Leanne Wong AA 2022 U.S World Selection Camp Day 1

[@hunterphan5506]

I really love watching her gymnastics. She’s so graceful and elegant in all or her moves. She has beautiful lines also.

[@lauragifford807]

The height of that leap in the thumbnail!!

[@will7693]

People should not look over her mistakes on floor just because she has a classical style. That was a rough routine, glad she got through it

[@ghostt4634]

that third pass just needs to go. she just just do a triple full she doesn't need another forward element because of her double arabian

[@eliseperron1928]

Lord people need to give her a break LOL is more like it. That was the first time she tumbled on floor again and that floor is hard as a rock.

[@gzok4189]

@@eliseperron1928 That floor seemed bad for everyone no matter how good or bad they did.

[@eliseperron1928]

@@gzok4189 right but she only tumbled on absorbent mat before that floor it’s like one extreme to the next on her poor ankle lol

[@lb7617]

she needs to do a 2.5 twist + front layout instead of the layout full… it’s given her some issues this year

[@plp666]

Agreed about the 3rd pass especially since it’s probably the hardest on her ankle.

[@gym_analysis]

Or a front half just because it's easier to land

[@eliseperron1928]

Or bring back the triple.

[@Larissa-dp6jc]

@@eliseperron1928 but she has to do some acro forward and she does this in her 3rd pass

[@eliseperron1928]

@@Larissa-dp6jc the dos santos is forward acro (her second pass)

[@brooklynbeyer2494]

Good job, Leanne!!!

[@BaraXXXanova666]

Absolutely the best floor, choreography vise on the American team

[@judytherose9296]

…beautiful work…keep up the great work…! 🎉❤

[@cantor7723]

If the USA federation knows what they are doing, Leanne will be on the team if only for bars. She was habitually over-scored by international judges last year. She's one of those that the judges just love. She looks exhausted here, but we know when she's well rested, her gymnastics are quite beautiful. I would suggest reworking the skills on floor a bit, though.

[@omglauraelizabeth]

Sub Skye for Jordan and I agree.

[@josephqualtier961]

Leanne clearly needed the time she lost from the minor injury, she looked way more powerful at classics, being out of the gym even just for a week is so brutal :/

[@mustawgym]

We still need to see how she’ll look in PT. I believe she’ll just get better. And if she hits beam in podium THERE’S NO WAY they should left her beam off esp with Skye and Shi inconsistency. Leanne scores very well internationally and they need her. Unless she doesn’t look good, she NEEDS to do AT LEAST bars and beam.

[@eliseperron1928]

I don’t think her performance at world camp should in any way be connected to her scores from the past. She’s coming off an injury, she’s learning Fong is no longer a good fit for her. Outside of what the judges prefer or not… she’s the Queen of consistency and is reliably a steady eddy. Shilese has missed more than hit on beam this year, same with skye. Why wouldn’t they put Leanne in on beam? She’s top 4 on vault, too.

[@cocoroni1031]

There's still a major difference between competing the whole routine on floor and training individual skills on sting mat. Unfortunately Leanne doesn't have much time to show her floor talent. She can join the team and likely just competes on bars in team final.

[@eliseperron1928]

I think she could do Vault.

[@JavasioMcShine]

They just need to take out the 2.5 front full and replace it with the whip triple. Its worth the same and she did it beautifully all year in 2021.

[@nicolethomas9]

What where her scores

[@nicolecooper1569]

Perhaps maybe a punch front layout for the 3rd pass instead? Imagine these landings must be rough on her ankle.

[@fshonuff]

Is she still working through her ankle injury?

[@Jackshipley2008]

yep

[@beanieful204]

@@Jackshipley2008 I hope she's not going too far so she doesn't get injured...

[@Jackshipley2008]

@@beanieful204 she needs to play it safe on day 2 and only do bars and beam

[@lwoo8643]

@@Jackshipley2008 Agreed...they NEED her bars for sure, and probably beam too.

[@rachelgates509]

How long ago was this selection camp? Aren’t the world championships in October?? I should think they would’ve selected their team by now!!!

[@eliseperron1928]

Selection camp ended Saturday. Worlds is this weekend. USA notoriously waits until the very last min. They arrived in Liverpool this morning.

[@taylorburtis]

So, she did make the team eh? It was Shilese, Jordan, Jade, Skye and Leanne?

[@plp666]

Yes she did! Hope she can perform a stronger AA this weekend but am just really happy she made it considering her injury.

[@eliseperron1928]

@@plp666 I doubt we will see her in the AA, sadly 😞I’m still holding out hope. More likely we’ll see her on key evens in the team final. Beam, Bars. Maybe vault.

[@matthewhines9787]

The next time someone says it's impossible to both over-rotate _and_ under-rotate, I'm going to show them this video.

[@gzok4189]

If every American gymnast hits their floor routine in qualifications, it will be a battle to see who makes the top two.

[@plp666]

Wow, actually amazing work on floor considering, at full difficulty, just the landings. Great Bars, meh beam, finishing 5th is hopefully enough.

[@eliseperron1928]

Pretty great vault for her, too

[@dannymorgan7252]

Who adds an element AFTER a triple full pass???

[@eliseperron1928]

It’s 2.5 and many gymnasts do lol

[@michellemathis2381]

Her double Arabian is back!

[@omglauraelizabeth]

Keep her as a specialist on bars and leave it at that. The US team has girls that are better on every other apparatus. They only need her for bars.

[@eliseperron1928]

She’s a contender on vault (top 4) as well as much more consistent on beam than both shilese and skye. We will see her on more than just bars for TF.

[@hazelnutspred3348]

That floor routine 😬

[@luizcmmmm]

She just waves her arms on floor. I don't think we should call it a choreography

[@omglauraelizabeth]

I was thinking the same

[@josephqualtier961]

That’s kinda what choreo is

[@eliseperron1928]

It’s pretty much a repurposed routine. She just needs something new

[@lovegymnasts]

@@josephqualtier961 It's entire body movement and expression and attitude and emoting. She lacks in entire body movement. You are not going to see anyone who is competitive on, for example, So You Think You Can Dance or a dance troupe just flapping their arms.

[@athosfelipe4069]

@@josephqualtier961 maybe a bad one is. Look at shilese's. It's a joy to watch.