Xiao Ruoteng (, born 30 January 1996) is a Chinese

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. He competed at the

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, winning five medals. He is the 2017 World all-around champion and the 2018 World pommel horse champion. As a member of the Chinese team, he is a 2018 World champion and a two-time Asian Games champion (

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). He is also the 2017 Asian all-around and pommel horse champion.

Early life

Xiao was born on 30 January 1996 in

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. His parents signed him up for gymnastics at age five because he was an active child.

Career

2015–16

Xiao won gold medals on the pommel horse and the horizontal bar at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup. He then competed at the

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and helped the Chinese team win silver behind Japan. Individually, he won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind

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. He was then selected to compete at the

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alongside Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Liu Yang,

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, and Zhang Chenglong. The team won the bronze medal behind Japan and Great Britain after Xiao fell off the pommel horse. This marked the first time since 2003 that the Chinese team did not win the gold medal at the World Championships. Xiao qualified for the individual all-around final, where he finished in ninth place. Xiao injured his elbow during training and was unable to compete in the

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. He considered retirement due to the injury but decided to continue competing.

2017

Xiao returned to competition and won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup, and he won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind

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. He then competed at the

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and led his team to the gold medal. He also won the gold medal in the all-around and on the pommel horse, and he won silver medals on the floor exercise and horizontal bar. He then competed at the

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and won the all-around title. He became the first Chinese gymnast to win a major all-around title since Yang Wei won at the

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. He also won a bronze medal in the pommel horse final behind

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and

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2018

Xiao won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the Doha World Cup behind teammate

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. He then competed at the Chinese Championships and won the all-around title by over two points ahead of Sun Wei. He also won a bronze medal with his provincial team and on the horizontal bar. He represented China at the 2018 Asian Games alongside Zou, Sun, Deng Shudi, and Lin Chaopan, and they won the team title. Individually, he won the all-around bronze medal behind Lin and Shogo Nonomura after falling off the pommel horse. Then in the event finals, he won a silver medal on the parallel bars and a bronze medal on the horizontal bar. Xiao was selected to compete at the

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with the same team that competed at the Asian Games. The team finished second to Russia in the qualification round due to multiple falls on the pommel horse, and Xiao qualified in first place for the all-around final. The team defeated Russia by only 0.049 in the team final to win China's first World team gold medal since 2014. In the all-around final Xiao and

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tied with the highest score of 87.598. However, the tie-breaker procedure of counting the five highest apparatus scores resulted in Dalaloyan winning the gold medal. Then in the pommel horse final, he tied with

for the highest score, but Xiao won the highest execution score tie-breaker.

2019–20

Xiao finished seventh on the floor exercise at the 2019 Doha World Cup. Then at the Chinese Championships, he won the gold medal on the floor exercise and the silver medal on the pommel horse. He then competed at the

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alongside Deng Shudi, Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, and

. The team trailed Russia in the qualification round, and Xiao qualified third into the all-around final behind Russians Nikita Nagornyy and

. The Chinese team won the silver medal in the team final by one point behind Russia. In the all-around final, Xiao fell off the horizontal bar, resulting in a fourth-place finish by 0.283 behind the bronze medalist. He then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind

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and

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. Xiao was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Tokyo World Cup. However, the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan. In October 2020, he competed at the Chinese Championships and finished second in the all-around to Sun Wei. He also won a silver medal on the pommel horse behind

2021–22

Xiao won the all-around title at the Chinese Championships, and he placed seventh on the floor exercise and fourth on the pommel horse. He was one of the 12 men selected for the Olympic training squad. At the Olympic Trials, he did not compete in the all-around, but he posted the highest score on the floor exercise and the second-highest score on the vault. He was selected to represent

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alongside Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, and

. The team qualified for the team final in second place behind Japan, and Xiao qualified for the all-around in third place. The team then won the bronze medal in the final behind the

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and Japan. Then in the all-around final, he won the silver medal by 0.400 behind Japan's

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. Some Chinese fans questioned the results, specifically Hashimoto's vault score, and attacked Hashimoto on social media. The

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released a statement explaining the score and confirming the results. He then won a bronze medal in the floor exercise final behind

and

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. After the Olympic Games, Xiao competed at the

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and won the all-around title. At the 2022 Chinese Championships, he only competed on the pommel horse and parallel bars, finishing sixth in the pommel horse final. He was not selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships.

2023

Xiao competed on the floor exercise and horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup but did not qualify for either event final. Then at the Chinese Championships, he finished fifth in the all-around. He then competed at the

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alongside

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, Lin Chaopan, and

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, and they won the team title ahead of Japan. Individually, Xiao placed seventh in the pommel horse final. Because the Asian Games took place around the same time as the

, Xiao did not compete at Worlds.

2024

Xiao began the Olympic season at the Baku World Cup, finishing sixth on the horizontal bar. Then at the Chinese Championships, he won the silver medal in the all-around and bronze medals on the floor exercise and horizontal bar. He was selected to compete at the

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alongside Liu Yang, Su Weide,

, and

. The team qualified first for the team final, and Xiao qualified in fourth place for the all-around and horizontal bar finals. However, in the team final, multiple falls caused the team to win the silver medal behind Japan. Then in the all-around final, he won the bronze medal behind Japan's

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and teammate Zhang.

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