FIG World Cup A Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling
Ostend (BEL), August 28 – 29, 2009
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, August 31, 2009: The third FIG World Cup of the season was held on August 28 – 29 in conjunction with the Flanders Fliffis Cup in Ostend (BEL). US American gymnasts triumphed in Men’s Individual and Synchronised Trampoline, taking home both Gold medals. A first in the World Cup history of US Men’s Trampoline Gymnastics!
Logan Dooley (USA) won the Individual Trampoline Gold medal with a score of 40.900. 2004 Olympic Champion Yuriy Nikitin of Ukraine took the Silver medal with 40.200, and Viachaslav Modzel of Belarus scored 40.000 and the Bronze. Olympic Silver medallist Jason Burnett (CAN), who had taken the lead after the preliminaries, was forced to settle for 6th.
TRA Individual Men
1. DOOLEY Logan (USA) – 40.800
2. NIKITIN Yuriy (UKR) – 40.200
3. MODZEL Viachaslav (BLR) – 40.000
Detailed results
In the Women's Individual Trampoline competition Katherine Driscoll of Great Britain (36.900) won the first World Cup of her career. She was joined on the podium by Ukrainian Elena Movchan (35.700) and Spaniard Claudia Prat (34.700).
TRA Individual Women
1. DRISCOLL Katherine (GBR) – 36.900
2. MOVCHAN Olena (UKR) – 35.700
3. PRAT Claudia (ESP) – 34.700
Detailed results
In Synchronised Trampoline, Logan Dooley and Steven Gluckstein (USA) seized the Gold medal with a 49.300 score. Yevgen Doka and Andriy Matvyeyev of Ukraine came in second at 48.900, with Manabu Yamaguchi and Hideyasu Ishikawa of Japan in third at 46.600.
TRA Synchro Men
1. GLUCKSTEIN Steven/DOOLEY Logan (USA) – 49.300
2. DOKA Yevgen/MATVYEYEV Andriy (UKR) – 48.900
3. YAMAGUCHI Manabu/ISHIKAWA Hideyasu (JPN) – 48.600
Detailed results
The Gold medal in Women’s Synchronised Trampoline went to Yuliia Domchevska and Olena Movchan of Ukraine with 46.100 points. Tatsiana Leaniuk and Hanna Harchonak (BLR) earned a Silver (45.400) while Andrea Leanders and Tara Fokké (44.700) from the Netherlands settled for Bronze. US Pair Alaina Williams and Nani Vercruyssen tied with the Dutch Pair, but finished in fourth place after a tie break decision.
TRA Synchro Women
1. DOMCHEVSKA Yuliia/MOVCHAN Olena (UKR) – 46.100
2. LEANIUK Tatsiana/HARCHONAK Hanna (BLR) – 45.400
3. LENDERS Andrea/FOKKÉ Tara (NED) – 44.700
Detailed results
In Men's Tumbling, the Gold medal went to World Champion from Russia Andrei Krylov (73.800), who edged out Kalon Ludvigson (USA) by a slim .1 margin. Canadian Alex Seifert captured the Bronze (69.500).
Tumbling Men
1. KRYLOV Andrey (RUS) – 73.800
2. LUDVIGSON Kalon (USA) – 73.700
3. SEIFERT Alex (CAN) – 69.500
Detailed results
The Women's Tumbling competition saw multiple World Champion Anna Korobeynikova (RUS) win her sixth consecutive World Cup in Ostend with a final score of 67.100. Great Britain’s Racheal Letsche (66.500) and Ukrainian Olena Chabanenko (66.200) took home the Silver and Bronze medals respectively.
Tumbling Women
1. KOROBEYNIKOVA Anna (RUS) – 67.100
2. LETSCHE Racheal (GBR) – 66.500
3. CHALANENKO Olena (UKR) – 66.200
Detailed results
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The next stopover on the FIG World Cup Series is set for Zielona Gora (POL) on September 4 - 5 followed by the final World Cup event of the 2009 season in Salzgitter (GER) on September 11 – 12.
