Three women, Melania Rodríguez, Marta López and Loreto Tuñón, won the first medal for the Spanish delegation in the World Trampoline Championship this Saturday. The bronze obtained in the women’s category of the DMT (double mini trampoline) event made the Navarra Arena in Pamplona vibrate, where the three gymnasts reached the podium only behind the United States (gold) and Great Britain (silver). Spain’s performance also came on the day when the first medals of the World Cup, which is being held in our country for the first time, were up for grabs.
In the competition of fallingAzerbaijan in the men’s category and France in the women’s category managed to finish in first position. The Azerbaijani trio of Mikhail Malkin, Togif Aliyev and Adil Hakizada led the race ahead of the United States and Denmark. The Americans had West Fowler, Kaden Brown and Xavier Harper among their ranks, while the Danish flag was defended by Magnus Lindholmer, Martin Abildgaard and Marius Bundgaard.
Previously, it was the French women’s national team that inaugurated the medal table with gold for Maelie Abadie, Candy Briere-Vetillard, Maelle Dumitru-Marin and Manon Morancais. Silver went to Great Britain with Megan Kealy, Jaeda-Lei Jeffers, Naana Oppon and Alisha Evanson, while bronze went to Belgium, thanks to Fran Renders, Sara Neyrinck, Lani Spiessens and Marth Renders.
Two golds for the United States
Another important event for the DMT with the men’s team final, where the US team formed by Trevor Harder, Simon Smith, Ruben Padilla and West Fowler climbed to the top step of the podium, flanked by Troy Sitkowski, Rohan Wilcox, Nicolas Diaz Ballas and Matthew French representing Australia, while the team of neutral athletes (2) formed by Mikhail Iurev, Mikhail Zalomin, Dmitrii Nartov and Kirill took third place Panteleev. The Spanish team composed of Miguel Córdoba, Carlos del Ser, Nuño Fillafañe and Nicolas Toribio finished in sixth place.
For its part, the women’s final highlighted the North Americans Aliah Raga, Kennedi Roberts and Grace Harder, who together with the British Kim Beattie, Kirsty Way and Molly McKenna accompanied the Spanish team to the podium.
The fight for gold in synchronized trampoline continues
Eight couples continue their fight for glory in the synchronized trampoline category. In the men, Andrei Builou and Ivan Litvinovich achieved the best score in the semifinals, while in the women it was China’s Yicheng Hu and Xinxin Zhang. Finally, in the mixed event, the duo formed by the Americans Cheyenne Sarah Webster and Ryan Maccagnan dominated.
A day on Friday that opened with the falling men’s singles, 24 names already have direct access to the semi-finals on Saturday; the same day the world champion is decided. With the results obtained, the Azerbaijani Mikhail Malkin took the lead with 59.200 points, followed by the American Kaden Brown (58.100) and the Azerbaijani Tofig Aliyev (57.600); three gymnasts who a few hours later would bathe in gold and silver as a team.
