江鈺源 JIANG Yuyuan

Jiang Yuyuan (also Yuyan; Chinese: 江鈺源) is a Chinese gymnast. Jiang announced her arrival on the international gymnastics scene by defeating countrywoman and then-reigning world floor champion Cheng Fei at a world cup event. At the 2007 Worlds, she finished just .025 out of the bronze in fourth and then won the all-around title at the "Good Luck Beijing" invitational, the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Jiang's personality is on full display during her energetic floor routine, but it's her second tumbling pass, a full-twisting double back, that gave her trouble at the 2007 Worlds and the Good Luck Beijing event. Both times, she over-rotated and stepped out of bounds -- and out of contention for a gold. Unfazed, she held her own during a press conference "Who says I made a mistake?" she asked reporters at a press conference. "After all, I'll have many opportunities. This was a little out of the ordinary, and that's it." A reporter asked her, "What if you make a similar mistake at the Olympics," and she replied, according to Chinese press, "Well, I'll be better prepared by then! Something like this won't happen again."

Jiang began her gymnatics training at age four and was taken to Guangxi Sports Training School a few years later. After one year training in that school, Jiang was picked for the Guangxi Gymnastics Team. However, the coaches there sent her back to the training school one month later because they didn't think Jiang was strong enough.

At age five, Jiang saw her dad in the stands of a competition, and she fell off the beam. Now, Jiang doesn't let her parents watch her compete in person because she says it makes her too nervous.

Though five-time world champion Cheng Fei is China's official captain, Jiang serves as an assistant captain at the Chinese training center. Among her duties, according to Chinese press are taking attendance at practice and ensuring that the younger gymnasts keep their rooms clean. Cheng is Jiang's idol.

江鈺源出生於廣西省柳州市，父親江濤是一名計程車司機，母親歐鳳珍為家庭主婦。江濤稱當初送女兒去體操學校，純粹是想她的身體強壯一點。由於江鈺源年幼時非常好動，父親還以為有「好動症」，而剛好鄰居是著名體操運動員李寧的表哥，他看到江鈺源如此好動，便建議江濤把女兒送去練體操。
江鈺源4歲的時候就開始學習體操，不久就被廣西體校接收。經過1年的體校培訓，她就被招進了廣西省體操隊，但是僅僅經過1個月的訓練，江鈺源就被退回了體校。這是因為，省隊的教練不認為江鈺源身體素質能夠承受高強度的訓練。
5歲的時候，江鈺源曾經參加過體操比賽。但是，當她站在平衡木上，看到自己的父母時，就從平衡木上摔了下來。從那以後，江鈺源就一直不讓父母觀看她比賽，她認為，父母到場會讓自己壓力太大，無法正常發揮。
2004年進入國家隊，教練員是熊景斌、張霞。
2007年7月在上海舉辦的體操世界盃賽上首次亮相，即在自由體操上擊敗了程菲，從此，她便為人所認識。2007年9月在德國斯圖加特舉辦的體操世錦賽上，她與隊友合作獲得了女團亞軍，並在自由體操專案中獲得第四名。擋在獎牌榜之外，僅獲第四。
到了2008年好運北京邀請賽上，她一舉贏得了全能的冠軍。在北京2008奧運會上，她和隊友一起，為中國贏得了首個女子體操團體冠軍。
江鈺源最大特點在於四個項目實力平均，高低槓、跳馬、自由體操都排全國前三位。在跳馬項目中，她掌握著全世界難度最高的踺子小翻直體後空翻900度，整個動作質量高，優美利落，且落地穩妥。
她的偶像是前輩程菲。
江鈺源經常保持著微笑，總予人鄰家女孩的感覺。身旁的朋友都稱她長得像一個小巧玲瓏的「瓷娃娃」，故有「可愛教主」的稱號。
她在浙江省隊時的教練朱毅斌則認為她很會懶散，不夠集中。讓她做「懸垂舉腿」25個，你不盯緊她肯定會少做幾個。隨著年齡的增長，現在的江鈺源成熟了很多。教練又稱讚她領悟力高，膽色過人，能穩妥地做出的高難度動作。
她很節儉愛家，每月讓教練幫忙把國際比賽贏得來的獎金寄給父母。在北京奧運會拿得女子團體金牌後，十分希望給鄉下的父母換間大房子。







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Jiang Yuyuan (also Yuyan; Chinese: 江鈺源) is a Chinese gymnast. Jiang announced her arrival on the international gymnastics scene by defeating countrywoman and then-reigning world floor champion Cheng Fei at a world cup event. At the 2007 Worlds, she finished just .025 out of the bronze in fourth and then won the all-around title at the "Good Luck Beijing" invitational, the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games.

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