August 4, 2012 - Trampoline Gold

CaliforniaMama · 08-04-2012, 10:46 AM

Believe it or not, the trampoline is an Olympic sport.

Believe it or not, Dong Dong of China won the Gold!

via Yahoo Sports

Lamplighter · 08-04-2012, 12:32 PM

... and still just as dangerous.

A young Russian woman, Inrina Karavaeva (?), was injured in a fall in her Prelim's,
but her coach, Vitaly Dubko, pushed her to go ahead in the next stage today.
She did, and was in major pain by the time she finished her routine.

Canada won big.

Adak · 08-05-2012, 05:04 AM

Team GB (Brits), won a boatload of medals yesterday. In Cycling they're cleaning up big time) - mens and womens: team sprints, team pursuit, individual time trial, womens road race, all gold (iirc). More cycling events still being contested in the Velodrome, and they're favorites to take medals in those, as well. British cycling used to be the 98 lb. weakling, but they have really developed a great program for cycling, now.

That trampoline sport is deceptively hazardous. One small over/under rotation on a jump, and the next jump will land completely off the trampoline.

Aliantha · 08-05-2012, 06:06 PM

Tramp has been an olympic sport for about 20 years now. Maybe not quite that long, but I think for at least the last 4 olympics.

08-04-2012, 10:46 AM	#1
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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Tramp has been an olympic sport for about 20 years now. Maybe not quite that long, but I think for at least the last 4 olympics. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	... and still just as dangerous. A young Russian woman, Inrina Karavaeva (?), was injured in a fall in her Prelim's, but her coach, Vitaly Dubko, pushed her to go ahead in the next stage today. She did, and was in major pain by the time she finished her routine. Canada won big.

08-05-2012, 05:04 AM	#3
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	Team GB (Brits), won a boatload of medals yesterday. In Cycling they're cleaning up big time) - mens and womens: team sprints, team pursuit, individual time trial, womens road race, all gold (iirc). More cycling events still being contested in the Velodrome, and they're favorites to take medals in those, as well. British cycling used to be the 98 lb. weakling, but they have really developed a great program for cycling, now. That trampoline sport is deceptively hazardous. One small over/under rotation on a jump, and the next jump will land completely off the trampoline.

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