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New
Competition Cycle for Trampoline
THE
CUP IS FULL!
In May of 2007, following recommendations issued by the
Trampoline Technical Committee, the FIG Council, convened in Orlando
(USA), ruled to eliminate the World Cup Final in favour of an annual world
championship, barring Olympic years and starting at the close of the
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Togliatti 2008
will be the final edition of an event that premiered as early as 1993 in
Frankfurt (GER). This may be the
end of an era, and the grand finale for a handful of veterans who have
been consistently present at large-scale
events. A look at the
ranks. Men’s
Individual Competitions They’re all
against Lu! The Chinese outgoing Olympic champion will have to keep a
sharp eye this time around. No use citing the 7 contenders who all have a
very real chance of becoming champions. Of interest is Henrik Stehlik
(GER), whose misfortune was the talk of Beijing and who will be looking to
erase his past blunder to wind up the year on a positive note. Has yet the
2004 Athens Olympic Champion and doyen of the circuit Yuri Nikitin (UKR)
to announce his retirement? Definitively no. Yuri is about to start a new
approach of the discipline. Interesting! We'll talk with him later
on. Women’s
Individual Competitions Irina Karavaeva
(RUS) and her faithful mentor Vitaly Dubko have some serious face to save!
Hard to forget Irina’s botched landing at the final, made worse by the
exasperated expression on Boris’ face as he lit out of the hall. Irina
will make it a point of honour to bridge the gap she gouged in her
exemplary career, debuted in Porto (POR) in 1994, where she took her first
of 7 world titles! In this final, the fight of the long-lived will vie
with an ultimate and final bow for many of these gymnasts (Karavaeva 33
years, Movchan, Chernova 32 years). And there’s the new dual for the Gold
and Silver fresh off the boat from Beijing. He Wenna (CHN), like her
teammate Lu will have to keep is eye sharp
around! Men’s
Synchro Spectacular as
ever, all eyes are on Synchro in Togliatti. Let’s just hope that Japanese
Sotomura’s and Ueyama’s e-mail is up and running, that being the way they
train and all (sic); one in Tokyo, the other in Osaka! Look out for the
French Pennes / Martiny, up against Model/Kazak (BLR), Chernonos/Nikitin
(UKR) and Knytchev German/Leven Alexander (RUS).
Women’s
Synchro We’ll be looking
at a dual between Ukrainians Movchan / Domchevska and Russians
Karavaeva/Chernova. Belarusian Mironova/Petrenia, Uzbek Kihlko / Savkina
(bronze medallist in Beijing), will be jumping a fabulous match! In
Synchro, a surprise guest might swing down from China Gu /
Jiang. Men’s
Tumbling Star players in
this discipline include Polish-born Jozef Wadecki and Chinese Wang Jiexu,
tough competition. It’ll take the skill of Andrei Krylov (RUS), the
experience of Andrei Kabishev (BLR) and the volatility of Pan Huanian to
crown a new hierarchy. Women’s
Tumbling On the front
lines, Anna Korobeynikova (RUS) and Olena Chabanenko (UKR). Hot on their
heels, Emily Smith (CAN) and Sarah Turner (GBR) holding their breath for
the fatal slip that’ll boost them to the podium. The race will be close in
this spectacular category! Through the
Grapevine Final Cup stage
in Russia! In Togliatti! And again in
Russia, trampolinists will get the chance to bounce to their heart’s
content at the 26th World Championships in Trampoline, November 7 – 15,
2009 in St. Petersburg. The ultimate sporting event of this 2008 rebound season. And a
final show for FIG Technical Committee member Ulf Andersson (SWE), who
will hang up his hat to launch a new career with the FIG Staff in
Lausanne, where his business will be, among other things …..Trampoline!
Nice to have you, Ulf! And that’s breaking news! | ||||
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