The World Acrobatics Society’s mission statement reads: The World Acrobatics Society (WAS) is a world-wide organization for the advancement of education, communication and cooperation among all individuals and organizations interested in fostering the growth, development and safety of the various acrobatics sports and preserving their histories. At the banquet held in Las Vegas each year, [...]
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Updates from the AYOF
It is January 19th, the date of the Trampoline events at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, somewhere in the world. Since Australia is half way around the world, January 19th has passed and the trampoline events are over! Results are pouring in and full results will be available soon. What we do know, however, is [...]
Pan American Championships
The Pan American Trampoline and Tumbling Championships were held this weekend in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. US, Canada and Brazil dominated the Senior medals while Mexico and Argentina nipped at their heels. US Tumbling Champs Kalon Ludvigson and Marina Moskalenko won gold in the Senior Tumbling events. Canada’s Kyle Soehn and Sam Sendal took home gold [...]
Presidential Perks
The opportunities associated with being an Olympian is new territory for trampoline gymnasts since our sport is one of the newest Olympic events. We are learning that the perks can be tremendous. Olympic Champion Rosie MacLennan, for example, has been traveling as an ambassador with Play to Play visiting exotic locations around the world. Yesterday, [...]
Friendship Cup
Twenty year-old Olympian Zita Frydrochová from the Czech Republic proved her mettle at the 2012 Friendship Cup in Jablonec this weekend. After a disappointing performance at the London Olympics, placing 15th, Zita came through like a Champion winning two gold medals in front of her home crowd. She won the Senior Women’s Individual Trampoline Event [...]
Shock & Awe
If she slept at all Saturday night, I wonder if Rosie MacLennan woke the next morning pinching herself and saying, “I’m an Olympic Champion. It is not a dream. It really happened. I won the Olympics!” After watching Rosannagh “Rosie” MacLennan from Canada perform her awe-inspiring final optional in the Women’s Trampoline event at the [...]
Blake, Gregoire & Peter
Final three profiles of the Olympic Trampolinists: The youngest competitor in the Men’s Trampoline event is Blake Gaudry from Australia. The 21 year-old hopes to follow in the footsteps of successful Aussie Trampolinist Ji Wallace, the surprise silver medalist boosted by his home crowd at the Sydney Games in 2000. Blake is the Australian National [...]
The Russians
Russia’s rich history of championship gymnasts dates back deep into the era of the Soviet Union. For decades the dramatic and authoritative Russian National Anthem filled arenas celebrating the triumphs of their great gymnasts standing on top of international podiums. Since the split of the USSR into separate states in 1991, Russian gymnasts continued to [...]
Who Are They?
The Olympians have been selected. Thirty-two of the best Trampoline gymnasts in the world, 16 men and 16 women, will be competing in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London on August 3rd and 4th. They are National Champions and they come from 18 countries. Some are well known. Some are not. But who are they? Well, [...]
ICYMI, Too
Pundit had a house full of guests for several days. All’s quiet and back to normal. But, of course, the un-blogged weekend of trampoline news was quite eventful. Here’s a tidy wrap-up: To the surprised no one, Kat Driscoll added another British title to her mantle. In her last major competition before the Olympics next [...]
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