Hu began trampoline gymnastics when she was seven years old and joined the Shanxi Provincial team in 2012. She was not added to the Chinese national team until 2021 and is considered a "late bloomer".[2]
At the 2023 Santarem World Cup, Hu won the bronze medal in the individual event and the gold medal in the synchro event with Zhu Xueying.[7] Then at the Coimbra World Cup, Hu and Zhu finished fourth in the synchro final.[8] She then won the gold medal in the individual event at the Palm Beach World Cup thanks to having the highest execution score of the competition.[9] Additionally, Hu and Zhu placed eighth in the synchro final.[10] She won the silver medal behind Zhu at the Varna World Cup and placed seventh with Zhu in the synchro competition.[11] Hu finished third overall in the 2023 World Cup rankings and third with Zhu in the synchro rankings.[12]
Hu won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games, held in 2023 due to COVID-19 concerns, behind her teammate Zhu Xueying.[13] She then competed at the 2023 World Championships and won a gold medal with the same Chinese team that won the title in 2022.[14] She also placed fourth in the individual event, only 0.020 behind the bronze-medalist Jessica Stevens.[15]
Hu finished fourth in the individual event at the 2024 Baku World Cup after qualifying for the final in first place.[16] She also won the gold medal at the Cottbus World Cup and secured a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[17] At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Hu qualified in third place,[18] but fell during the final, placing eighth.[19]
^""大器晚成"胡译乘" [Hu Yicheng, a late bloomer]. Taiyuan Evening News (in Chinese). 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
