QUEBEC – Canada continued its podium march Friday, capturing two silver medals at the world trampoline championship.
Two-time Olympic medal winner Karen Cockburn of Toronto led Canada’s second-place performance in the team trampoline event. Cockburn was joined by Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto, Sarah Charles of Kelowna, B.C., and Brenna Casey of Ottawa.
China took gold, while Russia claimed the bronze.
“The Russians faltered a bit tonight and we were really on,” said Charles. “We rose to the occasion.”
Next, two of my favourite athletes in the world, Karen Cockburn and Rosie MacLennan, did not let down the home crowd
Here’s how their performance was blogged live by Lefebvre Guillaume:
Cockburn-MacLennan (CAN): Extremely loud cheers before their routine. The loudest cheers of the whole competition so far. Full in half out straight to start the routine. Fantastic routine. Amazing synchronization and great execution and difficulty. A gold medal worthy performance. 9.70 pts mark for the synchronization. 13.30 pts DD. 49.30 pts.
Unofficial results:
1. Cockburn-MacLennan (CAN) 49.30 pts
2. Chernova-Karavaeva (RUS) 48.70 pts
3. Domchevska-Movchan (UKR) 47.70 pts.
Side note – I just happened on to Karen promoting Springfreeâ„¢ Trampoline as “the safest backyard tramp”. It is. And I was happy to see a top trampolinist giving a celebrity endorsement.
Who would not want to be endorsed by Karen?
She is an ideal role model.
UPDATE: Karen had to terminate her routine after 6 skills in Finals of individual trampoline. She finished last. Too bad.
Unofficial results:
1. Karavaeva (RUS) 38.60 pts
2. Huang (CHN) 38.10 pts
3. MacLennan (CAN) 37.70 pts
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