Blossom, Chinese Gymnastics Flowers

Sui Lu in Trainning

(Circa 2012, Photo Credit: Tang Hui)

I have no idea what’s going on… looks fun though, glad to see Yao Jinnan back on top ^ ^

(Photo via Coach Xu’s Weibo)

Cheng Fei, He Ning, Yang Yilin and Pang Panpan during practice in the training hall backstage at the 2007 Chinese Nationals.

(Photo Credit: Cheng Gong)

Team China 2003

These photos were taken back in 2003; the top 8 elite gymnasts were preparing for the World Championships. Pictured from left to right: Lin Li, Wang Tiantian, Fan Ye, Zhang Yufei, Kang Xin, Zhang Nan, Li Ya, and Gu Zheng.

I love the bottom picture where Li Ya was on her tippy toes since she’s a lot shorter than the rest, adorable ^_^

(Photo Credit: Sun Wenzhi)

Training During the National Holidays

Most people get the entire week off for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, but I guess gymnasts aren’t most people.  They’ll still be training all week except for Sunday… >_< I can’t tell who’s who in this picture, your guess is as good as mine ^.~

(Photo via Coach Ye’s Weibo)

Jiang Yuyuan, Zhang Nan and Yao Jinnan at the Podium Training

(Photo Credit: Xinhua, airimiya)

Weigh to go

(Pictured: Jiang Yuyuan in training; Photo Credit: Anderson & Low)

Huang Qiushuang - Back in the Gym and Starting from Zero

(Photo via Coach Sun’s Weibo)

Warming Up Before the Team Finals

Do your best girls! Go Team China! 加油中国！

(photo via Coach Xu’s Weibo)

One Minuet Hero

(Photo Special on the Chinese Men’s Gymnastics Team by Elle Men magazine)

Picture Perfect

This image was taken at the Chinese National Gymnastics Training Centre in Beijing back in November 2009, after training had finished for the day. Some of the gymnasts featured will be competing in the upcoming London Olympics. What makes it stand out is that it was captured all in one take.

I first gave the girls a picture of the poses I wanted and each girl chose one. Next, I got them framed up and then set up the camera. It only took about ten minutes and three takes and we were done. The girls were so accurate in terms of their timing when performing their moves, that the process of coordinating everyone and ensuring no one overlapped was amazingly straight-forward.  — Adam Pretty

(Pictured from left to right: Tan Sixin, Sui Lu, Wu Liufang, Chen Shihua, Huang Qiushuang and Huang Huidan.  Photo Credit: Adam Pretty)

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At Last, We Are Here ^_^

(Photo via Zhang Nan’s Weibo)

He Kexin’s Shaposh

The image is quite painful to watch.  I’ve seen posts that make fun of it.  Not cool.

At age of 20, it’s hard enough to keep training gymnastics let alone to learn new skills, but Kexin still tried; to me that shows determination and dedication.  Actually, not just Kexin, I heard many other girls on the national team trained the shaposh over the winter training hoping that it will end their dead hang deduction on the low to high bar transitions.  It is unfortunate they didn’t quite mastered this skill and didn’t put it in their routine. I wish the best of luck to Kexin in London.  加油可可！

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