The city of Krasnodar in the south of Russia will host the second stage of the 2006 trampoline and tumbling World Cup circuit on May 3-7, 2006. Ghent, Belgium, is hosting the first World Cup this week-end. The Krasnodar World Cup will be followed by World Cups in Savognin (Switzerland) and Salzgitter (Germany) before the 2005-2006 World Cup Final in Birmingham (Great Britain) scheduled in November.
Four World Cup events of the 2005-2006 World Cup circuit were already held: the Sofia (BUL) World Cup in June 2005, which was won by Yasuhiro Ueyama (JPN) and Claire Wright (GBR), the Levallois (FRA) World Cup in June 2005, which was won by German Khnychev (RUS) and Natalia Chernova (RUS), a World Cup already in Krasnodar in July 2005, which was won by Adam Goetz (GER) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS), and the Ostend (BEL) World Cup in August 2005, which was won by Alexander Rusakov (RUS) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS).
The 2006 Krasnodar World Cup will be the 7th time that Russia is hosting a World Cup event. The first one was in St Petersburg in 1995, which was won by Igor Durnev (RUS) and Andrea Holmes (GBR), followed by a World Cup in Krasnodar in 1996, which was won by Alexander Danilchenko (RUS) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS), then by the St Petersburg World Cup in 1999, which was won by German Khnychev (RUS) and Rusudan Khoperia (GEO), and another World Cup in St Petersburg in 2001, which was won by Alexander Rusakov (RUS) and Irina Karavaeva. The last two World Cups hosted by Russia were the 2005 Krasnodar World Cup and the 2004 Moscow World Cup, which was won by Yuri Nikitin (UKR) and Claire Wright (GBR).
It was confirmed that 150 athletes from 22 countries will compete at the 2006 Krasnodar World Cup. The competition will take place at the Olympus Palace in Krasnodar. In a recent interview, Russian Head Coach Vitaly Dubko (pictured on the left) mentioned that the countries who will compete in Krasnodar will include Russia, China, Japan, the Ukraine, Germany, Canada, Great Britain, Belarus, and Australia among others. France, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, and Bulgaria might not send their teams as their respective national championships are scheduled on the same week-end as the Krasnodar World Cup.
In parallel to the 2006 Krasnodar World Cup, the Dobrovolsky Cup (Russian Open) will take place. The Dobrovolsky Cup will feature competitions in trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline. It will also be the last competition used by the Russian Federation to pick which athletes will compete for Russia at the 2006 European Championships in Metz, France, at the end of May. The best Russian athletes from all age groups are expected to gather in Krasnodar to compete at the Dobrovolsky Cup. More than 300 athletes are expected to compete. Foreign athletes from Georgia, the Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and other countries will also compete at the Dobrovolsky Cup.
The Department of physical culture and sports of the Krasnodar region and the Russian Trampoline Federation headed by Nikolai Makarov (pictured on the right) will leverage off their experience from last year's World Cup. The 2005 World Cup in Krasnodar was also the occasion to celebrate Olympic Champion and 5-time World Champion Alexander Moskalenko's jubilee. Moskalenko recently resigned from his position as head of the Department of physical culture and sports of the Krasnodar region.
Krasnodar has been a long time stronghold in the trampoline world, probably the best club in the world. Head coach Vitaly Dubko and assistant coach Ludmilla Nemezhan developed and coached champions such as Alexander Moskalenko (Olympic Champion, 5-time World Champion, 3-time World Champion), Irina Karavaeva (Olympic Champion, 4-time World Champion, 3-time European Champion), Evgeni Janes (2-time World Champion, European Champion), German Khnychev (World Champion, 2-time European Champion), Evgeni Jakovenko (European Champion), Natalia Chernova (European Champion), Ludmilla Karpova (European Champion) as well as countless Russian Internationals who won World and European Championship medals and titles in individual, synchro or in the team event like Irina Slonova, Sergei Yashev, Andrei Alexeenko, Igor Durnev, Alexander Danilchenko, Alexander Leven, Alexei Chiviaga, Andrei Udalov, Mikhail Chepilevsky, Alexei Kadzhaia, Maxim Zasypkin, Tatiana Janes, or Natalia Kolesnikova. In addition, coach Oleg Zaporozhchenko developed and coached champions like Igor Bogachev (European Champion), Alexander Rusakov (World Champion) and Dimitri Ushakov in Krasnodar and Yeisk, which is located right by Krasnodar.
Thanks to Kyle Bowen for the rectification.
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