Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin dan wasan Olympics da kuma dan wasan canoe mai gasa tare da digiri na biyu wanda ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Jiangxi Normal, Yang ya sanar da ritayarsa a hukumance a karshen Wasannin Kasa na 2009, ya yi gajeren lokaci don yin gasa a Wasannin Kasa na 13.
A shekara ta 2013. Ya lashe lambobin yabo da yawa a manyan wasannin gasa na kasa da kasa da na cikin gida, ya kasance zinare uku da na azurfa guda daya a wasannin Asiya biyu; ya halarci wasannin kasa hudu daga 2001 zuwa 2013, ya lashe lambobin yabo hudu na zinare a wasannin kasa uku na baya.