Wei Xiaoyuan

In February Wei competed at the WOGA Classic in the United States where she placed thirteenth in the all-around but recorded the third highest score on balance beam.[3] In April she competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, where she placed seventh on the balance beam and helped China place fifth in the team competition.[4]

The following month Wei competed at the senior-level Chinese Championships representing the Guangxi province. She placed fourteenth in the all-around and her team placed eleventh.[5] In June, Wei competed at the Chinese Junior National Championships where she finished second in the 14 and under division behind Guan Chenchen. During event finals she won silver on uneven bars behind Wang Jingying, finished seventh on balance beam, and won gold on floor exercise.[6]

In March Wei competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed fifth in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise and placed seventh on uneven bars.[7] In May she competed at the Chinese Championships where she placed tenth in the all-around.[8] Wei was later selected to represent China at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Ou Yushan and Guan Chenchen. While there she helped China finish second in team final, behind Russia and ahead of the United States. Individually, Wei finished sixth in the all-around and won two medals in the event finals: silver on balance beam behind Elena Gerasimova and bronze on uneven bars behind Vladislava Urazova and Viktoria Listunova.[9]

Team / All-Around Final

Uneven Bars Final

Balance Beam Final

Wei at the 2019 Junior World Championships

She finished the season competing at the National Youth Games where she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars ahead of Ou Yushan, silver on floor exercise behind Ou, and bronze in the team final, and she finished seventh on balance beam.[10]

In late January it was announced that Wei would make her senior debut at the Stuttgart World Cup taking place in March.[11] She was replaced by Zhou Ruiyu; however the Stuttgart World Cup was later canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.[12]

In September, she competed at the postponed National Championships. In the qualification round, which also served as the team final, Wei debuted upgraded routines on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise to qualify in third place to the all-around final behind defending champion Liu Tingting and Junior Words teammate Guan Chenchen.[13] She also qualified in second place to the balance beam final, behind Guan and ahead of 2018 World Champion Liu, and in sixth place to the uneven bars final.[13] Wei led the Guangxi provincial team to an eight place finish, contributing the top score on every event.[14]

In the all-around final, Wei improved her ranking from qualifications to win the silver medal behind Liu despite a fall on her acrobatic series on beam.[15] Wei recorded the highest uneven bars score and tied with Qi Qi for the highest all-around score of the day but remained behind Liu in the combined two-day total.[16] Wei expressed satisfaction with her performance despite the fall on beam and said she hoped to learn the double-twisting Yurchenko (DTY) vault to improve her chances of making the Chinese team for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.[17] Wei repeated her placements from qualifications in the event finals, placing sixth on uneven bars and winning silver on beam behind Guan.[18][19]