Li Ya
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Li Ya (Simplified Chinese:李娅) is a Chinese gymnast born on June 13, 1988 in Anhui Province. Li Ya is an uneven bars and balance beam specialist. Li Ya is the 2004 National Champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2004 National All Around Silver Medalist. She had a lot of success in the 2004 World Cup Circuit despite a bad showing at the 2004 Olympics. She won the uneven bars title at the Glasgow and Ghent World Cup Qualifiers. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Glasgow World Cup Qualifier. In December 2004 Li Ya qualified to the World Cup Final in Birmingham. She was the most successful Chinese female gymnast at the World Cup Final. She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars and a silver medal on the balance beam.
Li Ya was briefly injured in 2005, but recovered in time to win silver medals at the 2005 Chinese National Championships and the 2005 Britain Vs China Dual Meet on the uneven bars. In October, she competed at the National Games but failed to win any medals. A few weeks later, however, she was part of China's winning team at the East Asia Games in Macao, where she also grabbed a gold medal on the uneven bars.
As of January 2006, Li Ya was still training with the National Team in Beijing. She is expected to compete in several World Cup events later in the year.
Li Ya competed in the 2006 Tournament of Masters in Cottbus ( a world cup event) and won the gold medal on the uneven bars with a beautiful, original and difficult routine where she combined two release moves, including a Jaeger with a half turn. Ya also qualified for the beam final and unfortunately finished out of the medals in fourth place, due to a mistake on her first skill.
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