
This year’s Asian Championships begin tomorrow in Zunyi, China, where nations across the region will battle for team and individual spots for this year’s world championships.
What’s at Stake?
All of the continental championship meets this season most importantly serve as qualifiers for world championships, which will take place this autumn in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unlike last year, nations can only attend worlds in 2026 and 2027 if they qualify teams or individual athletes. For WAG, the continent is allotted four teams and 10 individual all-around spots based on this week’s competition.
Of course, medals are also up for grabs here, including for team, all-around, and apparatus competition, which is the primary goal for the junior athletes who are also competing.
Who’s Competing?
A full list of competitors is below, with seniors in the left column and juniors in the right.
| CHINA | |
| Du Siyu Ke Qinqin Qin Xinyi Qiu Qiyuan Zhang Qingying Zhang Yihan |
Chen Ziyan He Xinyu Xie Guying Yu Wenjing Zhang Shuchang Zhong Qi |
| HONG KONG | |
| Joanne Chen Hoi Yuen Angel Wong Hiu Ying Kiana Wong Tim Ching |
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| INDIA | |
| Nishka Agarwal Pranati Nayak Anoushka Patil Eshita Rewale Protistha Samanta |
Paromita Bera Shreya Ghosh Ananya Gupta Anusua Howlader Shreyanshi Roy |
| INDONESIA | |
| Dylanov Brahmana Ameera Hariadi |
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| IRAN | |
| Hengameh Hadiyani Narges Havashem Parmin Rouhbakhshi |
Karin Kamangar |
| JAPAN | |
| Kishi Rina Miyata Shoko Nishiyama Misa Okamura Mana Sugihara Aiko |
Minamino Yume Nakashima Kanon Ogawa Risora Togo Nanami Tomioka Kisaki |
| JORDAN | |
| Shama Abdo Hiam Kharouba |
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| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Amina Khalimarden Ameli Mukusheva Radmilla Tarassova Darya Yassinskaya Evelina Yezhova |
Saida Kassymzhanova Yekaterina Lebed Ulyana Pukhova Ilana Razdykova Yeva Tatsiyeva |
| KYRGYZSTAN | |
| Anaita Krasnoperova Daria Pokidko |
Saikal Mamasharipova |
| LEBANON | |
| Sara Mroueh | Gwen Geha Leyan Sleiman Lyana Zgheib |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Hannah Seow Cadence Teh Zi Qi Yeap Kang Xian Rachel Yeoh Li Wen Marissa Zaiful Azian |
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| MYANMAR | |
| Pan Ei Phyu | |
| NORTH KOREA | |
| An Chang Ok Chon Jin A Jo Kyong Byol Kim Kyong Ryong Pak Un Jong |
Han Yon Mi |
| PHILIPPINES | |
| Angela Matilda Aboboto Chiara Andrew Cielo Andrea Esliza Haylee Garcia Kylee Kvamme Amara Lagdameo |
Jellian Bantilan Maxine Amira Bondoc Aluna Margaux Labrador Tchelzy Mei Maayo Maria Adriana Pasco |
| QATAR | |
| Salma Hamed | Lojin Attia |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Emma Goh Ariel Lin Jing Han Gayle Ng Alena Tan Amanda Yap |
Reanne Lye Joan Ng Emmanuelle Tan Lydia Teo |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Hwang Seohyun Lee Yunseo Lim Sumin Park Nayoung Yeo Seojeong |
Kang Julia Lee Hyejin Lee Hyunji Yoo Younghyeon |
| SRI LANKA | |
| Dinugi Boyagodage Nuyara Fernando Luhara Jayasekara Sapuni Weligama |
Sadewmi Dolamulla Gamage Yeheni Garusinghe Thewanma Muhandiramge Natheesha Sawbhagya Ranasinghe Dehemi Ranasinghe Arachchige |
| TAIWAN | |
| Lai Pin-Ju Liao Yi-Chun Ting Hua-Tien Wu Yu-Jhih Yang Ko-Wen |
Chen Luo-Zhen Chou Mei Kuo Re-Yu Lee Po-Hsin Lin Pei-Han Lin Yu-Tong |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Dildora Aripova Oksana Chusovitina Odinakhon Robidjonova Aleksandra Shevchenko Solikha Tursunboeva |
Asliyakhon Abdukadirova Yaroslava Chernobrovkina Amina Israilova |
| VIETNAM | |
| Huynh Thien Ly Nguyen Thi Quynh Nhu Tran Doan Quynh Nam |
Luong Ngoc Ha |
When’s It Happening?
Here’s the complete schedule. All times are local to Zunyi.
| THURSDAY JUNE 25 | |
| 10:00 am | Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 1 |
| 2:00 pm | Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 2 |
| 4:00 pm | Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 3 |
| 7:00 pm | Senior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 4 |
| FRIDAY JUNE 26 | |
| 10:00 am | Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 1 |
| 2:00 pm | Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 2 |
| 4:00 pm | Junior All-Around & Team Finals, Apparatus Qualifications Subdivision 3 |
| SATURDAY JUNE 27 | |
| 3:00 pm | Senior & Junior Apparatus Finals Day 1 (VT, UB) |
| SUNDAY JUNE 28 | |
| 3:00 pm | Senior & Junior Apparatus Finals Day 2 (BB, FX) |
How Can We Follow Along?
You can stream the competition live on AsianGymTV.
Live scores and official result PDFs will be available via China’s scoring system.
Article by Lauren Hopkins