?idevent=14274&idnews=2706&keyword=|title=Biles wins record fifth world All-around title|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=October 11, 2019|archive-date=July 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731170127/https://live.gymnastics.sport/news_display.php?idevent=14274&idnews=2706&keyword=|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== 2020 === After the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tang competed at the delayed Chinese National Championships in September.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-24|title=Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28946033/tokyo-olympics-officially-postponed-2021|access-date=2020-10-05|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> As the reigning World all-around silver medalist, Tang was a favorite for the title.<ref>{{Cite web|last=says|first=Zyxcba|date=2020-09-24|title=Injuries Sideline Top All-Arounders, But Competition Still Fierce at China's Nationals|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/09/24/injuries-sideline-top-all-arounders-but-competition-still-fierce-at-chinas-nationals/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Gymternet|language=en}}</ref> In the qualification round, which also served as the team final, Tang and Qi Qi led the Beijing provincial team to a fourth consecutive silver medal. Individually, a major error on the uneven bars and a fall on the balance beam caused Tang to miss qualifying for both of those event finals and to enter the all-around final in sixth place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Official qualifiers AA/EF 2020 Chinese Nationals|url=https://golden-china.tumblr.com/post/630177939062980608/official-qualifiers-aaef-2020-chinese-nationals|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Golden China}}</ref> However, a strong performance in floor featuring a new full-twisting double tuck allowed her to qualify to that final in third place behind Qi and reigning national champion Shang Chunsong.<ref name=":0" /> After qualifications, Tang said she felt physically stronger and that she hoped to overcome her pattern of making errors in the first round of a competition.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=支持中国体操 SLW |user=sui_luwu |number=1309533407295152133 |date=September 25, 2020 |title=TXJ said her performance in quals was just okay. she has been having minor problems on UB in training & was not able to correct the issues during competition but winter training has improved her strength a lot & she could see the progress on VT/FX https://t.co/GHPiZv8766 |language=en |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925175222/https://twitter.com/sui_luwu/status/1309533407295152133 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author=支持中国体操 SLW |user=sui_luwu |number=1309533193146527744 |date=September 25, 2020 |title=TXJ had a subpar performance in quals & only qualified in 6th to the AA. her focus on BB after things went stray after her mount. said there has been a pattern of her having subpar starts to competitions & messing up in quals so they need to adjust this problem https://t.co/89Us3j9IBQ |language=en |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925201951/https://twitter.com/sui_luwu/status/1309533193146527744 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the all-around final, Tang improved on her qualifications performance to place fifth in the two-day combined all-around standings. Tang recorded the top beam score of the day by a wide margin after landing her new double pike dismount and earned the fourth-highest score in both vault and floor exercise. Another major error on the uneven bars prevented her from making the all-around podium, with her training mates Wei Xiaoyuan and Qi Qi ultimately taking silver and bronze.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Results AA 2020 Chinese Nationals|url=https://golden-china.tumblr.com/post/630335002074284032/results-aa-2020-chinese-nationals|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Golden China}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tumblr|url=https://golden-china.tumblr.com/nationalteam|access-date=2020-10-05|website=Tumblr}}</ref> In the floor exercise final, Tang also placed fifth with a clean routine, less than a tenth from the podium.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-29|title=2020 Chinese Championships Results|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/09/29/2020-chinese-championships-results/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Gymternet|language=en}}</ref>
=== 2021 === On 3 July, Tang was selected to represent China at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Lu Yufei, Ou Yushan, and Zhang Jin;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/sports/2021-07/03/c_1127620401.htm|title=步步为赢——中国体操队东京奥运会大名单诞生记|trans-title=Step-by-step to win – the creation of the Chinese gymnastics squad for the Tokyo Olympics|language=zh|first1=Yuchen|last1=Lu|first2=Nan|last2=Shen|first3=Mengtong|last3=Niu|website=Xinhua|date=3 July 2021|access-date=3 July 2021|archive-date=3 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703181102/http://www.xinhuanet.com/sports/2021-07/03/c_1127620401.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> they finished seventh as a team. On 3 August she competed in the balance beam event final and won the silver medal behind compatriot Guan Chenchen.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=August 3, 2021 |title=Tokyo Olympics, Gymnastics: China's Guan Chenchen wins gold in balance beam, Simone Biles takes bronze|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/tokyo-olympics/story/tokyo-olympics-gymnastics-china-s-guan-chenchen-wins-gold-in-balance-beam-simone-biles-takes-bronze-1836211-2021-08-03|access-date=2021-08-03|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
=== 2022 === Tang competed at the 2022 Asian Championships in June. While there she helped China place first as a team. Individually, she won silver in the all-around behind Zhang Jin and in uneven bars behind Wei Xiaoyuan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/06/20/2022-asian-championships-results/|title=2022 Asian Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=June 20, 2022}}</ref> At the Chinese National Championships Tang placed first in the all-around. Additionally, she placed third in uneven bars behind Luo Rui and Wei Xiaoyuan, and eighth in floor exercise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/09/10/2022-chinese-championships-results/|title=2022 Chinese Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=September 10, 2022}}</ref>
== Selected competitive skills == {| class="wikitable" ! Apparatus ! Name ! Description ! Difficulty ! Performed |- | Vault | Baitova | Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists | 5.4 | 2019–20 |- | rowspan="4" |Uneven bars | Healy | Forward giant with 360° turn on one arm from reverse grip to L grip | rowspan="4" | E | 2019–21 |- | Ling | Forward giant with 360° turn on one arm from L grip to L grip | 2019–21 |- | Piked Jaeger | Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar | 2019–21 |- | Van Leeuwen | Toe-on Shaposhnikova transition with {{frac|1|2}} twist to high bar | 2019–21 |- | rowspan="5" |Balance beam | Layout step-out | Mount: round-off at end of beam, salto stretched with step out | rowspan="4" | E | 2019–21 |- | Layout | Salto backwards stretched with legs together | 2019–21 |- | Switch ring | Switch leap to ring position (180° split with raised back leg) | 2019–20 |- | Double pike | Dismount: Double piked salto backwards | 2020–21 |- | Triple twist | Dismount: laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist | F | 2019 |- | rowspan="2" |Floor exercise |Mukhina |Double tucked salto backwards with full (1/1) twist | rowspan="2" |E |2020–21 |- | Triple twist | Laid out salto backwards with triple (3/1) twist | 2019–21 |}
== Competitive history == [[File:2018-10-13 Uneven bars (Apparatus finals Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–127.jpg|thumb|250px|Tang (right) on the uneven bars podium at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games|right]] [[File:2018-10-15 Balance beam Victory ceremony (Apparatus final Girls' Artistic Gymnastics) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–075.jpg|thumb|250px|Tang (center) on the balance beam podium at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games|right]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Tang Xijing at the junior level |- ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|UB|Uneven bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|BB|Balance beam}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="1" | '''2016''' | align=left | Junior National Championships || || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || || {{silver2}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | '''2017''' | align=left | National Championships || {{silver2}} || 4 || || || || 8 |- | align=left | National Games || {{silver2}} || || || || {{bronze3}} || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="5" | '''2018''' |-bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left | Asian Junior Championships || {{gold1}} || || || || {{gold1}} || |- | align=left | National Championships || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}} || || 4 || || |- | align=left | Individual National Championships || || {{gold1}} || || 4 || 5 || {{gold1}} |-bgcolor=#EBC2AF | align=left | Youth Olympic Games || || 4 || || {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || 4 |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |- |+Competitive history of Tang Xijing at the senior level |- ! scope="col" align=center|Year ! scope="col" align=center|Event ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|Team|Team event}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|AA|All-around}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|VT|Vault}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|UB|Uneven bars}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|BB|Balance beam}} ! scope="col" style="width:30px;"|{{Abbr|FX|Floor exercise}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | '''2019''' | align=left | City of Jesolo Trophy|| {{silver2}} || 4 || || {{silver2}} || || |- | align=left | National Championships || {{silver2}} || 4 || || || {{silver2}} || |-style="background:#ccf;" | align=left | World Championships || 4 || {{silver2}} || || || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | '''2020''' | align=left | National Championships||{{silver2}} || 5 || || || || 5 |- | align=left | Individual National Championships || || {{gold1}} || || {{silver2}} || 6 || {{silver2}} |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="3" | '''2021''' | align=left | National Championships || {{silver2}} || 4 || || 5 || {{bronze3}} || |- bgcolor=98FB98 | align=left | '''Olympic Games''' || '''7''' || '''7''' || || || {{silver2}}|| |- | align=left | National Games || {{bronze3}} || 13 || || 6 || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="4" | '''2022''' |- bgcolor=#F5F6CE | align=left | Asian Championships || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || {{silver2}} || || |- | align=left | National Championships || 12 || {{gold1}} || || {{bronze3}} || || 8 |- bgcolor=#CCCCFF | align=left | World Championships || 6 ||WD|| || || || |- ! scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2" | '''2023''' | align=left | National Championships || 4 || || || || || |- bgcolor=#f0fccf | align=left| Asian Games || {{gold1}} || || || 5 ||{{silver2}} || |} {{small|Source:<ref name=TG-TXJ/>}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=TG-TXJ>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/tang-xijing/|title=Tang Xijing|first=Lauren|last=Hopkins|website=The Gymternet|date=7 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name=OC101518>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/king-kitazono-makes-it-five-women-s-golds-for-villa-and-tang|title=King Kitazono makes it five, women's golds for Villa and Tang|website=Olympic Channel|date=October 15, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=TG101318>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/10/13/villa-wins-youth-olympic-games-gold/|title=Villa Wins Youth Olympic Games Gold|website=The Gymternet|first=Lauren|last=Hopkins|date=October 13, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=TG101118>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2018/10/11/bachynska-edges-out-villa-for-youth-olympic-games-lead/|title=Bachynska Edges Out Villa for Youth Olympic Games Lead|website=The Gymternet|first=Lauren|last=Hopkins|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=XH091719>{{cite web|url=http://sports.xinhuanet.com/c/2019-09/17/c_1125004487.htm|title=体操世锦赛中国队参赛名单揭晓|trans-title=Gymnastics World Championships China team entry list announced|website=Xinhua News Agency|date=September 17, 2019|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005225534/http://sports.xinhuanet.com/c/2019-09/17/c_1125004487.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=FG100419>{{cite web|url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/6571516-china-tops-day-1-of-gymnastics-worlds-qualifications|title=China Tops Day 1 Of Gymnastics Worlds Qualifications|first=Amanda|last=Wijangco|website=FloGymnastics|date=October 4, 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=TG100819>{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/10/08/2019-world-championships-womens-team-final-live-blog/|title=2019 World Championships {{!}} Women's Team Final Live Blog|date=October 8, 2019|first=Lauren|last=Hopkins|website=The Gymternet}}</ref>
<ref name=OC100919>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-2019-live-9-october/|title=Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 {{!}} Day 6 As It Happened|first1=ZK|last1=Goh|first2=Scott|last2=Bregman|website=Olympic Channel|date=October 9, 2019|quote=It appears that China's women's team captain, Liu Tingting, is out of the all-around final tomorrow. She had a rough day in team finals yesterday as China missed out on a medal.}}</ref>
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