Beach Volleyball - Team Xue/Xia

General
Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi first played together as a pair in 2013. After several seasons together, the pairing split up in 2016 and each found new partners. They teamed up for a second time ahead of the 2023 season.

The duo won the title at the 2023 Asian Championships in Fuzhou, where they were undefeated throughout the tournament and overcame Thai pairing Kongphopsarutawadee and Naraphornrapat in the final, 2-0. They had previously claimed the Asian championship title in 2016.

Xue and Xia claimed victory at their first tournament on the 2023 World Beach Pro Tour, finishing on top of the podium at the Itapema Challenge event in Brazil in April. They reached their first Elite16 tournament semifinal of the season in Montreal in July, eventually finishing third at the event.

Both players previously won back-to-back gold medals at the Asian Games with other partners. Xia claimed the title in 2014 alongside Ma Yuanyuan and triumphed with Wang Fan at the 2018 Games in Indonesia, where the pair defeated Japan's Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami in the gold medal match. Xia made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Xue secured gold at the Asian Games in 2006 and 2010 with Zhang Xi. She also won the world championship title in 2013 alongside Zhang, and claimed Olympic bronze with Zhang on home sand in Beijing in 2008. Xue made further Olympic appearances in 2012 and 2021.