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Part of China's gymnastics team flew to Doha for overseas training this February. But as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, they needed to change their plans and finally got back to Beijing last Sunday.
In order to take part in the individual and All-Round World Cup stops to reach the now postponed Olympics, the Chinese team had to arrange eight athletes to go to Doha.
However, most sports events were forced to be suspendeddue to the coronavirus pandemic. They only took part in the All-Round World Cup in the U.S. and individual World Cup in Azerbaijan and then returned home in batches before undergoing quarantine in Qinhuangdao and some training on the outskirts of Beijing.
Fan Yilin of China prepares during podium training at the 2020 Artistics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, March 11. /VCG
The World Cup schedule looks to be going ahead as planned with only the Doha stop canceled. Currently Fan Yilin is in first place in uneven bars, and has almost locked in a place for Tokyo. The 21-year-old said she plans to get one step at a time and gradually increasesthe intensity of her training sessions.
"My first task is to rebuild my strength," said Fan, "and then I will focus on the details as well as increase the intensity and complexity of my daily training."
World champion Liu Yang is the first in the rings. "We were quarantined for 28 days in Doha and cannot do basic training," said the 26-year-old Liu, "now we are happy to be back at training ground."
Meanwhile, Wen Hao tops the ranking in the pommel horse and You Hao is leading in the parallel bars.
