ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 19, 2009 – Aaron Cook of Detroit, Mich., and Annalise Tortorich of Centreville, Va., won gold in both boys’ and girls’ 15-16 tumbling at the 2009 World Age Group Trampoline and Tumbling Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. Competition continues through Nov. 21.
Cook won the tumbling boys’ gold medal with a 35.000. Tortorich topped a close girls’ field with a 31.700.
In synchronized trampoline, Kazakhstan’s,Pirmammad Aliyev and Alexandr Shinkarev won the boys’ 11-12 gold medal (43.500). For the girls, Victoria Karashchan and Maria Zakharchuk of Russia won with a score of 42.600. The USA’s Nicole Ahsinger of San Diego, Calif., and Amanda Spitzer of Vista, Calif., just missed the podium at 40.600 and finished fourth.
The 13-14 boys’ trampoline gold medal went to Spain’s Angel Hernandez Recalde with a score of 37.600. Anna Tarnovska of Ukraine won the girls’ title with a 35.900.
On 17-18 double mini-trampoline, Russia won both gold medals with Mikhail Zalomin (71.600) and Svetlana Karavaeva (67.600). The USA’s Cody Farabee of Queen Creek, Ariz., finished just off the medal stand in fourth place (69.400).
Other U.S. gymnasts that competed in finals today are: Shaylee Dunavin of Amarillo, Texas; Karly Judkins of Owasso, Okla.; and Alicia Grant of Baltimore, Md..
Events qualification and finals will take place each day on every apparatus for boys and girls of the same age group. For a complete list of qualifications and results, click here.
The 2009 World Age Group Trampoline and Tumbling Championship competition schedule is as follows (times are local to St. Petersburg, eight hours ahead of Eastern Time):
| Friday, Nov. 20 | Qualifications 10 a.m. – 2:40 p.m. Finals 3– 4:40 p.m. |
Events: Boy’s & Girl’s Trampoline 15-16 Boy’s & Girl’s Tumbling 17-18 Boy’s & Girl’s Double Mini-Trampoline 11-12 Boy’s & Girl’s Synchronized Trampoline 13-14 |
| Saturday, Nov. 21 | Qualifications 10 a.m. – 2:05 p.m. Finals 2:30– 4:10 p.m. |
Events: Boy’s & Girl’s Trampoline 17-18 Boy’s & Girl’s Tumbling 11-12 Boy’s & Girl’s Double Mini-Trampoline 13-14 Boy’s & Girl’s Synchronized Trampoline 15-16 |
2009 World Age Group Trampoline and Tumbling Competition
November 19, 2009
St. Petersburg, Russia
Final Results
Synchronized trampoline, 11-12
Boys
1. Pirmammad Aliyev and Alexandr Shinkarev, Kazakhstan, 43.500
2. Vitaly Marchenko and Oleg Selyutin, Russia, 42.100
3. Ryo Ando and Ryosuke Sakai, Japan, 41.400
4. Connor Fitzgerald and Dylan Schmidt, New Zealand, 39.600
5. Ravil Ibragimov and Danil Mussabayev, Kazakhstan, 38.800
6. Curtis Booth and Domonic Clarke, Australia, 38.500
7. Baptiste Bernadou and Bruno Tarbes, France, 36.500
8. Gabriel and Yanislav Georgiev, Bulgaria, 24.900
Girls
1. Victoria Karashchan and Maria Zakharchuk, Russia, 42.600
2. Daina Rose and Louise Whitters, Great Britain, 41.100
3. Jordan Arnold and Sapphire Dallard, Great Britain, 40.900
4. Nicole Ahsinger and Amanda Spitzer, USA, 40.600
5. Teona Janjgava and Ana Odishvili, Georgia, 40.100
6. Madison Coster and Rosemarie Gordon, New Zealand, 39.900
7. Phyllis Lensker and Mona Weiler, Germany, 36.600
8. Yuri Murayama and Rana Nakano, Japan, 16.900
Trampoline, 13-14
Boys
1. Angel Hernandez Recalde, Spain, 37.600
2. Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarus, 36.800
3. Kenshi Shirasaka, Japan, 36.700
4. Andrey Yudin, Russia, 36.400
5. Toshiharu Kiguchi, Japan, 36.200
6. Yauheni Hankovich, Belarus, 3600
7. Jason Ryall, Great Britain, 34.500
8. Vincent Estades, France, 34.200
Girls
1. Anna Tarnovska, Ukraine, 35.900
2. Pamela Clark, Great Britain, 35.200
3. Lila Kasapoglou, Greece, 34.800
4. Nana Gogashvili, Georgia, 34.300
5. Megu Uyama, Japan, 34.100
6. Anastasiya Mirzina, Ukraine, 33.700
7. Shaylee Dunavin, USA, 33.500
8. Yana Pavlova, Russia, 17.00
Tumbling, 15-16
Boys
1. Aaron Cook, USA, 35.000
2. Mikhail Manin, Russia, 33.500
3. Tiaan Visagie, Republic of South Africa, 33.400
4. Paulo Cruz, Portugal, 33.200
5. Alexander Kigo, Russia, 33.000
6. Alexander Balezin, Russia, 29.100
7. Yaroslav Myrhorodskyy, Ukraine, 27.700
8. Leonid Pantelo, Ukraine, 27.400
Girls
1. Annalise Tortorich, USA, 31.700
2. Yulia Nikonova, Russia, 31.300
3. Joanna Czapla, Poland, 31.000
4. Sharnah Evans, Great Britain, 31.000
5. Victoria Danilenko, Russia, 30.600
6. Karly Judkins, USA, 30.100
7. Anastasia Tsygankova, Russia, 26.900
8. Denise Pieters, Portugal, 26.500
Double mini-trampoline, 17-18
Boys
1. Mikhail Zalomin, Russia, 71.600
2. Marco Conceicao, Portugal, 70.900
3. Ivan Sukhov, Russia, 70.600
4. Cody Farabee, USA, 69.400
5. Keegan Soehn, Canada, 69.000
6. Nicolau Marques, Portugal, 68.000
7. Valery Anisimov, Russia, 65.500
8. Oleg Sudakov, Russia, 34.500
Girls
1. Svetlana Karavaeva, Russia, 67.600
2. Veronika Korsunova, Russia, 66.500
3. Chloe Haldon, Great Britain, 65.600
4. Ana Robalo, Portugal, 64.800
5. Alicia Grant, USA, 62.800
6. Charlotte O’Dell, Great Britain, 61.100
7. Laura Garcia Martinez, Spain, 59.500
8. Katrina Yeoman, Australia, 54.000