Today is a throwback day; throwback to the 2012 Olympics in London. Did you know that American Tweeters agree that trampoline was their new favorite Olympic sport? They both loved it and they loved to joke about it. Nonetheless, according to International Digital Times, it was loved! We’ve heard all the jokes before: @nascar_lugnuts Well [...]
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2012 in Review
2012 was the first year of Trampoline Pundit. It started as a strategic effort to commentate trampoline for NBC’s Olympics coverage. Alas, I was too late since they already hired Tim Daggett and Elfi Schegel for the gig. Nonetheless, it became a blessing in disguise. Not only did I make many new Trampoline and Tumbling [...]
Say What?!?
OK. I just … I … I can’t stand it. I just .. This is too much … what? … I … OMG!! … Bwhahahahaha … How to pronounce the 2012 Olympic medalists’ names. Check this out: I can’t stop laughing!!!
GIF-ability
OMG! It really is the best thing ever! Trampoline GIFs. SBNation.com loves trampoline for it’s GIF-ability. They created four gifs from an NBC video called “Ode to Trampoline.” French Champion Gregoire Penne, Olympic Champion Dong Dong, TV cameras and Danish Trampoline Coach Bo Tureby star. I couldn’t embed the NBC video because of broadcast rights, but click [...]
Sixteen Men
Sixteen men gave us Olympic thrills yesterday at the North Greenwich Arena in London. Sixteen of the best Trampolinists in the world got on the trampoline and put their best foot forward. Sixteen men created Olympic history. When the day was over, Dong Dong from China emerged as the Olympic Champion. He performed an [...]
The Chinese
In 2000, the first year that Trampoline was an Olympic Sport, no Chinese stood on the Victory Stand. At the next Olympiad, only one Chinese athlete stood on the podium, and it was for a bronze medal. In the 2008 Olympics held in China, however, they made it their mission to impress. And they did [...]
The List is Complete
They worked hard. They competed with vigor. They became the best their country has to offer. Their dreams came true. The list is complete. They are the Olympians. Sixteen men and 16 women from 18 countries have qualified. Behold the Trampoline competitors to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. For what to expect, the NBC [...]
Albacete World Cup Results
Twenty-one international federations participated in the the second FIG World Cup of 2012 last weekend in a balmy venue in Albacete, Spain. The Chinese reigned supreme in the Men’s and Women’s Individual Trampoline events, but faltered in the Synchronized events. The Chinese women didn’t complete their final Synchro routine. However, a second place finish for [...]
ICYMI
In case you missed it: Over the weekend, new Olympians were selected, the first World Cup for the year was held in Taiyuan, China and the French National Trampoline Championships were held in Rodez. Kat Driscoll won the only spot for Great Britain in dramatic fashion at the North West Gala in Liverpool on Saturday. [...]
World Cup & GB Trials
It’s another big weekend in Trampoline World. At least two major events are going on right now, as we speak (write/read). The ladies of Great Britain are fighting for that coveted spot representing their country at the Olympics in front of their home crowd in London. This is their final trial competition, therefore their last [...]
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