Liaoning beat Shandong 3-1 to win the women's table tennis team final at the 14th National Games on Sept 21, none of them are Olympians.

Shangdong, with Olympic champion Chen Meng, took second place and Hebei with Olympic champion Sun Yingsha placed third.

Lin Qianqi of Fujian province claimed the women's individual trampoline title, while Yan Langyu of Hunan province bagged the men's gold at China's National Games on Sept 6.

Lin, who led the qualification, received an unparalleled 56.125 points with an execution score of 16.00 in the final.

"Winning the gold medal is a surprise to me," the 20-year-old said. "Before the Games, all I did was just being fully devoted to the preparation and enjoyed the whole process of the event."

Li Dan of Guangdong province finished second with 55.190 points. Liu Lingling, who took the women's trampoline silver at Tokyo 2020, ranked third.

In the men's event, Yan Langyu, who topped the qualification, kept his form in the final to beat Tokyo silver medalist Dong Dong for the title in 61.660 points, with an advantage of 0.915 points for the time of flight.

"I had a lapse on Sunday, but I quickly adjusted and stayed concentrated in the execution on Monday. I'm younger than Dong, that might be the reason why I could score higher points in the time of flight," said the 22-year-old. "I will make more efforts to prepare for more competitions in October and November."

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