2025 Euros in Leipzig — Precompetition Thread

[RAFIKI]

I can’t even get that far. Not sure if this is high demand or the website not being set up by release time (1600 CEST).

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

I can’t even get that far. Not sure if this is high demand or the website not being set up by release time (1600 CEST).

I got the waiting room a few times and got booted out every time I got to the front of the queue (started my first attempt at exactly 16:00 CEST). Now just get "Oh dear, unfortunately your event could not be found", which is what it was saying before the on-sale day. So who knows. Someone on Reddit said they're not using the biggest venue in the city as it's already taken over by the Turnfest so maybe it's just a victim of its own success.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Is it 4 or 5 per team, do we know? The formats for this are going to be interesting. Both MAG and WAG have their team medals assigned from the qualifying rounds, as in 2023, then the mixed TF as a discrete event after that.

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[irichluck21]

I would assume since it is team finals and qualifications that it will be 4-3-3. So likely 4 or 5 team members.

I am curious as to the mixed event, can you enter any gymnast per event or are they limited to just one event? I would imagine that it will be 10 routines, one from each of the MAG and WAG events.

 

[Annie]

I couldn't look for tickets for a couple of days after 3 days of only getting error messages, and now it says they are sold out. When I click on tickets, it shows me some 90 euro tickets (which is more than what I was looking to spend to be honest). Does anyone know if more tickets will be released or is this over?

 

[RAFIKI]

A friend e-mailed customer services and all they could say was “this is pre-sale”. Even though releasing to the public doesn’t fit the definition of pre-sale, that does imply that more will be released. Only a few blocks ever seemed available when the website did work.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

A friend e-mailed customer services and all they could say was “this is pre-sale”. Even though releasing to the public doesn’t fit the definition of pre-sale, that does imply that more will be released. Only a few blocks ever seemed available when the website did work.

Having rearranged my plans and booked flights and a hotel based on the tickets I was able to buy when the website stopped being broken, I'll be a little annoyed if they reopen sales for the sessions I was originally intending to go to but which were showing as "sold out".

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

FYI, the ticketing website now says tickets for the "sold out" sessions will go on sale again on 6 January.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Some information on the mixed teams final



I find the mixed TF idea very interesting, but really not sure how this is going to work. Wasn't expecting countries not to get a choice in who they use. Also, it's going to be a full time job working out who's in and who's out if people start to withdraw, which is inconvenient as I'm on holiday that week.

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

Wasn't expecting countries not to get a choice in who they use.

I'm assuming they stuck it right in the middle of the week to make it harder to withdraw - you can't plead injury after the qualis without also missing the "proper" finals.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

I'm assuming they stuck it right in the middle of the week to make it harder to withdraw - you can't plead injury after the qualis without also missing the "proper" finals.

Would that not also require a rule change? At present you can be injured from one final and then compete in any others you've made afterwards. Like Simone in 2021. Unless that's been changed for this Euros and we've not posted about it here?

 

[irichluck21]

So a weird format.
Why make it so complicated.

This isn't a "mixed team", its "mixed pairs".

 

[OnlyBeansOnToast]

Would that not also require a rule change? At present you can be injured from one final and then compete in any others you've made afterwards. Like Simone in 2021. Unless that's been changed for this Euros and we've not posted about it here?

Good point - in which case we can expect to see plenty of Tuesday night injuries that get better by Thursday morning.

 

[Kara]

Not letting the athletes choose events also seems like a strange decision.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Not letting the athletes choose events also seems like a strange decision.

I guess the arena doesn't accommodate all apparatus at once? Although that doesn't explain why they can't both vault. The settings are quite quick to change aren't they?

 

[RAFIKI]

Gymnova VTs only take seconds to change their height, even I can do it!

 

[RAFIKI]

Wasn't expecting countries not to get a choice in who they use.

Agreed. There’s now a perverse motivation to be the lower scoring AAder (well across the three pieces) if you want a day off.

 

[MaryClare]

I have a headache

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

It did strike me that this might work well for GB WAG, in that Jen and Ruby Evans both are weakest on bars. If Jess is back and top AAer, she can have a twinge that morning.

 

[Denn]

Total shit format. And they are going to declare it a huge success even though it won't be.

• It's only 2 gymnasts. NOT a "TEAM"
• They aren't even a real team — they don't even know their teammates until after qualification.
• It favors specific events. Are your events Pommels, Rings, and / or Vault? Too bad!

Do a REAL team event.