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The FIG Trampoline Newsletter No. 6 / September 2002

WORLD CUP FINAL LIVE ON TV !

World Cup Series 2001 - 2002 :

World Cup (TRA+TUM) Edmonton CAN 16-18 Aug 02 - As usual Canada Gymnastics, along with the local organiser, did an excellent job, hosting this event with almost all of the high class performers from all over the world. There were some surprises on the Podium with Claire Wright GBR perhaps being the surprise gold medallist in the women’s individual TRA event with a score of 40.1 points over Anna Dogonadze GER in second place with a score of 39.6 points and Elena Movchan UKR (39.4 points) in third. In Tumbling, British and Chinese gymnasts took first places in both the ladies and men’s events respectively.

World Cup (TRA+TUM) Greensboro USA 23-25 Aug 02 - USA Gymnastics again organised an excellent competition for this prestigious event. Here the favourites were back on top, with Russian gymnasts recovering from their shock defeats the previous week, winning three of the six events.

Both Canadian and USA Gymnastics are to be heartily congratulated for the organisation of both events. No doubt, the high number of volunteers in both Edmonton and Greensboro went a long way in ensuring this success.

World Cup Final :

World Cup Final (TRA+TUM) Hanover, GER 23rd November 02 - The Workplan is already with the federations. The entry deadline is October 19th. The OC in Hanover is ready to welcome the qualified gymnasts and informs us that the competition will start at 14.30h with the Opening Ceremony. From 14.45 hrs, there will be life TV broadcasting.

TRA + TUM World Cup Finalists :

MEN’s TRAMPOLINEWOMEN’s TRAMPOLINE
1KHNYTCHEV GermanRUS1KARAVAEVA IrinaRUS
2KAZAK NikolaiBLR2MOVCHAN ElenaUKR
3JENSEN PeterDEN3TCHERNOVA NataliaRUS
4MOSKALENKO AlexanderRUS4COCKBURN KarenCAN
5MARTIN DavidFRA5WRIGHT ClaireGBR
6KUBICKA MarkusGER6DOGONADZE AnnaGER
7KAKORKO VladimirBLR7LAWTON KirstenGBR
8VILLAFUERTE AlanNED8LEBEDEVA GalinaBLR
 
MEN’s TUMBLINGWOMEN’s TUMLING
1SERDIOUKOV DenisRUS1PEBERDY KathrynGBR
2SKORODOUMOV AlexandrRUS2KOROBEINIKOVA AnnaRUS
3FINLEY CaseyUSA3CHABANENKO ElenaUKR
4GIBSON RossGBR4AVISSE MelanieFRA
5MOGOTSI TsekoRSA5TERRENIA AnnaBLR
6SMALL RobertGBR6BLUNDELL LindseyUSA
7FOURNIALS NicolasFRA7LIMBACH MarionFRA
8DECHANET AlexandreFRA8DAVIS NeishaCAN
 
MEN’s SYNCHROWOMEN’s SYNCHRO
1SEJEROE / JENSENDEN1MOVCHAN / TSYHULEVAUKR
2LAIFA / JALAFRA2WRIGHT / LAWTONGBR
3VILLAFUERTE / MOOIJNED3COCKBURN / ROSS-McMANUSCAN
4MOSKALENKO / KHNYTCHEVRUS4DOGONADZE / LUDWIGGER
5KAZAK / KAKORKOBLR5PETRENIA / LEBEDEVABLR
6ALEXANDER / MILNESGBR6MONIN / PERRETENFRA
7KUBICKA / STEHLIKGER7KARAVAEVA / TCHERNOVARUS
8BOILLET / MARTINSUI8FERREIRA / COSTAPOR

World Cup Series 2003 - 2004 :

Member Federations wishing to organise a World Cup Competition in 2003 should apply in writing to the FIG Secretary General a.s.a.p. to establish next years schedule. The application should be as per § 2 of the Rules for TRA World Cup Competitions published March 2002.

Olympic Games 2004

The TC President participated in the meetings of ORIS (the IOC Olympic Results and Information Service) at the end of April in Toronto, and at the end of June in Athens. Whilst in Athens he had the opportunity to visit with the OC of the Olympic Games. Along with the Competition Manager for Gymnastics, Mrs. Eleni Polychronidou, he has already agreed on a draft schedule of the event, which will be finalised after consultation with the host broadcaster. The dates for the events will be Friday 20.08.04 and Saturday 21.08.04, starting with the women on the first day and the men on second - both between 16.30h and 18.30h. All planning is well ahead of schedule and all volunteers for Trampoline already in their start positions.

Judges Courses

GREECE / Athens - June 23rd - 26th 2002 Course conductor: Horst. 11 candidates from Greece and Bulgaria took part in this very well organised course for TRA, TUM and DMT. All candidates were well prepared and keen to learn more during the course. There was a high percentage of passes with almost all obtaining their certificate or renewal.

MEXICO / Mexico City - July 16th - 20th 2002 Course leader: Horst. Our newcomers from Mexico organised an excellent course. 17 candidates were eager to catch up to the international standards and at the end the majority got their approval from the conductor.

Synchronised Equipment

The on-going trial period was continued at both of the World Cups in Edmonton and Greensboro with the results of the synchro machine being used. A small error at the beginning of the preliminaries in Edmonton caused the Judges scores to be used, but the results of the machine showed, if they had been used there would have been no difference in the ranking. It seems that both the machine and our judges worked very well. During the Final in Canada and throughout the whole competition in Greensboro, the results from the machine were taken and there were no objections from the judges, competitors or officials. Further development will hopefully lead to a situation, where this apparatus is available to all organisers. Only then we will discuss if we will need Synchronised Judges in the future.

Dr. Ian Grant passed away
A long time member of the FIT Trampoline TC and of the FIT Presidium during the 80s and early 90s Dr. Ian Grant, SCO passed away at the end of July past, due to a heart attack. His funeral on Tuesday 30th July, held in Edinburgh, was attended by many of his friends from both the past and present. He was not just a hard working member of the FIT and the Scottish Trampoline Federation, but a true friend to all who had worked close with him. His death is a great loss for the International Trampoline family because he was well known and liked all over the World for his enormous capability of work, and of course for his dry humour. Our thoughts are with his family and his friends in Scotland and Great Britain. He was a good, honest and the kindness of men, dedicated to our sport. RIP.




Horst KUNZE, President of the Trampoline Technical Committee




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