21st ECh in trampoline, double-minitrampoline and tumbling in Odense/DEN

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All individual medal winners in trampoline Photo: Martin Mooij / UEG

29 countries with a total of 668 athletes and 225 judges, coaches and officials, which makes close to 900 persons altogether, came to Odense/DEN at the end of April. Nice selection for the European Championships in trampoline 2008 since, with the exception of the winners pair in men’s synchro, the French Jala / Laifa, all medallists of 2006 were present. The competitions of the three disciplines in junior and senior category were held over four days according to a new format elaborated by the UEG technical committee. The team finals in junior and senior were run on Thursday and Friday, while the individual finals were on the programme of Saturday.

Individual Trampoline

In the individual finals of the seniors, the world class athletes confirmed the predictions. The reigning Olympic champion, Yuriy Nikitin UKR, proved to keep on being the main option for a European triumph in the O.G in Beijing. The French Grégorie Pennes and the Russian Dmitry Ushakov finished only two tenths behind UKR. The tie break rules gave the silver medal to the young French athlete, undoubtedly the biggest surprise of the competition.

In the women’s competition, Irina Karavaeva allowed no surprises and clearly kept on being on the top of World and European trampoline. Silver went to the Ukrainian gymnast Olena Movchan; a nice confirmation of her triumph in the Olympic Test, held in Beijing last November. The gymnast of Belarus, Tatiana Petrenia, took the third place on the podium.

Trampoline synchrone

Belarus won the men’s synchronized event, with a brilliant performance from Model and Kazak. The French Martiny and Pennes finished one point behind the winners, while Nikiin and Chernonos (UKR) completed the podium. Ukraine was luckier in the women’s synchronized trampoline finals, as Domchevska and Movchan won the gold medal, two tenths ahead of Chernova and Karavaeva.

Tumbling

In Tumbling, the World Champion Andrey Krilov (RUS) won his first European title after two top level passes. Jozef Wadecki (POL) finished second, due to excellent style scores. With Andrei Kabishev (BLR) in the third position, the three leaders of the continental circuit in tumbling confirmed their dominance. In women’s category it was quite a surprise when World Champion Anna Korobeynikova (RUS) was beaten by Olena Chabanenko (UKR). Laura Houson (GBR) achieved the silver medal.

DMT

In women's DMT, Nicole Pacheco (POR) beat the two Russians, Galina Goncharenko (competing as well in individual trampoline) and Viktoria Voronina, relying on a higher execution. The difficulty tariffs were balanced between this powerful trio. In the absence of World Champion and new World Record holder, Kirill Ivanov (RUS), Dmitry Fedorovskiy made sure that the title does not get out of the Russian’s control. The Spanish Alejandro Ruiz (ESP) finished second, only four tenths behind the leader, and Timo Rass brought a bronze medal to the German team.

Public and Medias

The competitions took place in the FYN Arena, a new hall that provided the necessary infrastructures for the athletes. The media interest was small, with only about ten journalists and photographers of different European countries who followed the competitions. During the first three days, the stands were mainly occupied by the delegations who filled the hall with a warm atmosphere. For the finals on Saturday, the hall was full (more than 2000 spectators). A roundup of one hour of the finals was broadcasted by the Danish TV.

The medal winners:

1.	Russia (Rusakov/Ushakov		118.00
	Khnychev/Chumak)
2.	France (Martin/Pennes		114.40
	Legros/Martiny)
3.	Germany (Stehlik/Kubicka		114.30
	Kuritz/Gromowski)

1.	Ukraine (Kyiko/Movchan		110.10
	Syvanych/Domchevska)
2.	Russia (Velichko/Goncharenko		108.80
	Karavaeva/Chernova)
3.	Belarus (Mironova/Gridchina		106.10
	Petrenia/Prischepova)

1.	Yuriy NIKITIN	UKR	40.20
2.	Grégorie PENNES	FRA	40.00
3.	Dimitry USHAKOV	RUS	40.00

1.	Irina KARAVAEVA	RUS	38.30
2.	Olena MOVCHAN	UKR	37.80
3.	Tatiana PETRENIA	BLR	36.60

1.	Viacheslav MODEL	BLR	49.70
	Nikolai KAZAK
2.	Sébastien MARTINY	FRA	48.70
	Grégorie PENNES
3.	Oleksandr CHERNONOS	UKR	48.30
	Yuri NIKITIN

1.	Yuliia DOMCHEVSKA	UKR	47.30
	Olena MOVCHAN
2.	Natalie CHERNOVA	RUS	47.10
	Irina KARAVAEVA
3.	Claire WRIGHT	GBR	46.30
	Kathrine DRISCOLL

1.	Russia (Dramaretskiy/Goncharov		110.80
	Krylov/Strogov)
2.	Pologne (Brylka/Wadecki		109.60
	Lipa/Sondel)
3.	Belarus (Kabishev/Darashuk		107.00
	Prymakov/Artsemenka)

1.	Andrey KRYLOV	RUS	76.70
2.	Jozef WADECKI	POL	75.50
3.	Andrei KABISHEV	BLR	73.50

1.	Olena CHABANENKO	UKR	66.80
2.	Laura HOUSON	GBR	65.20
3.	Anna KOROBEYNIKOVA	RUS	65.00

1.	Russia (Fedorovskyi/Chernoivanov		111.90
	Ivanov/Kovalev)
2.	Portugal (Fernandes/Lico		110.20
	Pocinho/Nobre)
3.	Allemagne (Schüpferling/Gärtner		106.90
	Achtzehn/Rass)

1.	Russia (Goncharenko/Kozlova		104.60
	Balandina/Voronina)
2.	Portugal (Simoes/Pereira		103.00
	Pacheco/Saiote)
3.	Grande-Bretagne (Madigan/Ward		95.50
	Pugh)

1.	Dmitry FEDOROVSKIY	RUS	72.30
2.	Alejandro RUIZ	ESP	71.90
3.	Timo RASS	GER	70.70

1.	Nicole PACHECO	POR	68.60
2.	Galina GONCHARENKO	RUS	68.20
3.	Victoria VORONINA	RUS	68.00

1.	RUS (Naumov/Melnik		111.70
	Fedorenko/Talskiy)
2.	FRA (Piperakis/Raymond		105.20
	Dumaitre/Messatfa)
3.	UKR (Pasenko/Satin		103.50
	Yelykanov/Doka)

1.	Mikhail MELNIK	RUS	38.80
2.	Nikita FEDORENKO	RUS	37.00
3.	Oleksandr SATIN	UKR	36.50

1.	Emma SMITH	GBR	35.20
2.	Nadezhda GLEBOVA	RUS	34.80
3.	Olga KAPUSTINA	BLR	34.20

1.	Yevgen DOKA / Oleksandr	UKR	46.00
2.	Daniel PRÆST / Christian ANDERSEN	DEN	44.80
3.	Daniel GREAVES / Luke STRONG	GBR	44.40

1.	Sheila GONZALEZ / Katish HERNANDEZ	ESP	44.20
2.	Emma BRITTON / Zoe BROOKES	GBR	43.40
3.	Marine JURBERT / Noela GUILLO	FRA	42.60

1.	Sheila GONZALEZ / Katish HERNANDEZ	ESP	44.20
2.	Emma BRITTON / Zoe BROOKES	GBR	43.40
3.	Marine JURBERT / Noela GUILLO	FRA	42.60

1.	RUS (Tchagapso/Belkin		103.40
	Abramov/Shitov)
2.	DEN (Nielsen/Pedersen		97.80
	Nissen/Rasmussen)
3.	BLR (Belski/Andreichykau		94.70
	Runets/Dzahoyeu)

1.	Denis BELKIN	RUS	70.40
2.	Ilia ABRAMOV	RUS	68.70
3.	Wojciech SOBIERAJSKI	POL	65.10

1.	Racael LETSCHE	GBR	62.60
2.	Victoria DANILENKO	RUS	60.80
3.	Mette D. L. KRISTENSEN	DEN	60.80

1.	RUS (Odintsov/Strogov		106.70
	Zalomin/Kruchkov)
2.	POR (Albano/Correia		103.00
	Conceicao/Marques)
3.	SWE (Nordfors/Bergman		101.70
	Lunding)

1.	Evgeniy STROGOV	RUS	72.00
2.	Mikhail ZALOMIN	RUS	71.10
3.	Maxon DE MEYER	BEL	70.30

1.	Andreia ROBALO	POR	65.50
2.	Anastasia IGNATEVA	RUS	65.00
3.	Adeva BRYAN	GBR	64.60