29th TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS WCh * The Qualification rounds ...

29^th WORLDS of TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS  2013
 - Sofia, Bulgaria; November 07 - 10 -
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* DAY 1: Thursday, Nov 07 - Qualifications, part I
* Start lists:
> TRA, Men;       > SYN, Men;       > DMT, Men;        > TUM, Men
> TRA, Women;  > SYN, Women;  > DMT, Women;   > TUM, Women
* Here you will find  ►►Results Service!



** Trampoline Qualification results (Day 1)
> TRA, Men, qual.   > TRA, Men, Teams qual.
> TRA, Women, qual.   > TRA, Women, Teams qual.

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* DAY 2: Friday, Nov 08 - Qualifications, part II
* Start lists:
 > SYN, Men;       > DMT, Men;        > TUM, Men
> SYN, Women;  > DMT, Women;   > TUM, Women
* Here you will find during the competitions ►► Live-Results!

** RESULTS:
Synchro Qualification (Day 2)
> SYN, Men, qual.;         > SYN, Men, Teams, qual.
> SYN, Women, qual.;   > SYN, Women, Teams, qual.
Double  Minitramp, Qualification
> DTM, Men, qual.;         > DTM, Men, Teams, qual.
> DMT, Women, qual.;   > DMT,Women, Teams, qual.
Tumbling, Qualification
> TUM, Men, qual.           > TUM, Men, Teams qual.       
> TUM, Women, qual.    > TUM, Women, Teams qual.  >

China's Trampoline men's team won the gold medal in the team final of the best five nations. The silver medal went to Russia and with a difference of more than 44 points Australia won the bronze medal:
1. CHINA          - 177,545
2. RUSSIA        - 171,180
3. AUSTRALIA - 126,390
4. JAPAN         - 125,245
5. PORTUGAL  - 78,820
   > Detaillierte Resultate

Great Britain’s women’s trampoline team have taken the first World Championship gold in Sofia.
Emma Smith, Laura Gallagher and Kat Driscoll were Britain’s chosen three for the final and with every routine counting they all excelled combining to score a total of 164.845 ahead of Canada (159.995) and Belarus (158.450).
Emma Smith was first up for GBR and having qualified 4th in individual qualification she kept her confidence to produce a superb routine to score 55.840 to get the girls off to a brilliant start.
Laura Gallagher followed up with another excellent display for 55.280 and with the Chinese struggling in the very next routine the opportunity for GBR gold increased.
Kate Driscoll had all the pressure on her as the last GBR competitor but the 2012 Olympian handled it superbly to complete her clean routine and score 53.725 to secure the title. Kat said afterwards “We have worked so hard over the last 2-3 years and this comes as an acknowledgment for all our efforts" , Laura Gallagher adding “I don’t think it has hit me yet - I keep grinning, but I know it will hit me later” .
The gold medal is also awarded to Bryony Page who contributed to the team’s superb qualification efforts with mention to teammate Amanda Parker who completes the women's trampoline squad competing alongside Kat Driscoll in the synchronized event.
1. GREAT BRITAIN - 164,845
2. CANADA - 159,995
3. BELARUS - 158,450
4. UKRAINE - 131,430
5. CHINA - 113,520
   > Detailed Results

* PREVIEW & EXPLANATIONS.
⇒ TRAMPOLINE competition (TRA) consists of two exercises in the first qualifying round (a routine where two elements count for the difficulty score and emphasis is on execution and time of flight, as well as an optional routine of 10 elements that count for difficulty).

Three per country can qualify to the second qualifying round, but only two per country may advance to the final.
The top five teams (of three or four gymnasts) advance to the team final. During the team final, three gymnasts from each team each perform one routine. The team with the highest cumulative score wins.
An important component of the individual trampoline score is time of flight (the T score), measuring the amount of time spent in the air during an exercise.
* Favorites:  Olympic champions Dong Dong (CHN) and Rosannagh MacLennan (CAN) are back to defend their titles, but to do so they will face a host of international rivals, like Masaki Ito (JPN), Dmitry Ushakov (RUS) and Xiao Tu (CHN) in men's individual. MacLennan's competition includes 2008 Olympic champion He Wenna (CHN), Li Dan (CHN) and Uzbeks Anna Kasparyan and Ekaterina Khilko.
The men’s team competition is likely to be a duel involving China, Russia and Japan, while Great Britain, Canada, Russia and Ukraine are strong contenders for the women’s podium.

⇒ SYNCHRONIZED TRAMPOLINE (SYN):
The top eight synchro pairs (one per country) advance to the new life final.
Gymnasts in synchro receive a difficulty score, an execution score and a synchro score. The synchro score is based in part on a device that measures the landing differences between the two trampolines.
Many of the top names in individual trampoline also bounce with a partner in synchro. The Chinese pair Dong Dong & Tu Xiao are going for their second consecutive World title in synchro, while Rosannagh MacLennan and her new partner Samantha Sendel seek the top rung of the podium after disappointment at this summer's World Games in Cali (COL).

⇒ DOUBLE MINI TRAMP (DMT)
Each double mini pass consists of two connected elements (think of them as a mount and a dismount).
Double mini is known as the “all about landing” discipline, due to its weighty deductions failing to land cleanly or landing outside the designated mat area.
As in tumbling, gymnasts do two passes in both qualifications and finals. Scores from both runs in the final count toward the total.
As in tumbling, the top five teams advance to the team final. Gymnasts (three per team) perform only one pass in the team final.
Bruno Martini (BRA) and Svetlana Balandina (RUS) are the reigning World champions in double mini, and both are hungry for a second world title.
Meanwhile, a number of international challengers, including Mikhail Zalomin (RUS) in men's and Bianca Zoonekynd (RSA) in women's will try for an upset.
The Canadian men and women won the World titles in DMT in 2011 in Birminghamand should be in the hunt again this year.

⇒ TUMBLING (TUM)
Tumbling was (literally) once an Olympic sport -- back in 1932. To date, it has never made a second appearance at the Games.
American Rowland Wolfe remains the sport’s only Olympic champion.
Each tumbling set consists of eight connected elements, the last of which is usually a stunner of flips and twists.
Gymnasts do two tumbling passes (a salto pass and a twisting pass) in both qualifications and finals, with scores from both counting toward their final total. The top five teams advance to the team final.
Gymnasts (three per team) perform only one pass in the team final.
China's Jia Fangfang, all of 19, is the world champion and dominant force in women's tumbling, with far and away the highest difficulty scores (she won the World Games title by a whopping five points over her nearest competitor.)
The men's competition may turn into a battle between 2013 World Games gold medallists Zhang Luo (CHN) and Viktor Kyforenko (UKR), with a strong challenge from 2011 World champion Yang Song (CHN).
China and Russia dominated the podium in the team competition at the 2011 World Championships.
Two years later, little appears to have changed – both teams are favored for the podium, with a strong challenge coming from Great Britain.
(* source: f i g)
** next: ►► The FINAL EVENTS