\u201cFeel the magic in the air, allez, allez, allez!\u201d The song was perfect for what was happening at the ticket hall of Zurich Main Station tonight. The Magic System song sounded over the crowd and the platforms whenever Angelica Moser got ready on the runway. Carried by the clapping and the cheers of fans, friends, and family members, the local star and LC Z\u00fcrich track club member would start her run and reach the speed she needed to soar into the air.<\/p>\n
Moser took the European title in Rome by clearing 4.78m. She jumped 4.88 to win her very first Wanda Diamond League competition in Marrakech. And 4.80m earned her a fourth place at the Stade de France in Paris, this year\u2019s Olympic stage. It was the best individual result for a Swiss athlete in a women\u2019s event in the history of the Olympics \u2013 and a further milestone for the UBS Kids Cup winner and seven-time gold medallist at various international championships for young athletes.<\/p>\n
Another fourth place<\/strong><\/p>\n And yet: The national record holder, who is coached by Adrian Rothenb\u00fchler, has yet to make her way to the podium of a Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich competition. With the support of the crowd, Angelica Moser jumped 4.77m (personal indoor record), but unfortunately, she failed to clear 4.82m.<\/p>\n The height proved difficult for all competitors except the Paris medallists Nina Kennedy (AUS\/gold), Katie Moon (USA\/silver), and Alysha Newman (CAN\/bronze). While Newmann (2nd) and Moon (3rd) switched places on the podium, Kennedy was the only one to clear 4.87m. She did go on to give the 4.92m and then the 4.95m a try, but to no avail.<\/p>\n Kennedy wins for the third time<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to improve my personal best (4.91m), the mark I achieved here last year. I love Zurich so much. The fans are just amazing,\u201d the Olympic and world champion and now three-time Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich winner said.<\/p>\n Despite winning another \u00abm\u00e9daille en chocolat\u201d, just like in Glasgow (world indoor championships), Paris (Olympic Games), and Zurich (2023), Angelica Moser was happy about competing at the show. \u201cI enjoyed jumping in this setting again. Having such an event right on my doorstep is priceless. At the end of a long season, my batteries seem to be empty. So, the fan\u2019s cheering helped a lot, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00abThank you, Zurich!\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n Pascal St\u00f6cklin, who is based in Basel, is happy with her appearance in Zurich as well. The European championship finalist and Olympian cleared 4.52m and placed sixth in her Wanda Diamond League debut. \u201cThe atmosphere was fabulous. There is nothing else to say but: Thank you, Zurich!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pulsating beats, thunderous applause, and spectacular jumps at Zurich Main Station: For the...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}