Gymnastic career
Yang's first major international competition was the 2007 World Championships,where she helped China win the team silver medal behind the United States. [4] Individually,she placed sixth in the all-around final, [5] and she won a bronze medal in the uneven bars final behind Ksenia Semyonova and Nastia Liukin. [6] At the 2008 Tianjin World Cup,she won a gold medal on the uneven bars,and she won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Cheng Fei. [7]
Yang was selected to represent China at the 2008 Summer Olympics. During the team final,she competed on the vault and the uneven bars to help China win its first-ever Olympic team gold medal in women's artistic gymnastics. [8] She then competed in the all-around final where she won the bronze medal behind Americans Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson. [9] She won another bronze medal in the uneven bars final,behind He Kexin and Liukin. [10] [11] Yang's eligibility for the games was questioned based on age discrepancies. [12] [13] This prompted an investigation by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG),who found no fault with the officially-reported birthdates of Yang and her teammates. [14] [15]
After the Olympic Games,Yang competed at the 2008 Stuttgart World Cup and won bronze medals on the balance beam and floor exercise,both behind Cheng Fei and Lauren Mitchell. [16] She competed at the 2009 World Championships and finished sixth in the all-around final after falling on her uneven bars dismount. [17] She also advanced into the balance beam final,but she fell and finished eighth. [18]
At the 2010 Ghent World Cup,Yang won the balance beam silver medal behind Romania's Ana Porgras,and she placed fourth on the uneven bars. [19] She then helped the Chinese team win the bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships. Prior to competing at the 2010 Asian Games,she was part of the torch relay in her hometown,Guangzhou. [20] She went on to help China win the gold medal in the team event. [21]
Yang officially ended her gymnastics career in 2013 due to a back injury. [22]
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