Olympic medallist Jason Burnett of Toronto claimed his fourth consecutive men’s senior trampoline title Monday at the Canadian gymnastics championships in Hamilton.
Burnett opened up a huge lead in Saturday’s preliminaries and powered to the gold medal with a final routine that included three triple somersaults for a total score of 114.4 points.
Quebec City’s Charles Thibault finished second with 108.2 points, while Kyle Soehn of Red Deer, Alta., was third with 103.0.
“Everything went pretty well the way I planned it,” said Burnett, who won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics and is currently ranked first in the world in men’s trampoline.
Burnett now turns his attention to preparing for several World Cup competitions later this summer and fall, including the world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia, in November. …
MacLennan beats Cockburn
In the women’s trampoline final, Rosannagh MacLennan held on to the lead she established in the preliminary rounds to take the title away from perennial Canadian champion and three-time Olympic medal winner Karen Cockburn.
MacLennan, seventh at the Beijing Olympics, finished with a total score of 105.3 points while Cockburn trailed with 103.9 despite a slightly higher score in Monday’s final routine.
“It feels great to win the title, but Karen didn’t have the competition she was hoping for,” said MacLennan. “She messed up a bit in the preliminary round, which gave me a bit of an edge going into the final.” …
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Karen, now age-28, has won medals in the past 3 Olympics. And is not ruling out competing in London.
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