Top guns sweep gold at Canada Cup trampoline meet
August 02, 2011
AIRDRIE, Alta. -- Gold medal favourites Karen Cockburn, Jason Burnett and Corissa Boychuk didn’t disappoint on the final night of the Canada Cup trampoline meet on Saturday, sweeping gold in the men’s and women’s individual events and women’s double-mini.
Burnett, who has been working back into top form after missing most of last season with a broken ankle, reached top spot on the podium for the first time in over a year with a strong performance in the men's final.
“Winning wasn’t my top priority because my real goal was to do what I needed to do to qualify for the world championships,” said Burnett, who scored a whopping 17.8 in degree of difficulty -- one of the
highest in the world -- in the men's final.
Tengiz Koshkadze of Georgia was far back in second followed by Charles Thibault of Quebec City in third.
“Everything is looking good for worlds, my confidence level is high and I just need to keep on working hard to get ready.”
In the women’s individual, Karen Cockburn, gearing up for both the worlds and a run at a fourth straight Olympic medal next summer, added to her recent success on the World Cup circuit with another gold-medal performance.
Rosannagh MacLennan placed second and Luba Golovina of Georgia was third.
Cockburn also teamed with MacLennan on Friday for top spot in the synchro event.
Burnett, Cockburn and MacLennan, all of Toronto, formed Canada's three-member team at the 2008 Olympics.
In the women’s double mini trampoline, local favourite Boychuk, who went into the final in a tight battle for top spot with Gillian Bruce of Calgary, fed off the energy in the hometown crowd to clinch the victory.
Mariah Madigan of Toronto was runnerup and Bruce placed third.
“It was amazing to compete at home with all my friends and family in the crowd,” said Boychuk, the Canadian and world champion in the event.
“I’m happy with my performance but still there’s a lot of work to do to get ready for worlds. This time I’m going there as the defending champion and that’s a different kind of pressure than last year.”
Boychuk said she is planning to meet the challenge by adding more difficulty to her routines before heading to Birmingham, England for this year's world championships in November.
“I want to step it up. I’ve got about three months to get ready and I’m really forward to going for another gold medal.”
In other senior events, Austin White of the United States won gold in men's double mini, Alex Seifert of Calgary topped the field in men's tumbling and Kaylah Whaley of the United States edged Katelyn Verschoor of Burlington, Ont., in women's tumbling.
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