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Jiang Yuyuan
Height	140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	China
Level	Senior
Club	National team
Head coach(es)	Xiong Jingbin
Assistant coach(es)	Zhang Xia
Music	"Lift Your Veil"
Medal record Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing Team competition World Gymnastics Championships 2007 Stuttgart Team competition World Cup 2007 Shanghai Uneven Bars 2007 Shanghai Floor Exercise 2007 Shanghai Vault

Template:Chinese name Jiang Yuyuan (also Yuyan; simplified Chinese: 江钰源; traditional Chinese: 江鈺源; pinyin: Jiāng Yùyuán) is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Chinese all-around senior National Champion and a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jiang was a member of the silver medal-winning Chinese team at the 2007 World Championships and the all-around gold medalist at the 2007 Good Luck Beijing competition.

Gymnastics career

Jiang made her senior international debut in 2007. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal in the team competition at the 2007 World Gymnastics Championships, and placed 4th on floor exercise in the individual event finals. In November 2007 she won the all-around at the Good Luck Beijing Olympic Test Event.

Jiang and her teammate, Deng Linlin, appear in the official Olympics documentary 筑梦2008(Dream Weavers 2008) which premiered at the China Film Archive in July 2008.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jiang helped the Chinese team to win the team gold medal at the Olympics. Individually, she came in 6th in the all-around due to a fall on vault; and finished in 4th place in the floor exercise event final. Jiang competed at the Olympics with an elbow injury, specifically periosteum inflammation. Her coach disclosed that the injury greatly affected her performance at the Olympics, particularly on vault, where pain prevented her from successfully executing her 2.5-twisting Yurchenko, which was crucial for her success in the individual all-around final. As a result of the injury, Chinese coach Lu Shanzen also decided to pull Jiang from the vault rotation in the team finals, replacing her with Yang Yilin 20 minutes before the competition began.

Age controversy

Jiang's age is disputed. Her 2008 passport, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique profile, the Chinese Olympic Committee and a 2007 report from Jiang's hometown, Liaozhou, give a November 1, 1991 date of birth, which indicated that she was 16 years, 10 months old on the first day of the Olympics, and therefore old enough to compete at the Olympics and the 2007 Worlds under the pre-Olympic-year age-exemption. However, the Associated Press, the New York Times and other major media outlets have verified that other official documents within China, including a list of junior competitors in Zhejiang Province, indicate that her date of birth is October 1, 1993., which would make her too young to compete at the 2007 Worlds and 2008 Olympics. The FIG, in responding to the situation, stated that they considered the passports already supplied by Chinese officials to be sufficient, and would not ask for additional information to verify Jiang's age. The IOC also refused to intervene, stating that the FIG's own verification system would be acceptable proof of eligibility.

However, on August 21, the IOC announced that, in light of new evidence, they had asked the FIG to reopen the investigation into age discrepancies on the Chinese team. On Friday August 22, 2008, the IOC said they had not uncovered any evidence of wrongdoing "so far", but the FIG requested additional documentation for five of the six gymnasts on the Chinese team, including Jiang. On August 24, Stryde, a computer expert and hacker working for a New York-based firm called the Intrepidus Group, accessed and published screenshots and data from the official Zhejiang Provincial Sports Administration website, which included Jiang's name, national identity number and the October 1, 1993 birthdate. These new data are uncovered through a link in a email sent to Stryde by an anonymous source. Stryde also admitted that he cannot confirm the authenticity of these data. Anonymous Internet posters have found information that contradicts the data on age uncovered and posted by Stryde, and Chinese authorities have continued to assert that Jiang and her teammates are of age. However, the IOC confirmed on August 28 that the FIG investigation was still active and in progress. The IOC also stated that the medal standings are unlikely to change.

Jiang Yuyuang's coach, Lu Shanzhen, said the parents are indignant over the allegation.

Skills

Vault: 2.5-twisting Yurchenko

Competitive Highlights

References

1. ^ Jiang Yuyan at the International Gymnastics Federation
2. New York Times July 27 2008
3. Turner, Amanda (2008-05-09). ""Yang, Jiang win Chinese titles"". International Gymnast. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
4. ""Jiang, Chinese Men Win Olympic Test Event"". International Gymnast. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
5. "Floor event final scores". NBC Olympics. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
6. Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Chinese Sports Delegation Roster
7. ""Are Chinese gymnasts too young for Olympics?"". USA Today/Associated Press. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
8. Macur, Juliet (2008-07-27). "Records Suggest Chinese Gymnasts May Be Under Age". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
9. Armour, Nancy (2008-08-02). "More questions about Chinese gymnasts' ages". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-09-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
10. Pucin, Diane (2002-08-10). "More age monitoring for women's gymnastics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. Bryskine, Sonya (2008-08-21). "Investigate Chinese Gymnasts, Says IOC". Epoch Times. Retrieved 2008-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. Chase, Chris (2008-08-21). "IOC orders investigation into He Kexin's age". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2008-08-21. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
13. Tim Reid, Jeremy Griffin and Jane Macartney (2008-08-22). "International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age". The Times. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
14. Sally Jenkins (August 22, 2008; 1:24 PM). "As Gymnastics Cheating Evidence Grows, IOC Shrinks". Washington Post. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |downloaded= ignored (help)
15. Wing-Gar Cheng, Li Yanping (August 22, 2008). "IOC Says China Gymnasts Age Probe Indicates `No Problem So Far'". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
16. "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED". International Gymnastics Federation official announcement. August 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
17. "Artistic : Age of gymnasts". International Gymnastics Federation official announcement. August 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
18. Garcia, Marlen (2008-08-24). "China offers more papers on gymnasts' ages". Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
19. ^ Ki Mae Heussner (August 25, 2008). "More Evidence of Underage China Gymnasts". ABC News. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
20. ^ Helft, Miguel (2008-08-28). "Internet-Age Detectives on the Trail of Gymnasts". Retrieved 2008-08-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
21. "Age controversy unlikely to change gymnastics medals: IOC". Associated Press. 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-09-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
22. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26337759/, 4th paragraph from end

External links

• Jiang Yuyuan at the International Gymnastics Federation

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team All-Around
Summary
1928:  Netherlands 1936:  Germany 1948:  Czechoslovakia 1952:  Soviet Union 1956:  Soviet Union 1960:  Soviet Union 1964:  Soviet Union 1968:  Soviet Union 1972:  Soviet Union 1976:  Soviet Union 1980:  Soviet Union 1984:  Romania 1988:  Soviet Union 1992:  Unified Team 1996:  United States 2000:  Romania 2004:  Romania 2008:  China 2012:  United States 2016:  United States 2020:  ROC 2024:  United States
2024:  United States (USA), Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera

• Living people
• Chinese artistic gymnasts
• People from Guangxi
• Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gymnasts of China
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• 1990s births