Up and Coming: Huang Huidan

Huang Huidan was actually age-elligible for London but was not chosen for the team. She is a first year senior, but is still considered a junior in many respects because she doesn't have a lot of international experience. In September she took silver in the all-around and gold on uneven bars at the Chinese Individual Championships, and earlier this year she took fourth on beam and silver on bars at the Chinese Nationals.

She is exceptional on bars and beam, as evidenced by her medal haul this year. She is very elegant and beautiful to watch. Check out this sheep jump:

 

This is her beam routine from the 2011 Chinese Individual Championships. She tied for gold with a 14.35, and the deductions came from the little wobbles throughout and the step on the landing. Over all a good routine, though:

 



 

Another beautiful routine is her uneven bars routine in the event finals of this year's Individual Nationals, where she also took gold:

 

 

As shown she is beautiful on bars and beam. Floor has low difficulty, as does vault - her most difficult vault is a full-twisting Yurchenko. However, if she updates floor and vault and maintains her beautiful elegance on bars and beam, I think she could become a good all-arounder. And even if she doesn't her bars and beam routines will certainly help Team China in coming years, and maybe earn her a few more medals along the way.