Paris Olympics alternate Leanne Wong expresses gratitude for 2024 with Bible passage as she shares highlights from the year

Leanne Wong expressed her gratitude for the 2024 season by sharing highlights from the year. It was a memorable year for the American artistic gymnast as she qualified for the Paris Olympics as a traveling alternate, delivered a brilliant performance at the NCAA Championships, and her business flourished.

She offered glimpses of her year, which had key moments such as her performance at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, videos from Paris and the Eiffel Tower, attending NFL games, enjoying golf, and celebrating Christmas, among others. Besides sharing the video, she expressed gratitude for all the great memories, captioning the post:

“Thank you 2024 for all of the amazing memories, opportunities, challenges, successes, and the best people who were with me every step of the way. 🫶”

Additionally, the 21-year-old shared a passage from the Bible, James 1:2-4 (ESV), which says how believers should embrace joy when facing life’s challenges. In the caption, she also mentioned:

“Count it all joy, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” - James 1:2-4 ✨”

In the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, Leanne Wong placed seventh with an overall score of 110.425 in the all-around, thus qualifying for the Paris Olympics as a traveling alternate. She added another significant accomplishment to her bag by becoming the 2024 NCAA champion in the uneven bars. Besides this, she finished second in the all-around and vault events in the NCAA Championships while representing Florida Gators.

Apart from her achievements in gymnastics, she excelled as a business owner as well through Leanne Wong Bowtique and launched her book ‘My Journey: Trust the Process’, released on June 27 this year.

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Leanne Wong reveals the story behind being known as the gymnast with a bow

Leanne Wong at the 2024 Core Hydration Gymnastics Classic (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images

Leanne Wong opened up about how the bow became her signature accessory following the podium training on the first day of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials. In an interview with FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, she revealed the story behind it, saying:

“Yeah, I guess I kind of became known as the gymnast with the bow in 2018 when I first began wearing them to every practice and competition. But, it actually started from a high school elective class cuz throughout my Elementary and high school years.” (3:00 onwards)

She added:

“I always left school early since the third grade and I only did my core classes in the morning and then did online classes and summer classes in the summer and at night so after I completed all the electives in my school district. I actually had to go outside of the school district to find more electives. So, I found the fashion interior design class and that's where my bow was invented.”

Notably, she founded ‘Leanne Wong Bowtique’ in December 2021, which has now expanded and sells signature and handmade hair bows, leotards, and apparel.