From 11th to 13th of November the International Gymnastics Federation F.I.G. holds the 27th TRAMPOLINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 in Metz, Fance.
About 300 athletes from 35 countries came to the french city to compete at the individual Olympic trampoline disciplines, as well as at the synchronised trampoline, double minitramp and tumbling in order to crown their bests.
Over the last years, the world's-best have to count more and more with the favourite athletes from Asia, especially China and Japan...
* TODAY: Final day and last decisions
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After the 2010 sirie of 6 Trampoline world cups now zhe No. 7 event took place in Salzgitter, Germany one of the top center of this discipline in Germany.
In absence of the Chinese top stars a bigger part of world class athletes made a strong test, two month before the Worlds in ovember in Metz (France...
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After Albacete two weeks agonow the second of three world cup events in September was held in Astrakhan, Russia.
Dong Dong (CHN; photo, left), took the gold medal in men's individual trampoline, his Chinese teammate Huang Shanshan (CHN) prevailed in the women's individual trampoline final of the World Cup .
The gold medalists in women's synchronized trampoline went also to China, to Li Dan / Zhong Xingping (CHN) and an men's side the winner are Mikhail Melnik/ Sergey Azaryan (RUS).
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At the first weekeend of September the number four of altogether seven trampoline gymnastics events of the 2010 circuit helds in Albacete, Spain.
Altogether 74 athletes participated at these competitions which include individual and synchron disciplines, but no double-mini and no tumbling.
At the preliminaries at day one the Chinese athletes dominated on men's side, with DONG, Dong at the lead and the ranks 2, 3 and 5. Dong won the final
Also on women's side...
* fig-press--: Hubert Barthod, former member of the French Trampoline Team and scout for the Cirque du Soleil, died tragically on August 24, 2010 in Montreal (CAN), where he resided.
Barthod was in his 46th year!
Junior World Champion in Trampoline, Hubert Barthod spent 10 years at the top of the Trampoline hierarchy in France, taking the All-around national title on two occasions.
He performed with World Vice-Champion Lionel Pioline (FRA) as Trampoline Synchro’s famous tricolour pair...