Chinese artistic gymnast C. Guan was born on September 25, 2004. On the balance beam, she has won both the 2020 Olympic and 2020 Chinese national titles.
C. Guan competed for China at the first Junior World Championships, where she and her team won silver.
At the Chinese Junior National Championships, Guan placed third among gymnasts born in 2003–2004.
C. Guan Leads 1-2 finish for People’s Republic of China on Balance Beam
On the third day of competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, balance beam gold went to C. Guan, the penultimate gymnast to compete.
C. Guan came in first, beating out colleague TANG Xijing, while 2016 Olympic all-around winner Simone Biles won bronze again.
C. Guan final score of 14.633 appeared on the screen, confirming his victory and relieving the tension of the audience. Tang won silver with a score of 14.233, and Biles took bronze with a score of 14.00.
I am extremely thrilled,” Guan remarked later. To be able to compete for my nation is a tremendous honour, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.
Since DENG Linlin won the balance beam championship at London 2012, Guan is the first Chinese gymnast to win a gold medal in her sport.
Similarly, gymnasts from the People’s Republic of China placed first and second at those Games nine years earlier, with SUI Lu winning silver.
Guan Chenchen Takes Gold at the Tokyo Olympics
The American gymnast placed third, behind the Chinese duo of Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing.
Biles executed an adjusted routine on Tuesday, a week after pulling out of multiple contests to focus on her mental health.
Biles scored a perfect 14.000 with a routine that culminated with a double-pike dismount (requiring no turning whatsoever).
In the eight-woman final, that placed you in second place, behind just the first two finishers.
Roughly ninety minutes before the competition began, Biles walked out onto the floor, sparkling in a red, white, and blue leotard covered in approximately five thousand crystals.
Conclusion
At the Chinese National Championships in September, Guan made her first appearance at the senior level, representing the Zhejiang provincial team.
Her leadership helped the squad earn bronze in the team competition, while her score of 55.900 in the all-around semifinals was second only to that of defending national champion Liu Tingting.
On the balance beam, she was first in qualifying, far ahead of Wei Xiaoyuan, the defending Junior World champion, and Liu, the defending World champion. She had the highest credited difficulty score of the 2017-2020 quadrant with a 7.
