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Lu Chunlong 2008 Olympic Champion
August 19, 2008: Lu Chunlong (CHN) brought a second Olympic gold medal in trampoline to China after a superb routine (41.00 pts) where he edged Jason Burnett (CAN), who had performed the most difficult routine at the beginning of the final. Burnett took the silver medal with 40.80 pts whereas Dong Dong (CHN) closely followed with 40.70 pts, winning the bronze medal. Pictures by Bo Tureby added.
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19/08/2008
He Wenna 2008 Olympic Champion
August 18, 2008: He Wenna (CHN) was crowned 2008 Olympic Champion today at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Karen Cockburn (CAN) won her third Olympic medal as she claimed the silver. Ekaterina Khilko (UZB) won the most significant medal of her career as she took the bronze. Irina Karavaeva (RUS) would have won her second Olympic Champion title but for a contact with the side pads at the end of her routine. Pictures by Bo Tureby added.
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19/08/2008
He Wenna and Lu Chunlong take the lead in the...
August 17, 2008: He Wenna and Lu Chunlong, both from China, took the lead after the preliminaries, respectively in the women's and in the men's, of the trampoline competititon of the XXIX Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. The women's final will take place on August 18th, whereas the men's final is scheduled for August 19th. Pictures added.
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18/08/2008
2008 Olympic Preliminaries around the corner
August 15, 2008: The women's and men's trampoline preliminaries of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are just few hours away. The start lists of the competition have been finalized. Today was the day of the podium training, but was also the first opportunity for the trampolinists to practice at the National Indoor Stadium. Additional pictures by Bo Tureby posted.
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14/08/2008
Lu, Dong, Karavaeva, and Huang favorites...
August 14, 2008: According to the bookmakers' odds, the heavy favorites for the men's trampoline competition in Beijing are Lu Chunlong (CHN - 10/11) and Dong Dong (CHN - 1/1). The heavy favorites in the women's are Irina Karavaeva (RUS - 5/6) and Huang Shanshan (CHN - 7/5)
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18/08/2008
George Nissen to attend the Olympics
August 11, 2008: George Nissen, the inventor of trampoline, is traveling today to go to Beijing to attend the trampoline competition of the Olympic Games. The trampolinists started training in Beijing. Pictures added.
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08/08/2008
2008 Olympic Games - Men's Preview
August 8, 2008: AcrobaticSports.com offers an exclusive detailed preview of the men's trampoline event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Read the detailed profiles of all 16 trampolinists and the analysis of their respective chances in Beijing.
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08/08/2008
2008 Olympic Games - Women's Preview
August 6, 2008: AcrobaticSports.com offers an exclusive detailed preview of the women's trampoline event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Read the detailed profiles of all 16 trampolinists and the analysis of their respective chances in Beijing.
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15/08/2008
Updated World Records
August 14, 2008: The list of World Records in individual trampoline, synchronized trampoline, tumbling, and double mini-trampoline, has been updated after the 2007 World Championships and the latest World Cups. 4 World Records were beaten at the 2007 World Championships whereas one record was beaten at the Arosa World Cup, and one record was tied at the Publier World Cup
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12/08/2008
Athletes qualified for the 2008 World Cup Final...
July 30, 2008: The FIG released the official rosters and starting orders for the World Cup Final to be held in Togliatti, Russia, on September 19-20, 2008.
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12/08/2008
Updated World Rankings after the Albacete World...
July 1, 2008: The FIG World Rankings were updated following the World Cup (Category B) that took place in Albacete, Spain, on June 27-28, 2008. The top 8 remained fairly unchanged.
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30/06/2008
He Wenna and Lu Chunlong claim the gold at the...
June 28, 2008: He Wenna (CHN) and Lu Chunlong (CHN) claimed the gold medals in the women's and men's individual trampoline finals of the Albacete World Cup held today in Castilla-La Mancha. In synchronized trampoline, the gold medals went to Natalia Chernova-Irina Karavaeva (RUS) and Alexander Chernonos-Yuri Nikitin (UKR). Viktoria Voronina (RUS) and Alejandro Ruiz (ESP) triumphed in the DMT competition held in parallel to the World Cup. Pics by Bo Tureby added.
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30/06/2008
Lu Chunlong and Huang Shanshan winners of the...
June 21, 2008: Lu Chunlong (CHN) and Huang Shanshan (CHN) prevailed in the men's and women's individual trampoline finals of the 2008 Arosa World Cup - Nissen Cup that took place today in Arosa, Switzerland. In synchronized trampoline, the winners were Nikolai Kazak-Viacheslav Model (BLR) and Erin Blanchard-Alaina Hebert (USA), who won the first ever World Cup gold medal in trampoline for the U.S. The junior competition saw impressive victories from Mikhail Melnik (RUS) and Samantha Sendel (CAN). Pics by Bo Tureby added.
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25/05/2008
Cockburn and Dong triumph at the 2008 Publier...
May 24, 2008: The 2008 Publier World Cup came to an end today with the finals in trampoline, tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics. Karen Cockburn (CAN) and Dong Dong (CHN) took the gold in individual trampoline, whereas the synchronized trampoline medals went to Masaki Ito-Manabu Yamaguchi (JPN) and Natalia Chernova-Irina Karavaeva (RUS). Jozef Wadecki (POL) and Anna Korobeynikova (RUS) prevailed in tumbling. Pictures by Gabriel Souclier added. Videos added.
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18/05/2008
Gold for Lu Chunlong and He Wenna at the 2008...
May 18, 2008: Lu Chunlong (CHN) and He Wenna (CHN) held on to their lead in the men's and women's individual trampoline finals that took place today at the Sunflower Dome of Osaka, Japan. Nikolai Kazak-Viacheslav Model (BLR) and Gu Qingwen-Jiang Yiqi (CHN) respectively won the gold medals in men's and women's synchronized trampoline.
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06/05/2008
Karavaeva and Nikitin 2008 European Champions
May 2, 2008: The 2008 European Championships came to an end today at Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark, with the individual finals in the senior and junior competitions. Irina Karavaeva (RUS) won a record 5th European Champion title in the senior women's trampoline event, whereas Yuri Nikitin (UKR) reclaimed his title in the men's. Yulia Domchevska-Elena Movchan (UKR) and Viacheslav Model-Nikolai Kazak (BLR) won the European title in senior synchronized trampoline. Elena Chabanenko (UKR) and Andrei Krylov (RUS) were crowned in tumbling. Nicole Pacheco (POR) and Dimitri Fedorovsky (RUS) prevailed in DMT. In junior, Mikhail Melnik (RUS) became the only 2nd man in history to win the title twice in individual, whereas Emma Smith (GBR) won the women's event. Many pictures from Vladimir Zeman added.
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03/05/2008
5 gold medals for Russia at the team finals of...
May 1, 2008: Russia won 5 gold medals in the team finals of the 2008 European Youth Championships held in Odense, Denmark, today, leaving only one gold medal to Great Britain in women's tumbling. Nadezhda Glebova (RUS) and Mikhail Melnik (RUS) took the lead in the individual trampoline preliminaries. Rachael Letsche (GBR) and Denis Belkin (RUS) dominated the preliminaries in tumbling, whereas Svetlana Karavaeva (RUS) and Mikhail Zalomin (RUS) came in 1st places in the DMT preliminaries. Many pictures by Vladimir Zeman added.
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07/03/2008
Major Changes Proposed to the World Cup series...
February 29, 2008: The FIG Trampoline Technical Committee has proposed major changes to the rules applicable to the World Cup series, including a cap to the number of World Cups per year, the introduction of semi-finals, the elimination of separate World Cup categories, the attribution of points to the top 30 gymnasts in each event, and the opening of the last World Cup of each series only to the top 30 gymnasts.
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07/03/2008
Upcoming Changes to the Code of Points
February 29, 2008: The representatives of the delegations agreed to many of the changes to the 2009-2012 Code of Points as proposed by the FIG Trampoline Technical Committee, including the adoption of a semi final at World Championships and changes to trampoline difficulty with extra tenths for triple and quadruple somersaults.
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07/03/2008
Proposed Extensions to Competition Programs by...
February 29, 2008: The FIG Trampoline Technical Committee proposed changes to extend the competition programs of the upcoming World Championships and World Cups, effective in 2009.
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Bo Tureby Photo Album from the Beijing Olympics
August 9, 2008: Visit Bo Tureby's photo album that compiles all his fantastic pictures from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Job Offers - Offers of Services
Visit this feature on AcrobaticSports.com where job offers and offers of services with respect to trampoline, tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics positions are posted. Latest offer posted: 8/11/2008
2008 Bracknell International Tumbling...
August 11, 2008: British international tumbler Charlie Burrows is holding an International Tumbling meet in Bracknell, Great Britain, on October 17-19, 2008. Invitation attached.
2009 Maia International Acro Cup Information
August 11, 2008: the 2009 Maia International Acro Cup will take place on March 4-8, 2009, in Maia, Portugal.
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Video report on George Nissen in Beijing
Olympic trampoline competition by the numbers
Official preview of the Olympic Games preliminaries
FIG Flash #78 August 2008
Article on Jaime Moore's experience as a reserve
Article on Lenka Honzakova's Olympic hopes
British Federation Trampoline News #51 August 2008
Article on Jason Burnett (CAN) going to the Olympics
Lu Chunlong and Dong Dong edge out Ye Shuai (CHN) for the Olympic spots
Chris Estrada (USA) bouncing to Beijing
Audio: Claire Wright (GBR) introduces trampoline
Huang Shanshan's (CHN) blog
Acrobatic rendition of the Swan Lake by the Great Chinese State Circus
British Trampoline News #48 (Feb. 2008)
FIG Flash #75 - March 2008
15.2 DD by Samantha Sendel (CAN)
1932 Olympic gymnastics tumbling Roland Wolfe
2008 Loule World Cup invitation
Video of 16.5 DD by Amadeu Neves (POR) in training
Interview with coach Vitaly Dubko (RUS) (in Russian)
Chinese Trampoline and Sports Acrobatics Association official website revamped
Yasuhiro Ueyama's (JPN) blog
Compilation of trampoline, tumbling and DMT crashes - video
Urban trampoline slideshow in Toronto
WSJ article on Cirque du Soleil talent scouts
Video of 14.5 pt tumbling pass by Andrei Krylov (RUS) in training
Greek trampoline website in English
Creation of Trampolin-Wiki (in German), based on wikipedia format
World Acrobatic Society website
New Albatramp - Castilla La Mancha website
New crash trampoline & tumbling crash video (last 2 years of U.S. competitions)
French TV report on Gregoire Pennes (FRA) - video
New ebook on twisting fliffises on Jeff Hennessy's website
Tumbling video: triple back lay out (!)
Historical pictures
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