The International Olympic Committee added five “youth” sports to attract a larger youth audience for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Of those five, one was Stateboarding. While the Japanese dominated the top medals, it was 20 year-old bronze medalist in the Men’s Street event, American Jagger Eaton, who seized
Author: Leigh Hennessy-Robson (Trampoline Pundit)
Tokyo 2020 in Review: Trampoline
The Olympics are over and the champions have won their gold medals. Congratulations to the 2020 Olympic Men’s Trampoline Champion, Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus, whose astounding heights propelled him to a win, and the 2020 Olympic Women’s Trampoline Champion, calm and consistent Xueying Zhu from China. Their performances were spectacular
World Acrobatics Society Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
The World Acrobatics Society (WAS) announces its class of 2021 who will be inducted into the WAS Gallery of Legends – Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held September 11, 2021, at the Tuscany Casino & Suites in Las Vegas. These outstanding individuals have been selected for their excellence
Three Gymnastics Disciplines are approved for 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Every Olympiad, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selects the disciplines for the upcoming games. For the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the IOC has chosen the four classic gymnastics disciplines of the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) to be among the 2024 Olympic sports. They include those we’ve all grown
Brazilian Trampoline Champion Camilla Gomes Talks About Training During COVID-19
The world changes quickly! This week the world protests, but the coronavirus pandemic is still lurking. National and International athletic events have been cancelled and athletes remain challenged by the restrictions each country has leveled to keep their citizens safe. Last week Acrobatic Sports reached out to UK DMT Champion Kim
Training During COVID-19: Interview with GB’s Kim Beattie
Like jumping on a trampoline, the world is upside-down these days. The novel coronavirus sweeping across the globe has driven us to make important sacrifices to keep ourselves, family and neighbors safe from the illness. Our familiar lifestyles and activities are on an indefinite holding pattern, if not changed forever. Of
Rest in Peace, Tamara
The international trampoline community has lost one of their own. Decade long Canadian National Trampoline Team member, Tamara O'Brien, lost her battle with cancer this week. She was diagnosed shortly after winning the silver medal at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland in the Women's Double Mini-tramp event. She
World Acrobatics Society Inducts Nine at Hall of Fame Banquet
Canada Golden at 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima
Winning gold in both trampoline events at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were gymnasts wearing the maple leaf. Canadians Jeremy Chartier and Samantha (Sam) Smith won the Men's Individual trampoline event and Women's Individual Trampoline event; respectively, Sunday August 5th at the Villa El Salvador Arena. In the
