The Chinese girl champion of the Gymnastics World Championships: adopted in the United States, the road to fame

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China News Service, October 9 According to the US "World Journal" report, on October 4, local time, the 2017 World Gymnastics Championships were held in Montreal, Canada. In the gymnastics competition on October 6, 16-year-old Chinese-American athlete Morgan Held (Chinese nickname "Xia Song") won the women's all-around championship, with a high score of 55.232, helping the US team achieve its fifth consecutive championship in this event.

It is reported that Held is a Chinese orphan. Born in Wuzhou, Guangxi on July 18, 2001, he was abandoned by his parents and spent his infancy in an orphanage. He was adopted by a family in Delaware when he was two years old and has since settled in the United States. This is her first time on the stage of the World Championships. She is very happy to win this championship, and her constant connection with Chinese shearing has also attracted much attention.

It is reported that because Herder looks exactly like the famous Chinese gymnast Shang Chunsong, Chinese gymnastics fans gave her a nickname - Xia Song, Brazilian girl Silva (Qiu Song), and Russian player Merikova (Dong Song), and they are called the "four springs, summer, autumn and winter" of world women's gymnastics.

I don’t know whether it was because of her active nature or other reasons, but her mother Sherri sent Xia Song to the gymnastics room when she was three years old. She originally just wanted her to play with other children, but Xia Song showed great talent. Six years later, she reached Level 4 in U.S. Amateur Gymnastics. In 2014, 13-year-old Xia Song reached professional level 10 in the "Liujin Cup" competition. After two years of training in the youth group, she passed all the way and finally entered the "Adult International Elite Level". In addition to gymnastics, Xia Song also tried other sports such as skating, baseball and football. However, due to her relatively thin body, she suffered greatly in direct confrontation sports. In addition, she had a soft spot for gymnastics, so she finally decided to focus on gymnastics. In 2017, Xia Song's performance was ups and downs after entering the adult group. He won third place in the all-around at the Stuttgart World Cup, but then fell to tenth in the Jesolo Cup in Italy. Her performance in the two domestic competitions was not ideal, but fortunately she found the feeling in the selection camp. In September 2017, he performed stably in two competitions across the United States, ranking sixth, and finally got a spot in the World Championships.

Although he is thin, in the floor exercise event, Xia Song completed 720 group body spins that reached the level of group H. In addition, he also mastered very difficult moves on the balance beam and uneven bars. These achievements are due to the dexterity advantage of Chinese descent. Her body flexibility is quite excellent, especially the jump opening and amplitude of the balance beam, which is obviously superior to her teammates. These are parts that can continue to improve as she grows older.

Fans who saw Xia Song's future potential early on have paid close attention to her since 2015. As her performance gradually improved, a well-known American gymnastics website, flogymnastics, also wrote an article to build momentum for her, pointing out that she has great hope of being selected for the US team lineup at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which almost means at least a team gold medal. At the World Championships on October 4, 2017, Xia Song realized his dream of world championship ahead of schedule.