Sui Lu
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Sui Lu is a Chinese gymnast
. She started competing at the senior international level in 2009, and has shown strengths on the balance beam and the floor exercise
.
team in 2000. In Chinese national level competition, Sui Lu has made many achievements for the Shanghai team. She obtained team gold in the 2007 national championships, and gold for balance beam and floor exercise in the 2008 national championships.
Being a beam and floor specialists, she was one of the hopefuls to be selected to the Beijing Olympic team, which would later won the first Women's team gold medal. However, her inconsistent performances at World Cup series in 2008 prevented her from making into the final squad.
At the 11th Chinese national games
in 2009, Sui Lu led the Shanghai team as their key gymnast. She competed and successfully executed on all 4 apparatus in the team final. Her final spectacular floor performance allowed the trailing Shanghai team to upset the Guangdong
team by 0.125 points and take the gold. She also achieved bronze in the all-around, gold on floor and bronze on balance beam, receiving a total of four medals at the 11th national games.
Since 2009, Sui has established herself as the strongest Chinese beam and floor specialists and won many national titles. However, her performance at international level is less impressive.
Sui Lu debuted at the senior international level at the 2009 World Championships
in London
. Here she received a bronze on the floor exercise. She also qualified 8th on balance beam after a fall the preliminary, however could not participate in the final as teammates Deng Linlin
and Yang Yilin
qualified ahead of her, and only 2 competitors per nation are allowed in finals.
In 2009, Sui Lu also won medals in a number of World Cups, including gold for floor at the Cottbus
World Cup, gold for beam and floor at the Osijek
World Cup, and gold for floor at the Stuttgart
World Cup.
At the 2010 World Championships, she won Bronze medal with team China and finished 4th at the floor exercise final and failed to make into her other favourite event beam final after a fall at the preliminary stage.
At the 2010 Asian Games
in Guangzhou
, Sui Lu won a total of 4 gold medals, in team, all-around, beam and floor, more than any other gymnast and athlete at these games.
At the 2011 World Championships, Sui redeemed herself by making impressive performances at the team finals by contributing high scores on her two strong events, among inconsistent performances by other teammates. Eventually saving the bronze medal by a small margin over 4th ranking Romania. She was rock solid on all 7 performances in the World Championships, from the preliminary round to the team and event finals.
Sui won the gold on balance beam after an impressive, near-perfect performance that left her with a margin of more than 0.5 points over the silver medalist, her teammate Yao Jinnan. She immediately proceeded with an artistic performance on the floor. She earned a silver medal after a surprise win by Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva.
She revealed in a subsequent interview that she considered retiring after being let off the Olympics Team in 2008, but that these 4 years of hard work had been worth it, and that she was glad she persisted after encouragement from her coaches.
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
. She started competing at the senior international level in 2009, and has shown strengths on the balance beam and the floor exercise
Floor (gymnastics)
In gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an apparatus. It is used by both male and female gymnasts. The event in gymnastics performed on floor is called floor exercise. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is FX.A spring...
.
Gymnastics career
Sui Lu started training gymnastics at the age of 3, and was selected into the ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
team in 2000. In Chinese national level competition, Sui Lu has made many achievements for the Shanghai team. She obtained team gold in the 2007 national championships, and gold for balance beam and floor exercise in the 2008 national championships.
Being a beam and floor specialists, she was one of the hopefuls to be selected to the Beijing Olympic team, which would later won the first Women's team gold medal. However, her inconsistent performances at World Cup series in 2008 prevented her from making into the final squad.
At the 11th Chinese national games
11th National Games of the People's Republic of China
The 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held in various cities in Shandong from October 16 to October 28, 2009. Represented were 33 sports, 43 disciplines and 362 events, including 4 winter sports which were held in Shenyang, Changchun and Qingdao between January and April...
in 2009, Sui Lu led the Shanghai team as their key gymnast. She competed and successfully executed on all 4 apparatus in the team final. Her final spectacular floor performance allowed the trailing Shanghai team to upset the Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
team by 0.125 points and take the gold. She also achieved bronze in the all-around, gold on floor and bronze on balance beam, receiving a total of four medals at the 11th national games.
Since 2009, Sui has established herself as the strongest Chinese beam and floor specialists and won many national titles. However, her performance at international level is less impressive.
Sui Lu debuted at the senior international level at the 2009 World Championships
2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 arena in London, United Kingdom, on 12 October to 18 October 2009. Similar to the World Championships in 2005, there were no team competitions...
in London
London
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. Here she received a bronze on the floor exercise. She also qualified 8th on balance beam after a fall the preliminary, however could not participate in the final as teammates Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist...
and Yang Yilin
Yang Yilin
Yang Yilin is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around bronze medalist and a member of the gold medal winning Chinese Olympics gymnastics team. Yang was also the 2007 World Championships bronze medalist on the uneven bars.-Gymnastic career:...
qualified ahead of her, and only 2 competitors per nation are allowed in finals.
In 2009, Sui Lu also won medals in a number of World Cups, including gold for floor at the Cottbus
Cottbus
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World Cup, gold for beam and floor at the Osijek
Osijek
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World Cup, and gold for floor at the Stuttgart
Stuttgart
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World Cup.
At the 2010 World Championships, she won Bronze medal with team China and finished 4th at the floor exercise final and failed to make into her other favourite event beam final after a fall at the preliminary stage.
At the 2010 Asian Games
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...
in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, Sui Lu won a total of 4 gold medals, in team, all-around, beam and floor, more than any other gymnast and athlete at these games.
At the 2011 World Championships, Sui redeemed herself by making impressive performances at the team finals by contributing high scores on her two strong events, among inconsistent performances by other teammates. Eventually saving the bronze medal by a small margin over 4th ranking Romania. She was rock solid on all 7 performances in the World Championships, from the preliminary round to the team and event finals.
Sui won the gold on balance beam after an impressive, near-perfect performance that left her with a margin of more than 0.5 points over the silver medalist, her teammate Yao Jinnan. She immediately proceeded with an artistic performance on the floor. She earned a silver medal after a surprise win by Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva.
She revealed in a subsequent interview that she considered retiring after being let off the Olympics Team in 2008, but that these 4 years of hard work had been worth it, and that she was glad she persisted after encouragement from her coaches.
Competitive history
| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | World Championships | Tokyo | Team | 3 | 172.820 | 3 | 230.370 |
| All-around | 147 | 43.533 | |||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | 15.866 | 2 | 15.400 | |||
| Floor | 2 | 15.066 | 2 | 14.600 | |||
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou | Team | 1 | 234.150 | - | - |
| All-Round | 1 | 58.400 | 2 | 57.550 | |||
| Balance Beam | 1 | 15.425 | 1 | 15.300 | |||
| Floor | 1 | 14.700 | 1 | 14.500 | |||
| World Championships | Rotterdam | Team | 3 | 174.781 | 2 | 233.778 | |
| Floor | 5 | 14.666 | 4 | 14.633 | |||
| 2009 | World Championships | London | Floor | 3 | 14.300 | 2 | 14.275 |
| World Cup | Cottbus | Floor | 1 | 14.200 | 1 | 14.150 | |
| Osijek | Balance Beam | 1 | 13.750 | 1 | 13.775 | ||
| Floor | 1 | 13.825 | 1 | 13.875 | |||
| Stuttgart | Floor | 1 | 14.125 | 1 | 14.075 | ||