The duos of Nicole Ahsinger (Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express) and Sarah Webster (Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express) won the silver medal, and Cody Gesuelli (Huntsville, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy) and Isaac Rowley (Allen, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy) picked up bronze at the 2023 Santarem World Cup over the weekend in Portugal.

In women’s competition, Ahsinger and Webster posted a 47.690 to earn synchro silver just ahead of Georgian athletes Anano Apakidze and Mariam Ragimovi (47.610). The pair from China of Yicheng Hu and Xueying Zhu placed first with a 48.630. On the men’s side, Gesuelli and Rowley secured bronze (51.030) behind Japan’s Shinya Nagata and Yasufumi Mita in first (51.510) and Ukraine’s Anton Davydenko and Mykola Prostorov in second (51.100).

The U.S. was also represented in individual trampoline finals during the competition. Jessica Stevens (Ellicott City, Md./Fairland Gymnastics) landed just off the women’s podium in fourth with a 54.520, while Rowley was sixth with a 56.510 in men’s competition.

Also active in Santarem were Aliaksei Shostak (Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express) and Trinity Van Natta (Huntsville, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy) in both individual and synchronized trampoline. Ruben Padilla (Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling) withdrew from the competition but is expected to compete at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup later this week.

Trampoline and tumbling competition in Portugal continues with the 2023 Scalabis Cup beginning Tuesday, July 4.