Olympic Champions with a superb start into the new season

Karavaeva and Nikitin
Favorites with a superb start into the world cup season

Russia's 2000 Olympic champion Irina Karavaeva won the women’s trampoline gold medal at the first world cup event of the new season in Lake Placid (USA) with a score of 38.60. Canadian Karen Cockburn was second with a 37.90, followed by Zhong Xinping of China in third at 37.60.
In men’s trampoline, 2004 Olympic champion Juri Nikitin’s 40.70 came first.
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Jason Burnett (CAN) and Shunsuke Nagasaki of Japan were second and third, respectively, with just a tenth of a point separating them: Burnett scored a 40.00 and Nagasaki scored a 39.90....

In women’s synchronized trampoline the pair of MacLennan and Cockburn won the gold medal with a score of 47.90, while Karavaeva and Natalia Chernova took second at 47.00. Maryna Kyiko and Yulia Domchevska of the Ukraine claimed the bronze medal with a 46.50.

In men's synchronized trampoline Ueyama and Sotomura won men’s synchronized trampoline with a 49.90, followed by Vladimir Kakorko and Nikolai Kazak of Belarus in second at 49.30. Alexander Leven and German Khnychev of Russia placed third at 48.00.

Final Results
- Lake Placid, April, 2nd -

- WOMEN , individual -
1. Karavaeva, Irina (RUS) (14.7)          38.60
2. Cockburn, Karen (CAN) (14.6)         37.90
3. Zhong, Xingping (CHN) (14.2)        37.60
4. Huang, Shanshan (CHN) (14.1)      37.50
5. Domchevska, Yuliia (UKR) (13.5)    36.60
6. Wright, Claire (GBR) (14.6)               36.30
7. Blanchard, Erin (USA) (13.7)            35.60
8. Moore, Jaime GBR) (12.9)                35.40

- MEN, individual -
1. Nikitin, Yuri (UKR) (16.2)                40.70
2. Burnett, Jason (CAN) (17.5)            40.00
3. Nagasaki, Shunsuke (JPN) (15.5) 39.90

4. Stehlik, Henrik (GER) (15.6)           39.80
5. Khnychev, German (RUS) (16.0)   38.70
6. Dong, Dong (CHN) (9.8)                 21.70
7. Lu, Chunlong (CHN) (7.7)              15.90
8. Sotomura, Tetsuya (JPN) (6.5)     13.40

- Men’s Synchronized Trampoline
1. Yasuhiro Ueyama / Tetsuya Sotomura (JPN) (15,1) 49.90
2. Vladimir Kakorko / Nikolai Kazak (BLR)          (15,2) 49.30
3. Alexander Leven / German Khnychev (RUS) (15,4) 48.00

4. Ganchinhto, Diogo / Merino, Nuno  (POR)      (15.1) 47.70
5. Lou, Ming / Ma, Yanqing   (CHN)                      (14.9) 47.00
6. Barbaro, Phil / Burnett, Jason (CAN)               (14.6) 45.00
7. Ludovic, Martin /  Boillet, Michel (SUI)              (6.4)   18.80
8. Goetz, Adam / Kuritz, Karsten (GER)                  (3.4)   8.60

- Women’s Synchronized Trampoline
1. Rosannagh MacLennan/Karen Cockburn (CAN) (14.2) 47.90
2. Irina Karavaeva/Natalia Chernova (RUS)              (13.0) 47.00
3. Maryna Kyiko/Yuliia Domchevska (UKR)              (12.4) 46.50

4. Wright, Claire/ Moore, Jaime (GBR)       (12.5)         46.20
5. Dircks, Brittany/ Blanchard, Erin (USA)  ( 13.1)         44.80
6. Perreten, Julie/ Ducroux, Marina  (FRA) (11.1)      44.70
7. Savkina, Anna/Khilko, Ekaterina (UZB)   (11.8)         42.90
8. Mironova, Ekaterina/Petrenia, Tatiana (BLR) ( 6.3) 21.40

- Men’s Tumbling
1. Wang Jiexu (CHN) 77.20
2. Tagir Murtazaev (RUS) 76.10
3. Kalon Ludvigson (USA) 74.40

- Women’s Tumbling
1. Anna Korobenikova (RUS) 69.80
2. Alina Yarullova (RUS) 67.90
3. Susannah Johnson (USA) 64.80

The majority of these athletes will compete in the second World Cup event of the season, April 6-7, in Quebec City, Quebec

>> Qualification Results
- Lake Placid / USA, April 1st -

Women’s Trampoline
1. Irina Karavaeva, Russia
2. Karen Cockburn, Canada
3. Shanshan Huang, China 4. Xingping Zhong, China 5. Erin Blanchard, USA 6. Claire Wright, Great Britain 7. Jaime Moore, Great Britain 8. Yuliia Domchevska, Ukraine

Men’s Trampoline
1. Henrik Stehlik, Germany
2. Yuriy Nikitin, Ukraine
3. Chunlong Lu, China 4. Shunsuke Nagasaki, Japan 5. German Khnychev, Russia 6. Dong Dong, China 7. Tetsuya Sotomura, Japan 8. Jason Burnett, Canada

Women’s Synchronized Trampoline
1. Karen Cockburn and Rosannagh MacLennan, Canada
2. Ekaterina Mironova and Tatsiana Petrenia, Belarus
3. Yuliia Domchevska and Maryna Kyiko, Ukraine
4. Jaime Moore and Claire Wright, Great Britain 5. Anna Savkina and Ekaterina Khilko, Uzbekistan 6. Marina Ducroux and Julie Perreten, France 7. Natalia Chernova and Irina Karavaeva, Russia 8. Brittany Dircks and Erin Blanchard, USA

Men’s Synchronized Trampoline
1. Tetsuya Sotomura and Yasuhiro Ueyama, Japan
2. Nikolai Kazak and Vladimir Kakorko, Belarus
3. German Khnychev and Alexander Leven, Russia
4. Phil Barbaro and Jason Burnett, Canada 5. Yanqing Ma and Ming Lou, China 6. Adam Gotz and Karsten Kuritz, Germany 7. Michel Boilett and Martin Ludovic, Switzerland 8. Diogo Ganchinhto and Nuno Merino, Portugal

Women’s Tumbling
1. Anna Korobenikova, Russia
2. Alina Yarullova, Russia
3. Sarah Turner , Great Britain
4. Laura Houson , Great Britain 5. Emily Smith, Canada 6. Susannah Johnson, USA 7. Ana Conde, Portugal 8. Ashley Speed , Canada

Men’s Tumbling
1. Tagir Murtazaev, Russia
2. Jiexu Wang, China
3. Jozef Wadecki, Poland
4. Kalon Ludvigson, USA 5. Michael Barnes, Great Britain 6. Oskar Lipa, Poland 7. Chris Adair, USA 8. Ruikun Ji, China Other U.S. finish 10. Jeffrey Brown, USA, 65.70

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