double-tuck-in Yurchenko

Oleg Aksamitny from Ukraine is all cool.

But my favourite stunt is the double tuck kick open to put hands on the mat like Yurchenko.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

introducing forward twisting

I always start beginners from forward piked salto. As does trampoline coaching legend George Hery.

This way they get a foundation of “late twisting”. And it helps avoid the dread Barani Confusion.

Click PLAY or watch Forward Twisting Flips – George Hery on Tom’s GymSmarts blog.

 

Olympic Champion Ivan Litvinovich

Twenty-year-old Ivan Litvinovich (BLR) upset a field that included two Olympic champions to take gold in men’s Trampoline Saturday at Tokyo 2020, giving Belarus its second consecutive Olympic title in the event.

The top qualifier and final performer on the trampoline in the Olympic final, Litvinovich capitalised on superior scores for difficulty and Time of Flight to best London 2012 Olympic champion Dong Dong (CHN), whose silver is his fourth Olympic medal, a feat unprecedented in Trampoline Gymnastics.

Bronze went to Dylan Schmidt (NZL), who captured New Zealand’s first Olympic medal in Gymnastics, edging Rio 2016 Olympic champion Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), who finished fourth by 0.110. …

Full results.

Olympic Trampoline Champion Zhu Xueying

🥇 Zhu Xueying CHN 56.635
🥈 Liu Lingling CHN 56.350
🥉 Bryony Page GBR 55.735

Full results.

Two-time defending Champ Rosie Maclennan finished 4th.

Rosie MacLennan on coach Dave Ross

The double Olympic Trampoline champion obviously has a terrific relationship with her coach.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

2022-2024 FIG Codes

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Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

Trampoline Gymnastics

Acrobatic Gymnastics

Aerobic Gymnastics

Spencer posted a summary of WAG changes. Most are for the better, I’m thinking.

2024 Olympics Paris

Canada will not attend PanAms

Though I feel rotten for the Canadian athletes who trained an extra year for their last shot at qualifying for Tokyo, I agree with this decision.

As you know, in recent days Canada has had the worst COVID numbers of any English speaking nation in the world.

Gymnastics Canada has made the very difficult decision to not enter teams in the upcoming 2021 Senior Pan American Championships being held in Rio de Janeiro, BRA between June 4-13, 2021 and the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships slated for Guadalajara, MEX (artistic), and Guatemala City, GUA (rhythmic) due to health and safety concerns resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. …

The Senior Pan American Championships were Canada’s last chance qualifier event for the Tokyo Olympic Games in men’s artistic, women’s artistic, and rhythmic gymnastics. …

“We realize the impact these decisions have on our athletes, especially those senior athletes that have dedicated so many years to their ambition of competing at the Olympic Games,” added Moss. “We will do everything we can not only to support all athletes and coaches impacted by this decision through this difficult period, but to also provide hope and opportunity moving forward towards their international goals in the future.”

Athletes and coaches did have the opportunity to appeal this decision, and GymCan went through the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) arbitration process with these individuals to show transparency around the decision. The result of that appeal, which ruled in GymCan’s favour, was delivered to all parties on May 6th, 2021.

Gymnastics Canada

European Trampoline Championships

Women’s Trampoline
GOLD Iana Lebedeva (RUS) 56.685
SILVER Lea Labrousse (FRA) 54.365
BRONZE Marine Jurbert (FRA) 53.870

Men’s Trampoline
GOLD Aleh Rabtsau (BLR) 60.815
SILVER Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR) 60.580
BRONZE Andrey Yudin (RUS) 59.725

Women’s Double Mini-Trampoline
GOLD Galina Begim (RUS) 70.700
SILVER Lina Sjoeberg (SWE) 70.600
BRONZE Dana Sadkova (RUS) 68.200

Men’s Double Mini-Trampoline
GOLD Aleksandr Odintsov (RUS) 75.800
SILVER Tiago Sampaio Romao (POR) 75.700
BRONZE Daniel Schmidt (GER) 74.300

Women’s Tumbling
GOLD Tachina Peeters (BEL) 70.800
SILVER Viktoria Danilenko (RUS) 70.600
BRONZE Candy Vetillard-Briere (FRA) 67.500

Men’s Tumbling
GOLD Vadim Afanasev (RUS) 79.300
SILVER Aleksandr Lisitsyn (RUS) 77.400
BRONZE Mikhail Malkin (AZE) 75.300

Full results.

1 to 5 June 2022 Rimini (ITA) will host .

History of Trampoline

Greg Roe posted a long, entertaining interview with legendary builder Ron Munn.

I learned a lot.

Ronnie, Pan American Games Trampoline Champ, worked with George Nissen, the co-inventor of the Trampoline.

Ronnie eventually married George Nissen’s daughter, Dagmar.

George and the famed Larry Griswald at University of Iowa constructed the first trampoline.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.