China sends large squad to 2019 Gymnastics World Cup
BEIJING - China has sent several world champions to compete at the upcoming 2019 FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus, Germany, as the country looks to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Featuring in China's squad for the competition will be 30 year-old Olympic champion Zhang Chenglong, Uneven Bars world champion Fan Yilin, Rings world champion Liu Yang and Parallel Bars world champion You Hao.
According to the qualification system for Tokyo 2020, each team may feature four athletes, plus a maximum of two individual athletes who are not listed in the team event.
Eight Individual Apparatus World Cup competitions will be held between November 2018 and March 2020, with the three highest results per athlete per apparatus being taken into consideration.
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