Portugal is fast becoming the Number #1 hot-spot for international trampoline and tumbling competitions. A favorite World Cup each year is held in the beautiful coastal town of Loulé, Portugal. The Scalabis Cup, another popular international trampoline and tumbling competition in Portugal, will be held in Santarém from July 3rd-7th this year. In September last [...]
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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 [...]
Results 11th African Championships
Results have been posted from the 11th African Championships last weekend at the Tussport Indoor Sports Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. Six-hundred, thirty-eight (638) Age-group, Junior and Senior athletes came from Algeria; Angola; Congo; Egypt; Mozambique; Nigeria; Namibia; Senegal; South Africa; Tunisia and Zimbabwe. In addition, dignitaries that were in attendance included International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President, Professor [...]
11th African Championships
Today is the final day of competition of the 11th African Championships in Pretoria, South Africa. Athletes are competing in Aerobic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Trampoline, Double Mini-trampoline and Tumbling. The South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF) is hosting the event at the Tukssport Indoor Sports Centre at the University of Pretoria from December 9 – 13, 2012. Nearly [...]
Astronaut Aleksandrov Cup
Competition for the final Trampoline and Tumbling World Cup, the Astronaut Aleksandrov Cup, starts tomorrow in Sofia, Bulgaria. There will be heated competition between many of the London Olympians, including Men’s silver medalist Dmitri Ushakov from Russian and Women’s 5th place finisher, Tatsiana Piatrenia from Belarus. Piatrenia and Ushakov are also the current European Champions. [...]
FIG Tribute Slideshow Video
This beautiful FIG slideshow video is a tribute to gymnastics fans, the North Greenwich Arena and to the gymnasts themselves. It captures some of the special moments from the 2012 Olympics in London. From about minute 2:16 to 3:16 the video focuses on the Trampolining event, but the entire 5:50 video is well worth your [...]
London 2012 in Their Words
American and youngest Trampoline Olympian Savannah Vinsant is quoted in FIG’s article My Olympics – London in their words. Savannah Vinsant, USA The United States’ first ever Trampoline finalist enjoyed rubbing shoulders with her country’s biggest sports stars I met a lot of famous people from the United States – Tyson Gay, Lolo Jones, LeBron James. [...]
US & Nissen Cup
Today an international contingent of world-class athletes are competing in the preliminaries of the Nissen Cup in Arosa, Switzerland. The US did not send a team because they are preparing for their National Championships and final Olympic Trial in a few days, July 26-27, in San Jose, California. The field of competitors vying for the [...]
47th Nissen Cup
The Nissen Cup, named after trampoline inventor George Nissen, is the oldest international trampoline competition in existence. The 47th one will be held in Arosa, Switzerland this weekend, June 22-23, and will be the last international trampoline competition before the Olympic Games in London this summer. It is also the 3rd competition of the 2012 [...]
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 [...]
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