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EDITORIAL
Martin Laws Dear
Reader, Welcome
to the second edition of TRAMPOLINE
NEWS for 2007. My thanks to JOHN BEETON who continues to keep us
all informed, as well as all those that continue to contribute to this
important news letter. Please
circulate as widely as possible. I
know by now word will have reached some of you concerning Natalie O’Connor’s accident and I
know we all hope she makes a speedy recovery. We will keep you informed of
her progress once all becomes clear. However this is undoubtedly a long
recovery scenario. Our thoughts must also go to her coaches and team mates as
they continue to compete in these difficult times. I
found myself recently browsing the pages of the 1972 Rebound International
magazine which I found on the great website www.acrobaticsports.com. Whilst
enjoying reading the varied articles including “Paul Luxon, Grand master of the impossible” and the words of one
Jack Kelly, about double minitramp
and his great performer John Beer….
One thought just kept cropping up in my head….. Nothing has changed! To
my great amusement (the others in my office who had thought I had gone mad) I
read the very controversial comments about the FIT and the decision to hold a
World Championships every 2 years, indignantly stating “who or what could justify such a decision”. Recently of course many were up in arms
at the current FIG’s decision to hold
a world championships every year… this was said by some to be killing our
sport…. I
know by now word will have reached some of you concerning Natalie O’Connor’s accident and I
know we all hope she makes a speedy recovery. We will keep you informed of
her progress once all becomes clear. However this is undoubtedly a There was discussion about
possibly barring performers and beaurocrasy in the sport including “what did the federations get for their
300dms paid to the FIT?”. A
standard cry I hear throughout the world right down to club level… Or the
article “Is the FIT Gymnastics
dominated”……. challenged by it. |
Unfortunately
in the world of the Trampoline Technical Committee change is inevitable and a
part of daily life. Some are welcome
and some less so, but I am convinced
we must continue to change to evolve. That’s our lot in life. All
of this tells me the world just revolves and what goes around, comes around!
It also tells me we don’t like change and will attach all sorts of serious
fears to change if we feel challenged by it. It’s just par for the course. During
this newsletter / future newsletter we will report a number of proposed and
actual changes and our intent is to keep everyone informed. Please also make
sure that we in turn get informed of your local issues and those changes
& issues at regional and home nation level, as this is a growing problem
in our expanding sport. I
can report that BG & UKSport are changing the World Class scene again in
a hope to keep improving our results. We welcome a new face to Trampolining, Graeme Maw who joins us from Triathlon and has a wealth of
experience in performance sport. Graeme is currently getting to grips with
the existing structure and I am sure we will hear more from him in the
future. Natalie O’Conner Sue Lawton Senior International trampolinist Natalie O'Connor was seriously injured in an
accident whilst training some three weeks ago. Natalie suffered a neck injury
and has since undergone stabilising surgery. She is currently in hospital having specialist
rehabilitation treatment, and is suffering from an impairment to movement in
her right leg caused through trauma to her spinal cord, which hopefully will
not be permanent. Editor’s Note: as can be imagined, all in British Gymnastics are
praying for a speedy recovery for Natalie. If you wish to send a message to
Natalie, please do so through: Sue Lawton her club coach at: haystak@btopenworld.com
Many thanks. Ed. |
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National Technical Committee Development Update Joanna Shackleton Great progress has been achieved
with clubs gaining GymMark over the last year. The figure is now 64 clubs having achieved
and a further 67 working towards or have their application pending. This makes up 23.9% of the current British
Gymnastics membership, which is very encouraging. GymMark is the British Gymnastics stamp of quality assurance for
gymnastics clubs and it is hoped that all clubs will value the accreditation
and gain it themselves. If any club would like support in working towards
GymMark, support can be given by the Regional Gymnastics Development
Officer. In my role on the Technical
Committee I am also happy to offer support if required to any club who
contacts me. In September 2007 it is hoped a new National Competition Framework for
Young People for trampoline gymnastics will be launched. The National
Competition Framework provides structures for competitions happening within a
school or between schools and will sit beneath and separate from the current
schools competition structure. The
National Competition Framework is being delivered through the school sport
partnerships in In the first phase of this programme twenty
Competition Managers were employed within School Sport Partnerships to manage
and facilitate the systemic change with school competition structures,
aligning them to the nationally produced templates. In the second phase, fourteen areas across
The
FIG President in his January Newsletter has mentioned that one of the tasks
for the FIG Executive Committee
over the coming months is, “the
promotion of trampolining with financial assistance to federations prepared
to substantially invest in the discipline”. Watch this space!
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FIG
WORLD CUP EVENTS 2007 The
2007-20808 world cup series continues in late April with the Team Members:
Gymnasts: - Claire Wright, Jamie Moore (Ind/Sync),
James Higgins, Officials:-
HOD Martin Laws Coaches Jack Kelly, Tracy
Whittaker-Smith Judge Mike
Philipson, Physio TBC. The
NTTC wishes the team every success in this the third event in the current
world cup series. Ed. Wayne Smith former employee of British Gymnastics for a short period in 2006 has
been co-opted to the NTTC to head the competition committee, replacing Craig
Bellis, who resigned in November 2006. All members will want to wish New
Synchronised Equipment will be
tested on the occasion of the World Cup series being held in The
equipment made by the Chinese will be used during the preliminary rounds of
both the men and women’s synchronised events, along with the normal three
judges for synchronization. If the equipment is satisfactory, it may be used
in the final routine without the three judges for synchronization, as per the
present situation with other synchronised equipment in use at FIG sanctioned
events. The final decision on whether or not to use the
equipment in the finals will rest with the FIG TC Representative at this
event. The
long awaited international match between This
international match should prove a very exciting event with all three
disciplines of the youth match being contested at the same time in the
morning, followed by the senior match in the afternoon again, at the same
time. Further
details to follow. |
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FIG World Cup The second World Cup of the present series, which
is being held in The 27 countries include There will be
63 official entries in the men’s individual Trampoline competition, and 51 in
the women’s. Tumbling will have 23 entries in the men’s event and 17 in
women’s. The
Competition will take place at the Centre
de Foires in 2007-A CRUCIAL YEAR FOR BRITISH TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS Jack Kelly At
the time of writing the World Class Programme gymnasts have attended six
centralised sessions designed to monitor the progress they are making towards
their technical and conditioning goals. The sessions were designed in
September to assist personal coaches gradually bring their performers to an
initial peak for the start of the domestic season. Each session had a
specified theme and the gymnasts were expected to be ready to work to that
pattern and use it as a framework within which their own gymnast-specific
programmes could continue undisturbed. The
squad members who remained free of injury have shown significant improvement
in both technical and conditioning testing, but of course the acid test will
be competition results. Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the goal
setting was the effect it had on the six gymnasts who were left out of the
initial programme selection because of perceived inadequacies. These performers
have worked hard to reach the targets set and four out of the six have
actually been accepted onto the latter part of the programme. The other two,
having been affected by injury or illness, will be striving to achieve
membership of the World Class programme due to start in September.
Nonetheless both gymnasts managed to demonstrate impressive progress. Access
to the 2007/2008 programme (The UK Sport Performance Review permitting) will
be initially through the attainment of two “consideration” scores leading to
a subjective appraisal of each gymnast’s capability to perform at world class |
level.
A personal interview will follow leading to an offer of programme membership
for the successful candidates. Full details of the “consideration” scores and
the subjective criteria are available on the British Gymnastics website. There
is no doubt that the main focus of attention during 2007 will be the World
Championships to be held in There
is no doubt that within trampoline circles the World Championships is the
major event, but in terms of public perception and personal kudos,
participation in the Olympic Games is much more highly regarded. However
there is another reason for the Olympics taking centre stage and that is the
emphasis placed on it by UK Sport who is largely responsible for funding the World
Class Programme. The aim at the World Championships will be to make sure GB
establishes at least one man and one woman within the 15 top countries in the
world at the event. Should any of our gymnasts reach the World’s final that
would guarantee an Olympic place for the nation and in the event of us
getting two finalists, either for men or women, two Olympic places will be
assured? Realistically we have a strong chance of gaining one male and one
female Olympic place with an outside chance of securing two places for our
women. It must be emphasised that the gymnast gaining the Olympic place for
GB is doing exactly that, and not in effect gaining their own personal place.
The individuals to represent us in Whilst
the selection process for the GB Olympians has still to be confirmed, the
World Championship trials have already been announced. The first trial will
be the British Nationals on 14th/15th July followed by
two specific trials on 8th and 15th September. Full
details of the selection criteria can be downloaded from the British
Gymnastics website. The Worlds trials promise to provide exciting
trampolining with some of our younger men and women bidding to break into the
senior team. All well informed observers of the British scene can probably
write down a few names on the team sheet already, but there is serious
competition for at least half the places and even the “favourites” will have
to be at their best to guarantee selection. FIG WORLD RECORDS Up
to-date World Records for both Tumbling
and Double Mini-Trampoline can
be found on Page 9 of this
Newsletter. Trampoline World
Records were published in the June
2006 edition of Trampoline News.
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World Class Programme Steve Green
If you wish to clarify whether various international
events will be classified, in the first instance send you request to the
Programme Manager who will ensure this is agreed with the Technical Managers.
Essentially gymnasts will be required to post minimum scores twice in
accordance with their age level in
the two competition groups outlined within the selection process. FIG World Cup With
the Definitive entry deadline
having been passed there is a very disappointing entry for the Tumbling
events for this world cup, with only 32 entries overall with 16 entries in
each of the women’s and men’s events. In
Trampoline, there are 39 women and 50 men entered from 18 participating
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Gymnastics Trampoline Test event Schedule National Indoor Stadium Friday 30th
November 2007 Session GT01 Start:
1100 hrs End: 1214 hrs 1100-1138 hrs: Women’s
Qualification – Routine 1 1138-1214 hrs: Women’s
Qualification – Routine 2 Session GT02 Start: 1214 hrs End: 1328 hrs 1214-1252 hrs: Men’s
Qualification – Routine 1 1252-1328
hrs: Men’s Qualification – Routine 2 Monday 2nd
December 2007 Session GT03 Start: 2015 hrs End: 2057 hrs 2015-2042 hrs: Women’s
Final 2047-2057
hrs: Women’s Medal Ceremony Tuesday 3rd
December 2007 Session GT04 Start: 2015 hrs End: 2057 hrs 2015-2042 hrs: Men’s Final 2047-2057 hrs: Men’s Medal
Ceremony
The upcoming Trampolining
Grade 2 competition in The
next edition of TRAMPOLINE NEWS is
due for publication on Friday 1st June 2007. Does
your Club have any news that they
would like to share with our readers? Trampoline News is not a results
service, but anything interesting that your members are doing – fetes,
sponsored events etc – let me know. Ed. |
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Moore and Milne prevail in
Eastleigh Jamie Moore and Simon
Milnes were the winners of the first Grade I competition of 2007 with
fine displays in each of their events, with James Higgins making a strong challenge in the men’s event to
finish second overall. Katherine
Driscoll also appeared to be on her way back after a long illness with a
fine display in the ladies event. Results of the senior events were: Ladies 01. Jamie Moore (NTGA) 36.0/12.5 points 02. Katherine Driscoll (Apollo) 34.4/12.9 points 03. Daniella Pietruszka (OLGA) 32.1/104 points Men 01. Simon Milnes (Kirklees Rebound) 38.6/16.0 points 02. James Higgins (NGTA) 38.0/14.5 points 03. Gary Smith (Jumpers Rebound) 36.7/15.2 points World Cup The
Nominative entry for the above
event lists 58 entries for the
men’s individual Trampoline competition, with 38 entries in the women’s. In synchronised there are 26 pairs in
the men’s and 13 pairs entered in the women’s events. Tumbling
sees a relatively small entry in both the men and women’s competition with 18
and 16 entries respectively. It
is also interesting to note that where there are 22 Trampoline Judges
registered, there are only 8 judges registered for Tumbling! Ed. Cirque du Soleil is seeking new talent for its thirteen current
productions and upcoming creations. Cirque
du Soleil will be holding acrobatics
and circus arts auditions all around the world. With
the number of shows growing, you can easily imagine how many new artists are
required to fill new roles, serve as permanent or temporary replacements,
play back-up positions, etc. The Cirque
du Soleil Casting
team is specifically seeking artists in the following disciplines: Artistic, rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastics,
circus arts, trampoline, tumbling, diving, synchronized swimming, martial
arts, stunts, extreme sports (BMX, rollerblading, etc.), urban acrobatic
disciplines (b-boy/hip-hop, urban movement, acrobat-dancers, etc.). |
Since
1984, Cirque du Soleil has carved out a special niche for itself in
the world of performing arts. Through a mix of street performance, circus
arts, dance, theatre, music and singing, Cirque du Soleil has given life to
a magical new universe. Do
you know any talented individuals interested in joining Cirque du Soleil? Contact
us at any time for additional information; we'll be happy to answer your
questions. If you wish to receive any additional information
regarding Cirque du Soleil auditions, please send an e-mail to casting@cirquedusoleil.com. The British
Universities Sports Association (BUSA) held its
National Finals on 11th March on the campus of the Simon
Milnes ( Philip
Dodson ( In the women's competition, Lisa Blackburn
( FIG
NEWS Summary
of decisions at the ordinary meeting of the FIG Executive Committee, held March 2 - 3, 2007, in the City of The Executive examined proposals and
modifications to the Technical
Regulations. Note: the final decision is in the hands of the FIG Council,
scheduled to meet and give its decision in Orlando USA in May. Modifications requested dealt mainly with:
·
A
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Nations Annual Match GBR
CZE DEN POR Saturday 9th June 2007 Rossmore
Leisure Centre, Poole,
Competition
begins at 1400 hrs Contact Sharon Wood for
further details This is the one event that you do NOT want to miss
in 2007. Ed. FAQ, EXPLANATIONS & SITUATIONS TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS Preface The FIG TR TC has for some time been contemplating
producing a Question & Answer
section on the FIG website that would allow members to have immediate answers
to the most frequently asked questions that the TC members receive on a
regular basis. The purpose of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Explanations & Situations origination is the flexible collection
and presentation of common experience, improvement of unification of
understanding, interpretation and application of the FIG rules (FIG Technical Regulations, FIG
Trampoline Gymnastics Code of Points, etc.) and solving of various
situations at the Trampoline Gymnastics competitions during the current
cycle. The FAQ, Explanations & Situations knowledge should be applied with regard to
particular circumstances and with respect to the right / duty of Chair of
Judges Panel to make the final decision in all cases of dispute on the rules
interpretation (see FIG Trampoline Gymnastics’ Guide to Judging - 1. Rule
interpretation). If
different interpretation of the FIG rules has been applied in the past, the
application of FAQ, Explanations & Situations
knowledge and unification of interpretation of the FIG rules should be
applied at current and future Trampoline Gymnastics competitions. In any
case, the National Federations are free to alter the parts of rules for
domestic competitions under their authority
(see FIG Trampoline Gymnastics
Code of Points - |
Preface). The Frequently Asked Questions, Explanations & Situations will be continuously updated during the
current Olympic cycle. The following FIG documents (and / or their updated
versions) should be read in conjunction with Frequently Asked Questions,
Explanations & Situations: ·
FIG
Technical Regulations 2007, Section 1 - General Regulations ·
FIG
Technical Regulations 2007, Section 4 - Special Regulations Trampoline
Gymnastics ·
FIG
Code of Points Trampoline Gymnastics 2005-2008 ·
FIG
Guide to Judging to the current Code of Points Trampoline Gymnastics ·
FIG
Rules for Advertising & Publicity It is expected that the first edition of
the FAQ, Explanations & Situations should appear on the FIG website early
in the Summer. Ed. 17th Aalsmeer Flower Cup Results British Gymnastics had a large presence in this
latest edition of the Flower Cup, with an official British names appeared in all finals and on all
podiums with the exception of one event. Jamie Moore, James Higgins,
Cara Jamieson, Lauren Allen, Emma Smith, Jason Ryall and
Kayleigh McCarthy all took medals in their respective events; and in some
instances against extremely high class opposition. There were a total of 376 entries overall. Men Class 1 – 64 entries 02 James Higgins 06 Tom Lewis GBR 36.1/14.5 points 07 Mathew Wright GBR 36.0/13.4 points 09 Luke Rendell GBR 34.1/12.7 points Women Class 1 – 37 entries 01 Jamie Moore 02 Lauren Allen High Flyers 34.5/12.3 points 07 Danielle Pietruszka OLGA 32.8/11.8 points 10 Yasmin Gumbs |
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Boys
Class 1 – 66 entries 10 Joe McAdam OLGA Girls
Class 1 – 90 entries 01 Cara Jamieson GBR 33.7/11.5 points 02 Emma Smith 05 Katy Ianson GBR 33.1/11.0 points 06 Bryony Page GBR 33.1/11.0 points Men
Class II (all ages) – 48 entries 02 Jason Ryalal OLGA 31.7/7.8 points 06 Sina Abolghassam OLGA 30.1/7.8 points 08 Zachary Sheridan OLGA 30.0/7.4 points Women
Class II (all ages) – 71 entries 01 Kayleigh McCarthy Ministry of Air 30.7/7.8 points 04 Cloe Liddle Apollo 30.7/8.0 06 Sabrina Dunn Queensmead 29.9/8.0 09 Laura Wright Whilst
all gymnasts and their coaches are to be congratulated on their fine efforts,
I believe that a special word of congratulations should go to James Higgins Northampton, for his result in the men’s event
against a number of world class gymnasts; and especially when his second
place was only 1.6 points behind the current Olympic Bronze medalist (Henrik Stehlik GER) and with the
Sydney Silver Medalist (Ji Wallace
AUS) in third place. With
James now beginning to show the potential that many knew he had prior to his
retirement from the sport some years ago, I believe that there is going to be
a number of very surprised gymnasts on the world cup circuit in 2007.
Likewise, Jamie Moore is showing great form and there will not be many that
will surpass her this year. It is obvious that both of these Young
Cara Jamieson continues to
progress well, with the rest of her current GBR team mates close on her
heels. Well
done GB. Ed. Flowers Cup, John Beer The
Team assembled at the Holiday Inn, The
flight to |
before 11.00. The
accommodation was good with a mix of twin and single rooms. After
lunch (in an indoor beach volleyball centre!!) training began at the venue
(15 minutes drive from the hotel) at 17.00 until 22.00 (we finished by
19.30). The competition hall (used for
training) was set out with 8 Eurotramp 6 x 4s on 4 panels. Training went well and all went through
their sets and vols. Only one ‘hiccup’
the organisers had no record of payment, but as I had an ‘honest face’ and
‘swore blind’ it must have been paid (which it was) they let us in. Dinner
was taken (accompanied by the Portuguese team) in a restaurant near the hotel
and all were in bed by 22.30. The
competition started at 07.30 but due to the draw all our competitors were in
‘flights’ after lunch (1st on at 14.10) so the team had a late
breakfast 09.30 and rested until the general warm-up at 12.30. Performers’
performances: Tom Lewis: Tom has
obviously been working in a more focused manner and performed very well in
the men’s event. More emphasis on the
‘set’ routine is needed to ensure a better two round score. Matthew Wright: Matt has
improved greatly in the last 6 months both in execution and consistency. Matt’s final vol was performed very well
and we look forward to more of the same Luke Rendell: Luke had the
highest form score (27.5) for the ‘set’ but did travel too much in the 2nd
half of the vol. All three above made the men’s final,
for all three this was their first men’s international. Michael Freeman: Mike
performed a good ‘set’ (27.4) but lost height and travelled too much in the
vol. Philip Dodson: Philip was
below ‘par’ due to a lack of training caused by an injury to his heel (a deep
cut under the heel requiring stitches), this was still sore. Andrew Freeman: Andrew did
not perform as well as expected and unusually for him was forced to stop in
the vol. Again this was the first men’s
international for Andrew and Michael. Cara Jaimeson: Cara Had the
highest form score (26.0), along with Bryony Page, for the set routine. Her 1st vol lost height in the
second half of the routine and travelled. Her second routine was much better
achieving the second highest vol form score in the competition. Katy Ianson: Katy looked
very secure in all her routines and has worked very hard to ensure all her
moves stay ‘square’. Her final vol was
an improvement on the 1st vol and looks good for the future. Bryony Page: This was
Bryony’s first international competition with the British team. As before Bryony had the top form
score. She also posted the highest vol
form and total score (34.4 & 60.4) in the first round taking her into the
final in first place. Unfortunately in the final a mistake forced her to
‘down tariff’ and lose form. This,
other than Philip, was a junior team and all the performances were good and
all looks good for the future seniors.
A number of the foreign coaches commented on how good they thought our
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British
club entries along with British Gymnastics, some were part of the World Class
Programme). The
Competition finished at 21.30 and was followed by a very friendly party; all
were back in bed by 02.00 (about 4 hours after I would have liked to have
been in bed!!). The
travel arrangements for the return were very good as the flight home was not
until 12.45 so a late breakfast was taken, the cars returned and the flight
only delayed by 30 minutes. My
thanks to all the competitors, Physiotherapist - Belinda Smith, Judge – Bruce Craig and Coach Sharon
Wood for making it both a successful and enjoyable competition. Sportbusiness, March 10: The IOC will announce the winner in 2009. Sportbusiness, March 11: The race for the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games has been reduced
to a field of two runners after the Canadian city of The Scottish city of Double Mini-Trampoline Nick Earle 1st
Trial for IAGC and World Championships The 1st of three trials to select the
teams representing |
Congratulations go to the following
athletes that have met the criteria for the IAGC. U13 Boys - Oliver
Rowlands, U13 Girls – Sophia
Beavan, U15 Boys - Luke Strong,
Kristoff Willerton and Mitchell Benham, U17 Boys – Alex Foster, U17 Girls Hanna Moses, Sarah Littler and Laura
Clark and U19 Girls - Kate Bramall
and Jennifer Bloodworth. We did see some excellent passes from U13
Girls - Georgia Downing and Naomi Warner, U17 Boys - Thomas Foreman, U17 Girls – Adeva Bryan, Emily Steen, Georgina
Varley and Melissa Bailey and
U19 Girls – Louise Pennell. All of
these athletes met the selection criteria in one round (prelim or final) but
not in both. Mark Pennell was also
looking good in warm-up, but unfortunately he injured his knee on his first
pass, The Ladies competition was disappointing
with the majority of the front runners failing to make the final. Asha Bayliss scored 65.2, meeting the
criteria (64.1) in the prelims, but didn’t complete her finals passes. Asha Philip scored 69.0 in the
prelims and amazed the audience with her passes, but couldn’t keep the last
pass on her feet resulting in a crash. Kate
Bramall was the only lady to hold her nerve and walked away with the Gold
medal. The Mens competition got off to bad start
with Dominic Swaffer breaking a
metatarsal in his foot on his first pass. Jason Plowman and Toby
Eager scored 69.0 in the prelim round, but neither could better this in
the final. Mike Scott-Beaulieu
took the gold medal with an amazing score of 70.9, but he’d made some
mistakes in the prelims so he didn’t meet the criteria (69.4). However,
congratulations go to Matthew Swaffer
who was the only man to meet the selection criteria scoring 69.7 and 69.6. PS. Dominic Swaffer is
recovering well and I would hope to see him at the 2nd or 3rd
trial. Mark PeNnell has had an
operation on his knee and will be out of action until the summer, but is still
hoping to go to The 2nd
trial is on Sunday 22nd April at the Welsh Institute of Sport in GBR v CAN The EIS
Sheffield has been confirmed as the venue for this three disciplined
match at both senior and youth levels, on Saturday 25th August 2007, starting at 1100 hrs with the Youth Match,
followed at 1600 hrs with the
Senior event. Additionally, the annual GBR v GER Youth Match will be
incorporated into the event, making this one of the largest international
competitions held in Further information will be available in the June
edition of Trampoline News. Ed. |
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Tumbling – Men’s Individual
Tumbling – Women’s Individual
Double Mini-Trampoline - Women’s
Individual
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