2024 Swiss Cup - Zürich

[Passion]

Ohh that's rough. Team USA won the last two Swiss cups.

That’s a lower than usual UB score for Nemour too, 13.650

 

[RedBirdie]

Oof, what happened?

 

[RichardL]

Yikes. We don't even get to see what Wong was up to? Just one awful UB routine?

 

[Passion]

 

[Passion]

Team France wins the Swiss Cup. France is on a roll today.

1. Team France - 27.550 (Grand Finale)
Morgane Osyssek-Reimer
Léo Saladino

2. Team Ba'mour - 26.200 (Grand Finale)
Kaylia Nemour
Christian Baumann

3. Team DeuTalia - 28.475 (Small Finale)
Karina Schönmaier
Mario Macchiati

4. Team Brazil - 27.500 (Small Finale)
Julia Soares
Caio Souza

5. Team Netherlands - 53.150
Naomi Visser
Jermain Grünberg

6. Team Switzerland 1 - 51.600
Anny Wu
Luca Giubellini

7. Team Germany - 51.450
Lea Marie Quaas
Lukas Dauser

8. Team Austria - 50.425
Selina Kickinger
Ricardo Rudy

9. Team USA - 24.900
Leanne Wong
Fuzzy Benas

10. Team Switzerland 2 - 24.750
Stefanie Siegenthaler
Florian Langenegger

 

[Passion]

 

[RedBirdie]

I don't even know what to make of that bar routine. Every handstand was a struggle.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

USA lost to… Austria.

 

[QuietColours]

I don't even know what to make of that bar routine. Every handstand was a struggle.

I know she's the epitomy of the "Go, go, go!" person, but when is the last time Wong had a break?

 

[RedBirdie]

I know she's the epitomy of the "Go, go, go!" person, but when is the last time Wong had a break?

2020?

 

[Big_rock_show]

So glad to see Fuzzy on an international assignment!

 

[KristyJ]

I don't even know what to make of that bar routine. Every handstand was a struggle.

She looked disoriented

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

I don't even know what to make of that bar routine. Every handstand was a struggle.

Every everything was a struggle. I assumed from the state of that jaegar that she was going to fall on the regrasp, realised my mistake and then it progressed from there.

She needs to go home and have some naps.

 

[irichluck21]

I love team "Ba'Mour" LMAOOOOOO.

 

[Passion]

 

[Passion]

Replays of every routine and the medal ceremony are here: https://video.stv-fsg.ch/swiss-cup-zuerich?

They're all free but seem to lock up if you have an ad blocker on. I opened it in a browser without ad blocker and they played normally.

 

[RedBirdie]

Interesting that Leanne changed her beam dismount to a tucker gainer full. I wonder if she plans to do that in NCAA as well.

 

[BB12]

I know she's the epitomy of the "Go, go, go!" person, but when is the last time Wong had a break?

She's going to be so burnt out by the end of the NCAA season.

She deserves a very long vacation.

 

[Passion]

This article has some insight on what was happening with Wong at Swiss Cup.

Leanne Wong discusses her time at the Olympics, Swiss Cup and 2025 NCAA expectations - The Independent Florida Alligator

Leanne Wong, in her last season at the University of Florida, has competed in the Paris Olympics and Swiss Cup and hopes to continue her success in NCAA gymnastics.

www.alligator.org

Field also joined Wong when she competed for the United States at the Swiss Cup in November. Her fall during her uneven bars performance seemed like a culmination of all the struggles she had faced to even compete in Switzerland.

First, she couldn’t find a male partner to compete with her. Then, she landed awkwardly on the edge of a mat, rolling her ankle. Her flight from the Gainesville airport to Atlanta was delayed multiple times, turning an hour-and-a-half flight into almost a twelve-hour trip. She missed her first transatlantic flight and stayed overnight in Georgia (with no change of clothes).

Once in Switzerland, the challenges continued.

“I was super thankful to get there 24 hours later, until all of my bags did not show up,” Wong said. “Everyone's bags, my coaches, my mom, like, all their bags showed up, except for mine. So, I was like, ‘OK, this is going great, I guess.’”

During the competition, she said that she didn’t have the best routine. Team USA, comprised of Wong and University of Oklahoma redshirt junior Fuzzy Benas, didn’t advance past the preliminary rounds and placed ninth overall.

“It was just an interesting trip and didn't end the way they wanted to,” Wong said. “But that's OK. Champions keep moving.”