DAVOS, Switzerland — Jason Burnett of Toronto broke his own world record for degree of difficulty at a trampoline World Cup event Saturday en route to a silver medal in the men’s final.
Burnett, who went into the final ranked third after Friday’s qualifications, jazzed up his optional routine with several multiple twisting moves to score a whopping 18.8 points for degree of difficulty, breaking his old mark of 18.00 set at the Pacific Rim Championships in April.
Despite his dazzling performance Burnett was nudged out of the top spot by reigning world champion Dong Dong of China who scored lower for difficulty (16.6) but was awarded more points for execution.
Dong claimed the gold with a score of 41.90 points, with Burnett a tenth of a point behind at 41.80 and Tu Xiao of China in third with 41.60 points.
“Everything went really well,” said Burnett, the silver medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
“Having the world record pretty much sets me apart from the others and I think it should be safe for quite a while now. For the rest of the year, I’ll still be doing routines with a high degree of difficulty but I won’t be aiming for the record again unless I see someone getting too close.”
Burnett also teamed up with teammate Charles Thibault of Quebec City to win the silver medal in the men’s synchro event.
In the women’s competition Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto was fifth in the final.
Beijing Olympic champion He Wenna took the gold with a score of 39.30, followed by teammate Huang Shanshan with 38.90 in second place and Anna Dogonadze of Germany in third at 38.20.
“I went for it but ran into a few problems,” said MacLennan, who scored 36.90 points.
“Parts of the routine went really well so I just need to work on it more to get it right.”
MacLennan intended to perform a routine with a 15.2 degree of difficulty, but downgraded it slightly on the fly to 15.0 when she got into problems early in the routine.
Still, MacLennan’s routine scored more for difficulty than any other finalist with two competitors from China and Uzbekistan coming closest at 14.6.
MacLennan also competed in the women’s synchro event, finishing fourth with partner Samantha Smith of Toronto.
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010British Trampoline Team for World Trampoline championships at St petersberg
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Individual Mens Trampoline.
James Higgins (Northamptonshire Trampoline Gymnastics Academy)
Steve Walsh (Northamptonshire Trampoline Gymnastics Academy)
Nicholas Joyce (Edgbarrow Trampoline Club)
Steven Williams (City of Liverpool)
Individual Women.
Kat Driscoll (Apollo Trampoline Club)
Amanda Parker (Edgbarrow Trampoline Club)
Jaime Moore (Northamptonshire Trampoline Gymnastics Academy)
Laura Gallagher (High Flyers)
Synchro Men
Steven Williams & Jack Helme (both City of Liverpool)
Synchro Women
Kat Driscoll & Cara Jamieson (both Apollo Trampoline Club)
Results of the final day of the world trampoline championships
Sunday, November 15th, 2009ST PETERSBURG (RUS), FIG Office, November 14, 2009: Today’s Finals in Individual Tumbling (M / W), Double Mini-Trampoline (M / W), Women’s Trampoline as well as Men’s Synchronised Trampoline concluded the 26th World Championships in St Petersburg (RUS).
The top trampoline countries are China GOLD, Russia SILVER and Portugal Trampoline BRONZE JAPAN 4TH Canada 5TH AND USA Sixth.
Britain continues to improve but was not close to the top of the table- how does Portugal do it!
Japan’s Synchro Pair Tetsuya Sotomura / Yasuhiro and Russia’ Irina Karavaeva (TRA) and Anna Korobeynikova (TUM) had a chance to defend their titles today, while both Double Mini-Trampoline competitions and Men’s Tumbling would see new champions taking to the podium. Russian Andrey Krylov (TUM) and compatriot Kirill Ivanov (DMT) didn’t make the cut during Qualifications this time around, and Women’s Double Mini-Trampoline title holder Sarah Charles from Canada stayed away all together.
Here is how it all went down!Posted by www.bouncyhappypeople.co.uk with thanks to FIG
26th World Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline will get underway in St Petersburg
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009http://www.bouncyhappypeople.co.uk/c/trampolines_fitness_trampolines.htmA total of 274 gymnasts (162 men and 112 women) from 32 different federations and every continent will participate in these World trampoline championships, which feature Individual and Team competitions in Individual Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline as well as Synchronised Trampoline events. Great Britain and Russia will be sending the largest delegations (23 gymnasts per country), followed by Canada (22 entries) and the USA (19 participants). Kylie Walker (NZL), and Claudia Prat (ESP), both Women’s Individual Trampoline, will be the only representatives from their countries.
Let’s have a closer look at what and whom to expect:
“Oh, yeah? How high can you jump?” Synchronized trampoline
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009As Americans in a sport dominated by Chinese and Eastern Europeans, the trampolinists Steven Gluckstein and Logan Dooley are accustomed to overcoming long odds.
Steven Gluckstein, New Jersey, and his teammate Logan Dooley, who trains in California, won a gold medal at the tumbling and trampoline World Cup in Belgium, a first for the United States.
But as synchronized trampolinists whose success depends on perfectly coordinated flips and twists, they are doubly disadvantaged. They live more than 2,700 miles apart: Dooley in California and Gluckstein in New Jersey. They say they believe they are the only high-level synchronized trampoline team that does not regularly train together.
“We make jokes all the time, saying we’re going to video-chat our practices,” Dooley said.
Strong USA team for the World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Strong USA team for the World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Stephen Raymond, who trains and coaches at Stick It Gymnastics in Orlando, was named to the USA Gymnastics national team that will compete next month in the World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Raymond earned his spot based on placements at the U.S. Elite Challenge, Visa Championships and a final selection event that concluded last month. He earned a silver medal at the final event held in Las Vegas.
His specialty is double mini-tramp (mini trampoline) and this is his third national team selection and second world championship pick. The world championships will run Nov. 7-15 and he is hoping to save his best performance for last. He is contemplating retirement from international competition.
Raymond, 27, trains 25 hours a week and coaches at the Orlando gym. He previously competed at the 2006 Flanders Cup in Ghent, Belgium, and the 2007 world championships in Quebec.
“I really feel this is the strongest team the U.S. has put together in a long time,” Raymond said in an e-mail. “I have no doubt in my mind that we can contend with Russia and Great Britain for a team gold medal.”
Raymond’s goals are to follow up the team competition by reaching the individual finals “and seeing how I stack up against the best in the world.”
He placed sixth in the individual competition in 2007 and his goal is to reach the podium this time. Raymond is one of the few tumbling/trampoline gymnasts who can perform a triple twisting double somersault in straight body position, one of the most difficult manoeuvres in the sport.
Raymond grew up and went to school in Green Cove Springs, near Jacksonville, which did not have a high-level gymnastics facility. His senior year, he drove to Orlando three times a week to train, and after high school moved to Orlando to train trampoline at the highest level and quickly moved up the ladder, winning nationals in 2001. In 2003, he placed third on mini trampoline but failed to make the world championship squad.
An ankle injury contributed to a decision to quit competition and focus on coaching, but Raymond hinted that being in the gym daily and working out led to a comeback in 2005 and a berth on the U.S. National Team. In 2006, he trained with the national team staff in Grand Rapids, Mich., and in 2007 made his first world championship team. In 2008, he got the call from Stick It Gymnastics to come home and coach and keep on training. That led to his second world championship team berth last month.
Now the new goal will be to train the next international class trampolinist.
“Who knows?” he said. “Instead of competing at these big events, maybe I’ll be coaching my own athletes at one.”
National Schools Trampoline Finals
Friday, April 10th, 2009THREE pupils from Newcastle’s Sacred Heart High School flew the region’s flag in style at the National Schools Trampoline Finals.
Caitlin Summerson, Rebeka Taylor and Sophie Taylor competed as a team in the under-13 novice category at the event, held in King’s Heath, Birmingham.
After achieving second place in the regional stage of the competition, the pupils travelled to Nantwich, Cheshire for the zonal stage.
The trio claimed first spot to clinch their place in the national finals, where they finished a creditable fourth.
At every round of the tournament, all the competitors undertook both a set and a voluntary routine.
Once all the pupils had competed their two routines, scores were added together to give each team a placing.
A school spokeswoman said of the girls’ performance: “The girls performed extremely well during all the stages of the competition.
“Most of the other teams consisted of four members and the top three scores were taken.
“As our team only had three members the girls knew they had to perform to their best to progress.
“The team rose to the challenge with six beautifully-performed routines at each stage of the competition.
“They all really enjoyed beng involved and hope to compete again next year.”
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Trampoline Competition at University of Worcester trampoline club
Friday, April 10th, 2009A HOST of competitors from the Wyre Forest area took part in two big tournaments as part of University of Worcester Trampolining Club.
Local trampolinists from the district were in action in the national competition in Bristol and international competition held in Dublin in recent weeks.
The BUCS National Finals held at the University of Bristol was a competition for those who qualified in February.
Jo Wright, Lauren Draper and Sammi House, who all also coach at Stourport Trampoline Club, qualified to the finals in their groups.
Draper and House represented Worcester in the BUCS two category whilst Wright jumped in the BUCS four category.
Draper performed a solid first routine, but due to changing her second round did not get the awarded difficulty and finished in 18th place.
House had an exceptional first routine putting her in the placing for a medal, however, due to major wobbles in her second routine she came 21st overall.
After a wobble in the first routine and forgetting her second routine, Wright came 35th.
Irish Student competition in Dublin was highly successful for many students from Stourport Trampoline Club.
In the men’s novice section, James Terry finished sixth, while William Terry and Nick Harwood made their debut and earned respectable ninth and 10th placed finishes respectively.
Dan Wiggins, Sam Frost and Mark performed well in their first intermediate competition.
In the ladies advanced category, Emily Batson, Hayley Parker, Wright and Claire Senter all performed well.
Parker competed an excellent first routine but was over taken by Batson after the second routine, which ensured she came third, with Parker fourth.
Wright completed both routines to end in eighth place, with Senter in 31st .
In the ladies elite category, Sammi House was second, Lauren Draper 10th, Erin Taylor 22nd and Emma Goring 25th.
Picture 1, 2 & 3 in Ireland Back row Dan Wiggins, Nick Harwood, James Terry, Sam Frost, Dave Bedford, Mark Lee, William Terry Middle row Claire Senter, Emma Goring, Lauren Draper, Erin Taylor, Tash Collins Front row Hayley Parker, Leigh-Ann Brady, Sammi House, Jo Wright, Emily Batson Picture 4 at BUCS National Finals Lauren Draper, Sammi House, Jo Wright
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