26th TRA TUM DMT World Championships
St Petersburg (RUS), November 11-14, 2009
Trampoline Team Finals M / W
ST PETERSBURG (RUS), FIG Office, November 12, 2009: The first final of the 26th Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships currently underway at the Sport and Concert Complex in St Petersburg (RUS) presented the Men’s and Women’s Trampoline Teams.
China’s title holders came out on top in the Qualifying rounds for both Men’s and Women’s events. Male and female gymnasts from host Russia qualified comfortably in third position, while 2007 Silver medallists Japan (Men) and Canada (Women) came out second.
The medallists of the past were looking to prevail in St Petersburg tonight, but Belarus and the United States had no intention of going down so easily. Let’s have a look at how this played out!
Men
Of the 18 nations starting with three or four gymnasts in the Men’s Team competition, China, Japan, Russia, Belarus and the United States qualified at yesterday’s preliminaries. While China (Gold), Japan (Silver) and Russia (4th) made it to the Finals in 2007, gymnasts from Belarus and the United States are new to the stage. 2007 Bronze medallist France didn’t make the cut, having placed eighth.
Medal aspirant Japan tragically finished last in this Final (79.500), with Yasuhiro Ueyama and Tetsuya Sotomura stepping on the mat and not completing their routines.
Steven Gluckstein suffered the same lot with rank four for Team USA (88.900). In the Finals, all three scores count for the ranking.
Host Russia, represented by Dimitry Ushakov, Sergei Chumak, Dmitry Fedorovkiy and Alexander Leven, confirmed their qualifying third position with the Bronze tonight (117.000).
Qualified in fourth and with an outstanding performance tonight, Belarus helped itself to Silver with a total score of 120.500. The competitors who boosted the country to the top go by the names of Mikalai Kazak, Viatchaslau Modzel, Yauhen Zhukouski and Yakau Rakitski.
Old and new title holder China struck Gold with 126.700 points, confirming their unchallenged dominance in the Team competition. The Gold winning team featured tonight’s top scorer Dong Dong (43.000) alongside his compatriots Lu Chunlong, Tu Xiao and Ye Shuai.
Gold - China 126.700
Silver - Belarus 120.500
Bronze - Russia 117.000
4. United States 88.900
5. Japan 79.500
Detailed results
Women
The Women’s Trampoline Team Qualification featured twelve federations, out of which China, Canada, Russia, Belarus and the United States proceeded to tonight’s Final. Past World Championships saw China and Russia at the top, followed by Canada (2003) and the USA (2005) in third place. In 2007, Canada placed second between China (Gold) and Russia (Bronze). After having won Bronze in 2005, the United States failed to qualify at the last Worlds.
All hopes of the US American Team died when Hayley Butcher, first gymnast on the trampoline tonight, bungled her routine. The USA finished in fifth place with a total of 75.000.
Belarus gave a steady performance, but their 103.400 was not enough to take them to the podium.
2007 runner-up Canada, featuring Karen Cockburn, Rosannagh MacLennan, Samantha Sendel and Kailey McLeod, scored a Bronze winning 109.600 tonight.
Qualified in third, the host nation’s Irina Karavaeva, Victoria Voronina, Galina Goncharenko and Anastasia Velichko stepped up to second place, taking off with the Silver (110.300).
China dominated again this year, capturing the Gold by a significant margin (117.000). The Team was composed of He Wenna, Huang Shanshan, Zhong Xingping and Li Dan.
Gold - China 117.000
Silver - Russia 110.300
Bronze - Canada 109.600
4. Belarus 103.400
5. United States 74.600
Detailed results
The 26th World Championships continue tomorrow, November 13, with Qualifications in Synchronised Trampoline (M / W), as well as the Team Finals in Tumbling (M / W) and Double Mini-Trampoline (M / W). Also taking place tomorrow are the Finals in Women’s Synchronised and Men’s Individual Trampoline.
Check out the competition programme and stay tuned!
Full event coverage including start lists, results and photo galleries can be found at the official FIG microsite.
