Trampolin

27. Juli 2017

Wrocław, POL

Trampoline

2017 WORLD GAMES: Golden finish for Britain, China, Ukraine, USA

The first British gold medal in any sport at The World Games 2017 in the Polish city of Wrocław was delivered courtesy of four young acrobats whose show-stopping performance lit up Centennial Hall Wednesday night, July 26.
As the British rejoiced, Ukraine and the USA savored their own golden moments, and a Chinese tumbling star who tied for gold four years ago at The World Games finally got to stand solo on the podium.

* DMT: American history in Double Mini
Just 18 and in her second major international competition, Paige Howard made history for the USA - and a name for herself - as she earned her country's first ever World Games gold in Double Mini-trampoline. A stuck landing on her final pass punctuated Howard's elegant, concentrated effort, giving the Americans their first and only gold in Gymnastics at the Games.
A member of the Canadian team that won World Double Mini gold two years ago, Tamara O'Brien had never finished higher than eighth individually in senior World competition, but with the silver medal, she too distinguished herself as one to watch. Sweden's Lina Sjoeberg, meanwhile, added a bronze to her growing collection, matching the color she took home from the 2015 Worlds.

* TUMBLING: A gold all his own
While each gymnast in the Men's Tumbling final seemed capable of launching himself into Centennial Hall's rafters, the all-important landing proved more of a challenge. The man who rose above it all was the experienced Zhang Luo of China. The novelty for Zhang, who tied Ukraine's Viktor Kyforenko for World Games gold four years ago, was that this time, the top step of the podium was his alone. With silver, American Austin Nacey constituted his own air force in what may be his last major competition, while Russia's Maxim Shlyakin eked out bronze despite a fall on his uber-difficult final pass.
* source: fig press release
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