Shang Chunsong

Shang Chunsong
— Gymnast —
Full name	商春松 (Shang Chunsong)
Country represented	China
Born	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996
Hometown	Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Height	1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight	35 kg (77 lb) [1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2010-
Club	Hunan Provincial Team
Head coach(es)	Xiong Jingbin(熊景斌) , Zhang Xia(张霞)
Music	2014: Ghost of Sky by Steed Lord
Medal record Competitor for  China World Championships Silver 2014 Nanning Team Asian Games Gold 2014 Incheon Team Silver 2014 Incheon All-Around Silver 2014 Incheon Floor Exercise Bronze 2014 Incheon Balance Beam Asian Championships Gold 2012 Putian Team Gold 2012 Putian Balance Beam Gold 2012 Putian Floor Exercise Bronze 2012 Putian All-Around Pacific Rim Championships Silver 2012 Melbourne Team National Games Gold 2013 Dalian All-Around Gold 2013 Dalian Uneven Bars Gold 2013 Dalian Floor Exercise Bronze 2013 Dalian Team Bronze 2013 Dalian Balance Beam

Shang Chunsong (born March 18, 1996) is a senior elite Chinese artistic gymnast. She represented China at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships.

Personal life

Both of Shang's parents are construction workers in Changsha. She has a brother who has a visual impairment, and her biggest hope is to earn enough money to cure her brother's eyesight.^[1] She bought a house for her brother in Changsha, China after winning 163,425 USD from the Chinese National Games. Her brother, Shang Lei, said, “My sister said it’s for me when I get married. She paid most of the down payment, and I’m working hard as well." When told of her sister's winnings, Shang Lei said, “It doesn't matter how much the prize money is, I just want my sister to smile more.” ^[2]

Senior career

2012

Shang's senior debut came in 2012. She competed with the Chinese team at the Pacific Rim Championships, winning silver with the team. She also placed fourth on bars and beam, and fifth in the all-around. She was later named to the Chinese team for the Asian Championships. She won gold on balance beam and floor exercise, gold with the Chinese team, and bronze in the all-around.

2013

Shang made her 2013 debut at the Tokyo World Cup, where she placed fourth in the all-around, first on balance beam, and second on floor exercise.

At the 2013 Anadia World Cup she won Silver on Balance Beam (15.150) and Bronze on Floor Exercise (14.125)^[3] and Uneven Bars (14.175) after a fall on bars.^[4]

In September, Shang competed at the Chinese National Games in Dalian and tied for first place in the all around with Yao Jinnan, ahead of bronze medalist Deng Linlin. She also won the titles on both uneven bars and floor exercise and earned bronze on the balance beam and with the Hunan team (Zeng Siqi, Tan Jiaxin, Xie Yufen, Deng Chunfen and Feng Xiao).

She was selected to compete at the World Championships in Antwerp alongside Yao Jinnan, Zeng Siqi and Huang Huidan. Shang qualified for the all around final and the balance beam final. In the all around final she finished eighth after a fall on balance beam. In the balance beam finals she finished sixth with a score of 14.133 points.

She later competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial alongside Zhang Chenglong. She placed sixth in the competition.

Shang competed at the Swiss Cup in November but failed to make it to the semi-finals.

2014

In 2014, at the Chinese Nationals in May, Shang won beam and floor gold, all-around and uneven bars silver, and team bronze.

Later that year, Shang competed at the Asian Games in Incheon with teammates Yao Jinnan, Chen Siyi, Tan Jiaxin, Bai Yawen and Huang Huidan. They won the team gold medal almost 15 points ahead of second-place North Korea.^[5] She won silver in the all-around and floor exercise, and bronze on the balance beam.

She was also selected to be a member of the Chinese team at the World Championships in Nanning with the same team that competed at the Asian Games, and they won the silver medal behind the United States team.^[6] Individually, Shang qualified for the all-around final and was the second reserve for the floor exercise final. She would have qualified to the balance beam final as well if not for the two-per-country rule; teammates Yao and Bai placed ahead of her in qualifications.^[7] She placed 12th in the all-around final after multiple falls on the uneven bars while Simone Biles of the United States won gold.^[8]

Competitive history

References

External links

• Shang Chunsong at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique