China Names Gymnastics Rosters for 2026 Asian Games

China’s Gymnastics Center has officially announced the athlete rosters for the Chinese team across three gymnastics disciplines—artistic gymnastics, trampoline, and rhythmic gymnastics—for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, according to Xinhua News. The announcement, made on August 7, marks a key milestone in China’s preparation for the regional sporting event scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 4 in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan.

Selection Process

The roster was determined through a combination of results from the National Gymnastics Championships held in May 2026 and a dedicated selection test conducted on August 4 at the Rencheng Sports Center in Jining, Shandong Province. As People’s Daily reported, the selection test involved 22 national team gymnasts—13 men and 9 women—competing for spots in both the Asian Games and the Rotterdam World Gymnastics Championships.

Team leader Lu Bin explained the strategic thinking behind the selections: “This lineup is to better optimize the team’s combination in team events, while balancing all-around and individual events.”

Artistic Gymnastics

The men’s artistic gymnastics team features a blend of Olympic pedigree and emerging talent. Olympic champion Zou Jingyuan, a dominant force on parallel bars, anchors the squad alongside world champion Lan Xingyu, who won the rings title at the 2026 World Cup in Antalya. They are joined by all-around specialists Zhang Boheng, Sun Wei, and Tian Hao, with Wang Chengcheng, Hong Yanming, and Xie Chenyi serving as alternates.

The women’s team is headlined by Ke Qinqin, who won the individual all-around title at the 2026 Asian Championships with 56.299 points, and Zhang Qingying, who took silver in the same competition. Qiu Qiyuan, Zhang Yihan, and Du Siyu round out the five-woman squad, with Qin Xinyi, Chu Yiming, and Li Rongjinyi as alternates.

China’s women’s team demonstrated its competitive strength at the Asian Championships in Zunyi in June, winning the team gold with 168.498 points and defeating Japan by 5.002 points.

Trampoline

The trampoline team features Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Zhu Xueying on the women’s side, alongside Qiu Zheng. On the men’s side, Wang Zisai and Yan Langyu will compete, with Li Yuming and Lin Zhenyu as alternates for men and Zhang Xinxin and Zhang Yu for women.

Wang Zisai enters the Games with significant momentum, having won gold at the Trampoline World Cup in Alkmaar in March, defeating two-time Olympic champion Ivan Litvinovich for the first time in a final. Yan Langyu, a world champion in the discipline, secured his spot with a gold medal performance at the Asian Trampoline Championships in May.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

The rhythmic gymnastics squad is led by Wang Zilu, who finished 10th in the individual all-around at the Paris 2024 Olympics—China’s best-ever Olympic result in the event. She is joined by Wang Qi in the individual competition, while Wang Lanjing, Ding Xinyi, Pu Yanzhu, Zhang Xinyi, and Liu Miaoting comprise the group team.

The group team enters the Asian Games in a period of transition following the retirement of three veterans after the Paris Olympics, where China won its first-ever Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics group competition. As Xinhua News reported, Wang Lanjing described the shift: “After the Paris Olympics, our role changed from following to leading. The new team members are actually all peers, and we communicate well. We can feel the joy of growth in this process.”

Ding Xinyi, another Paris gold medalist, emphasized the team’s forward-looking mindset: “Stepping off the podium, everything starts from zero. We have a new identity and a new team. We will take every training session and competition seriously, preparing for the Los Angeles Olympics.”

Venue and Competition Details

All three gymnastics disciplines will be held at the Nagoya City General Gymnasium (Rainbow Hall), a facility that can accommodate up to 10,000 spectators and completed renovation in January 2026, according to the official Aichi-Nagoya 2026 artistic gymnastics page. The artistic gymnastics competition is scheduled for September 21-25.

The 20th Asian Games will feature 43 sports, marking the third time Japan has hosted the event after Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994.

Outlook

With a roster that blends Olympic champions, world champions, and promising newcomers, China’s gymnastics program appears well-positioned for the Asian Games. The selection process—combining championship results with a dedicated test—reflects a systematic approach to team building. As the Games approach, attention will focus on how the team’s mix of experience and youth performs under competitive pressure, and whether China can maintain its recent dominance across all three gymnastics disciplines on the continental stage.