13. April 2012  
St. Petersburg, Russia  
Trampoline

23. EUROPEANS Trampoline / Mini Tramp / Tumbling* DAY 2+3 - Qualificationen, DMT & Tumbling...

After a short opening ceremony the  23rd European Championships of Trampoline, DMT & Tumbling 2012 Trampolin-Europameisterschaften 2012 were opened today in the Sports & Culure Complex of St. Petersburg, Russia. 16 women pairs and 23 men pairs (divided into two groups) participated in today’s qualifications in seniors SYNCHRO.
In Women SYNCHRO it is again a BLR pair that dominates the qualifications: Tatsiana PIATRENIA /Sviatlana MAKSHTAROVA (86.000). The Germans Jessica SIMON &Anna DOGONADZE (82.700) secure the second position and the British Katherine DRISCOLL and Amanda PARKER follow third with 82.500.
Eight pairs (max. 1 pair per nation) qualify for the finals on Saturday which will be battled out between BLR – GER – GBR – UKR – RUS – SUI – DEN and ESP.
In Men SYNCHRO also Belarus ends its first day in beauty with Mikalai KAZAK and Viachaslau MODZEL ... 
Thursday follow the disciplines Double minitramp and Tumbling ..

Dogonadze/Simon:
World champions in 2nd position!

DAY 2 - Thursday, April 12
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In Double Mini-Trampoline (DMT) the Russians Mikhail ZALOMIN and Alexander ZEBROV obtain the scores 75.300 and 73.900 and take the 1st and the 3rd rank respectively.
It is the Portuguese Andre FERNANDES lined up in the second group who manages to slip into 2 position with a 74.000.

* DMT qualified nations:
RUS (x2) - POR (x2) - ESP - GER – GBR (x2)

* Results, Overview
> DMT, Elite, women (Qu) > DMT, Elite men (Qu)

 
In Tumbling (TUM)
 the last passages shake up the ranking with the Belarusian Siarhei ARTSEMENKA receiving a 72.800 followed by the Russian Andrey KRYLOV (72.300), while his compatriot Grigoriy NOSKOV had previously easily taken the lead of the qualification with a brilliant 74.300.
* TUM qualified nations:
RUS (x2) - BLR (x2) - GBR - UKR – DEN (x2)

* Results, Overview

> TUM, Elite women (Qu)   > TUM, Elite, men (Qu)

** DAY 2 - Thursday, April 12
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... first Decisions


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