The Queen of Balance Beam -- Liu Xuan
平衡木女皇——刘璇
Liu Xuan is a world-famous gymnast who is good at balance beam and uneven bars. She was born in the city of Changsha, Hunan province in Mar 12th, 1979. She is 153 centimeters high. Liu Xuan began her gym training when she was a pupil in Changsha Jixiang St. School, Hunan province. She was selected to Hunan Provincial Team at 8 years old, and then to the National Team at 13 years old. 1990s is a flourishing period for Chinese Women's Gym Team, and Liu Xuan was one of the main forces at that time. She had been contemporary of Mo Huilan, Zhou Rui, Qiao ya, Ye Linlin, Ji Liya, Bi Wenjing, Meng Fei, Kui Yuanyuan, etc. That made her the "Eldest Gymnast" record in Chinese National Women's Gym Team. Liu Xuan is a typical "great-minds-mature-slowly", who won her first gold medal in the World Championships in 1998. She is both gentle and active, and thoughtful in training. Her movement is skilled, powerful and elegant. She likes reading books and listening to music at other times. Her maxim is "No self conquering, no others defeated". In 2000 she attended Sydney Olympic Games and won the championship of balance beam.
奥运冠军刘璇是世界著名的体操健将。刘璇在平衡木和高低杠两项运动上都取得了杰出的成绩。她于1979年3月12日出生于湖南省长沙市。刘璇身高153厘米。当她还是湖南省长沙市吉祥学校的一名小学生时就开始了她的体操训练生涯。她在8岁时被选为湖南省集训队的队员，在13岁时被选入国家集训队。90年代是中国女子体操队的一个繁荣时期，刘璇是当时的主力军之一。她与莫慧兰、周蕊、乔娅、叶琳琳、季丽雅、毕文静、孟飞、奎媛媛等人同属一个时期，这使得她创下了在国家队女子体操里保持了“最年长的体操运动员”的纪录。刘璇是典型的大器晚成型。在1998年世界锦标赛中，她才赢得了自己的第一枚金牌。她既温柔又活跃，在训练里也很严谨认真。她的动作熟练、有力量、优雅。平时她喜欢看书和听音乐。她的人生格言是“没有自我征服，也无法打败他人。”2000年悉尼奥运会，她获得了平衡木冠军。
Her Movement Characteristics:
运动特点：
Her top-quality movements are coordinated smoothly, expressively and skillfully. When she is on the balance beam, her movemens are fluent, graceful and nice with top quality, especially the extent of her jumps. She can fluently do two back handsprings followed by a back somersault and then a steady standing, legs-exchanging full split followed by a Yang Bo Jumo, wolf jump followed by back flip turn and handstand at 90 degrees, legs-exchanging full split followed by spinning jump on the beam. While on the uneven bars, she can do novel backhand giant swing and turn followed by giant swing and air-spring catching bar, and backhand giant swing followed by backhand giant swing with a half turn and then a Tkatschv Vault.
协调性好，表现力强，运动细腻，质量高，平衡木全套动作流畅、优美，动作质量高、准确到位，尤其是跳步的幅度和开度完美无缺。平衡木：有两次后手翻接直体后空翻站木、交换腿劈叉跳接杨波跳、狼跳接后翻转体90度成倒立、交换腿劈叉结环跳。高低杠：有反吊大回环转体360度接吊臂大回环前空翻抓杠、反吊大回环截反吊大回环转体180度接特卡切夫腾越，连接非常巧妙、新颖、独特。
On the 2000 Olympic Games Liu Xuan conquered all the judges and the audience with her perfect movements and put the history that there was no gold medal of Chinese Women's Balance Beam to an end.
2000年悉尼奥运会上，刘璇于女子体操平衡木比赛中，以完美的动作征服了裁判员和观众，为中国女子平衡木项目没有奥运会冠军的历史划上了句号。
Liu Xuan was awarded the Hunan Provincial Advanced Worker and the National Best Woman Gymnast in 1998, the '98 National Top 10 Athletes (chosen through public appraisal by 20 mediums in Beijing, supported by Kangwei Sports Goods Co. Ltd.) in 1999 and the National Top 10 Athletes in 2000 again.
刘璇曾于1998年被湖南省委授予湖南省“先进工作者”称号，并获1998年“全国体操最佳女运动员”称号。1999年4月，当选为由首都20家新闻单位联合主办、康威体育用品有限公司独家赞助的1998年全国十佳运动员。2000年刘璇再次当选全国十佳运动员。
After the Sydney Olympic Games, Liu Xuan retired from the National Team and went to study in the News School of Beijing University. At the same time, she started her new career in movie and advertisement.
2000年悉尼奥运会后，刘璇选择了退役，到北京大学新闻学院读书，并涉足影视圈和广告业，开始了自己人生的又一段旅程。
。