22nd European Championships in Trampoline 2010

Organising Committee
Bulgarian Trampoline Federation
Bld. Levski 75, 1040 SOFIA
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www.trampoline-bulgaria.com

Trampoline men's and women's team finals

24 April 2010. Last night’s developments in the competition in Trampoline, ladies and men's team finals, in DMT junior boys and girls finals.

The competitions had definitely taken into the right direction, the organization was very smooth and timing much more precise with an opportunity for breaks; the atmosphere was relaxed and cheerful. Inevitably there were surprises; they did nothing but enrich the palette of the event. Last night’s developments in

TRAMPOLINE

- Ladies team finals – the Russians swept the floor with their impressive performances and took the gold, which repeated their success from the previous Championships in 2008. The German team performed very well and got the silver. France with their third place and the bronze are back on the track. The Ukraine and Belarus, which are traditionally strong, were pushed backwards in the ranking due to failures in earlier routines, unfortunately.

- Men team finals – the crashes here of the Russian and French teams at the onset of competition opened the door to the other teams, which were enabled to aspire for a better ranking. The German team continued its triumph from the preliminaries and won the gold with an impressive quality of performance. Belarus was strong as usual and the 3 safe routines performed won the silver. The Danish team somewhat unexpectedly got the bronze, though there was a noticeable positive trend in their performances already.

TUMBLING

- Junior girls team finals – the developments were more than pleasant for the top ranked. Great Britain won the gold in a very strong and fair competition. That was the reward for the 60 hours’ trip by bus and a proof that youth is tough and daring. Ireland placed second got their first European medal ever in their history. Russia came third. The competition was very close indeedm leaving a difference of less than 4 points between the first and fifth.

- Junior boys team finals – that was a very close race between Russia and Great Britain. The Russian won the first place by a mere 0.1, though the gap between the top two and the Ukraine on the third place was quite wide.

DOUBLE MINI TRAMPOLINE

- DMT junior girls team finals – as expected the Russians had a landslide victory, Spain got the silver, while Great Britain came out third because of the mistake of one competitor. Since the number of competitors is three, the mistake cost a lot.

- DMT junior boys team finals – medals were allocated on the basis of preliminary results, since only two teams were competing. Mr. Mogensen, UEG TC President summed up the event as: “Overall impressive. The genuinely good ones in the three disciplines perform on a high level and continuously improve. It seems that the bottom and the lower middle level do not move, the development is very modest, the skills and routines get repeated over and over. Definitely there is a room for development. No doubt the Portuguese team is much missed in the whole picture. They are the largest groups beside the Russians and they ensure the balance in general. Sweden is missed too, especially in DMT, where they were establishing the balance and contributing to the improvement of the quality. Thus, DMT suffered much from the eruption of the volcano. All three disciplines are moving forward, but tumbling and DMT need a larger number of nations to take part.”

Mrs. Mariela Sirakova, MD, former FIG Medical Commission member, since 2009 member of TUEC (Therapeutic Use Exemption Commission) is in charge of the medical aspects.

Questions addressed to her were on doping control, medical care on the site and the incidence of injuries. “A licensed Bulgarian doping control body set up by Bulgarian medical doctors is in charge, while I am coordinating and overseeing their activities for compliance with WADA standards. Though, in my experience in the FIG I have never come across any positive results in this sport. Any such incidents are usually related to unfamiliarity with drug counter indications during a treatment. On site there is a fully equipped medical office, doctors, reanimobile and a very close by emergency center” She said. Mr. N. Kalashnikov, President of the Russian Federation commented that the only flaw in the competitions’ organization is the lack of visibility of the difficulty indicated, which could be seen only after the written records are received, and then it is too late for any corrections.

Olga Stoyanova

Second day

April 23, 2010, Varna. Second day. As Erik Mogensen, TC President said: “The competitions went well overall, we survived the first day and we are going on.”In the Synchronized TRA men offered a great surprise – athletes kept falling one after the other.

As usual it started with a brief meeting between the LOC and UEG TC to analyze all competition aspects of the day before. In general the organization was smooth, though some technical adjustments have to be made and no doubt this will take care of the almost perfect development in the two days left.

 He further commented that a lot of good performances were to be seen in the competitions, though still there are areas of improvement.

”In the Synchronized TRA men offered a great surprise – athletes kept falling one after the other. – the Czech competitor started it, but then Belarus, Russia, Bulgaria, etc. went on failing their routines. It was unbelievable that the number of crashes was 18 out of 25. Despite this big number of failures, some of the routines going through were quite impressive.  

On the contrary ladies performed well in general, accomplishing what they planned to do.    

Juniors performed very well and the battle to qualify for the YOG was rather tough. All eight finalists are of a good level.  

Country wise the success of Greece was impressive. Though talent is a must in the first place; to develop it requires a lot of work. In the junior girls Switzerland has made a significant progress. The third place of BARDY Solenn from France commands much respect.  

Traditionally the former Eastern European countries dominated, despite the fact that for various reasons they are losing momentum.  

One of the big surprises was the triumph of German men in DMT finals over Russia. It was rather unexpected, but isn’t that what competitions are all about?   

In DMT the girls of Russia were clearly on top. It might be said that boys are good overall, though girls who are good in general still have room for improvement.   

In tumbling the performances were good. It has to be noted that men performed many triple somersaults; even one of the athletes did a triple back!   

Mr. Miguel Vicente TC member emphasized that at these competitions for almost the first time the new trampoline 4 X 4 is being used. It increases the height of flight, makes the amplitude bigger; thus performances are more spectacular and the results - higher.  

Mr. Horst KUNZE, President of the Technical Committee of the FIG has arrived and his intervention is avidly anticipated.

The Bulgarian Minister of Sport Svilen Neykov will attend the ECh at 13.30 to meet with the UEG representatives, the LOC and to watch the competitions.  

And last, but not least it should be specifically emphasized that for these Championships to happen, a big number of people made great efforts and sacrifices to be here and contribute regardless of the natural calamities. This factor as well had an adverse affect on the number of participating countries; it was expected to be bigger.   

And certainly it has to be noted that the TC work is performed virtually by three people – Mr. Mogensen, Mr. Vicente and Mr. Okoniewski. The fourth member – Mariela Stoycheva from Bulgaria is wearing two hats: she is the LOC’s driving engine, taking care and overseeing every technical and competition aspect, while at the same time performing her TC member duties. At the same time the length of competition time has been decreased.

Olga Stoyanova

Russia already in leading position

After the first part of the preliminary competition (as qualifications for the finals) some results are already available and shows that Russia is still the leading nation.

from UEG-correspondent in Varna Olga SToyanova:

Double mini trampoline (DMT):

The preliminary results in DMT men indicate a marked supremacy for Russia having taken all three top places (KOVALEV Sergey - 73.60, FEDOROVSKIY Dmitry - 73.60 and CHERNOIVANOV Evgeniy - 73.00).  However, the German SCHMIDT Daniel is following quite close. The ranking is going down gradually to the 11th place where an abrupt difference in performance appears to end at the 14th (IVANOV KIRILL – RUS with his mere 22.50 points and 15th ranked competitor (SALIEV Aliosmann – BUL with 0.00 points) who had bad luck indeed.

The preliminaries in DMT women followed the same trend with all three top places taken by Russian athletes, respectively BALANDINA Svetlana (69.60), GONCHARENKO Galina (68.90) and VORONINA Victoria (67.80). They are quite closely followed by the German DEUNER Kathrin with her 66.80 points to go down to the 13th place with a mere 20.00 points.

Trampoline

In the individual trampoline preliminaries for girls the picture is more varied – the top three being Belarus, Russia and France, followed by GBR. Despite the significant number of entrants (59) difference in points is quite close approximately up to the 40th place, after which obviously the gap in performance opens more markedly.

Somehow, the trampoline team preliminaries for girls followed almost the same pattern: Belarus, Russia and France, followed by Switzerland (4th) and GBR (5th). The same ranking was repeated exactly in the trampoline preliminaries for junior girls qualified for finals.

Tumbling

In the individual tumbling preliminaries for men Russia convincingly dominated with its three top places (PODUST Timofey - 73.10, MURTAZAEV Tagir - 73.10 and KOSTYANOV Mikhail - 72.60). PODUST and MURTAZAEV have been differentiated by the second pass. It is worthwhile noting that after the 7th place the gap between competitors is growing.

In women tumbling preliminaries Russian athletes took the two leading positions (KOROBEYNIKOVA Anna - 66.50, followed not so closely by her teammate KRASNOKUTSKAYA Elena - 64.70), while the third place went to Belarus (CHABANENKO Olena - 63.00).  After the 5th and 6th places held by Great Britain; an evident difference in the level of difficulty has to be noted, which affected the scores. 

A perfect venue for this championships

The 22^nd European Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT are carried in the Palace of Culture and Sports (the Sports Hall). It was built in 1968 on the site of the former cycling track to be extended in 1987 is one of the emblems of Varna and still among the largest structures of this kind in Bulgaria. It is the venue of a number of sports events, festivals, concerts, trade exhibitions, etc. 

Matei Todorov (GBR), BAGA Technical Director, Acrobatic & Tumbling, Manager for Tumbling at the current event. On this event Matei Todorov said: “It will be remembered by some athletes with the medals they win, others will remember the tears shed, while there will be those who will never forget the difficult journey to Varna. However, we all will keep the memories of all the three. “

Asked who the athletes are, which have to be watched; he said “Watch out for the Russians in all events. France and Spain have also achieved good results in certain events. Great Britain will get what they can. There is a certain decline in GBR men’s tumbling, but it is not symptomatic for the state of the discipline – merely a change of generations. In general the development in tumbling is rather good and there is an ongoing increase in the number of new athletes. Former Eastern bloc countries are traditionally good, but in recent years due to the diminishing resources and the outflow of “expertise” the results are going down.”

“In terms of training and competition conditions and organization arrangements, everything is flawless.” He added.

The competitions are still going on at this hour.

22nd ECh Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Tramp in Varna BUL: drawing of lots

A total of more than 640 gymnasts representing 23 National Federations NF will compete in the 22nd European TRA Championships in Varna / BUL from April 20th to 24th, 2010. The drawing of lots of the starting orders has been carried out.

206 senior gymnasts in trampoline, 47 in DMT and 49 in TUM will  participate in the 22nd European TRA Championships in Varna / BUL.  With regard to the juniors, there will be 247 gymnasts in TRA, 36 in DMT and 62 in TUM from 26 NF, i.e.  

The Draw was taped and televised by the national TV that also will broadcast from the Championships. 

Compared to the 2008 ECh in Odense/DEN the participation of the seniors is according to the definitive registrations slightly lower by 3 NF, but shows an increase in the synchro discipline . In DMT and TUM the participation is slightly better than in 2008. Hardly any changes for the juniors.

The nominative registrations have to be submitted by March 30^th.

Qualifications for the YOG
As in all Olympic disciplines, the European Championships are qualifying for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Singapore. Only junior gymnasts born in 1993 and 1994 can participate in the qualifications for the YOG 2010, except those having already competed in senior events.

Media accreditation: www.ueg-gymnastics.com.

Last deadline: April 2^nd, 2010.

D.Duchoud UEG

Provisional registrations

The European Championships 2010 of the Olympic disciplines are advanced by a couple of weeks because of the YOG 2010. The 22nd European Championships for juniors and seniors in Trampoline will take place in Varna/BUL from 20 to 25 April 2010.

After Odense/DEN in 2008, it is the city of Varna/BUL which will host the European Championships 2010 in Trampoline (TRA), double mini-trampoline (DMT) and tumbling (TUM).

The competitions will take place in the Palace of Culture and Sports, a complex that includes also the official hotel.

24 federations are announced with:

JUNIORS: 296 gymnasts TRA, 71 DMT, 86 gymnasts TUM + 34 reserve gymnasts

SENIORS: 253 gymnasts TRA, 63 DMT, 69 TUM + 30 reserve gymnasts which is a total of 902 athletes.

The programme includes the qualifications juniors and seniors in all disciplines (21/22 and 23.04), team finals (22 and 23.04) and individual finals in all disciplines, as well as the qualifications in trampoline for the YOG (24.04.).

Upcoming deadlines:
Definitive registrations: 20 January 2010
Nominative registrations : 30 March 2010

Media accreditations (via the UEG webpage only): 02.04.2010

D.Duchoud/UEG

Contrary to what had been announced previously, the 22nd ECh in trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline will take place from April 20th to 24th in Varna/BUL and not in Sofia.

Contrary to what had been announced previously, the 22nd ECh in trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline will take place from April 20th to 24th in Varna/BUL and not in Sofia.

After Odense in Denmark (2008), the next European Championships in trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline (TRA/TUM/DMT) have been entrusted to the Bulgarian gymnastics federation by the UEG. The federation has finally chosen the beautiful city of Varna. Due to the qualifying competitions for the Youth Olympic Games 2010 (YOG) in Singapore, the date had to be advanced to April 20th-24th, 2010.

The competitions will take place at the Palace for Culture and Sports of Varna (our photo).

General provisional programme:

Tuesday April 20th:
Training, symposium for the heads of delegations, coaches and judges;
Official opening ceremony

Wednesday April 21st:
Training, meetings

Thursday April 22nd:
SENIORS qualifications DMT + TUM
JUNIORS qualifications TRA
SENIORS team finals DMT+TUM
JUNIORS team finals TRA

Friday April 23rd:
JUNIORS qualifications DMT + TUM
SENIORS qualifications TRA
JUNIORS team finals DMT+TUM
SENIORS team finals TRA

Saturday April 24th:
JUNIORS individual finals DMT/TUM/TRA + Synchro
SENIORS individual finals DMT/TUM/TRA + Synchro

Ages :
SENIORS: min. 17 years (born 1993 and before)
JUNIORS: min. 13 years, max. 17 years (born 1997-1993)
Qualifications for the YOG: born 1993+1994

Registration deadlines
Provisional: November 20th, 2009
Definitive: January 20th, 2010
Nominative: March 30th, 2010