Historic moments abound on closing day of #TRA2024

On the final afternoon of the 29^th European Championships in Trampoline, Double Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling, all senior individual finals were held at the Multiusos de Guimaraes.

Reigning World Champion Melania Rodriguez lived up to her reputation as Queen of DMT as the Spanish star twisted and somersaulted her way to the European crown, her first as a senior. The Portuguese team battled it out between themselves for the other medals with Diana Gago overtaking her teammate Alexandra Garcia for the silver, 25.800 – 24.600.

In men’s tumbling, Denmark’s Magnus Lindholmer follows in the footsteps of his compatriot Rasmus Steffensen, the 2022 title holder. His spectacular pass in the super final got rewarded with a score of  28.700, and the gold medal. Superstars Tofiq Aliyev (AZE) and Kristof Willerton (GBR) both dreamed of a better ending to their pass but their efforts did get them onto the podium, silver and bronze respectively, while World Champion Mikhail Malkin took himself out of contention unfortunately early on in his pass.

More historic moments were to come on the tumbling track in the women’s final. Leading after qualifications, and after the preliminary final, Greece’s Alexandra Efraimoglou managed to contain her nerves extremely well. The delight of both athlete and coach after an excellent pass are the moments that make championships like these so memorable. Her score of 26.200 tied her with Portugal’s Mariana Cascalheira, the tie being broken based on the results of the previous round: a historic European title for Efraimoglou and Greece, another medal into the large collection of Portugal, silver for Cascalheira, a first for their women’s tumbling programme. The bronze medal returned home to France with Maelle Dumitru-Marin.

In a thrilling DMT super final, Portugal’s Tiago Sampaio Romao aced his pass, much to the satisfaction of the Guimaraes audience. And the crowd got on their feet seeing the score: 29.900 and the European title! Fun fact: Tiago won the junior DMT title, 10 years ago … in the exact same venue. His legacy is definitely assured. An excellent pass from Andres Martinez (ESP) moved him onto the podium, in the silver medal position. Joining them in third place, Brent Deklerck put Belgium on the DMT map.

The last two finals had the crowd on the edge of their seats. The spectacular skills performed on Trampoline always have that effect, and having 2 Portuguese in the men’s final definitely helps.

Defending Champion Bryony Page (GBR) did what she knows best: flying high. With the highest difficulty and excellent marks all across the board, Page safely secured her European title, ahead of France’s Lea Labrousse who tied Spain’s Noemi Romero Rosario for the highest execution. Labrousse adds the silver to her already impressive collection while Romero gets a huge confidence boost ahead of the Olympics, with the bronze medal performance achieved here today.

And then … the support of the home crowd gave Pedro Ferreira and Diogo Abreu wings. Quite literally. The Synchro partners both gave the best of themselves. Ferreira recorded the highest time of flight while Abreu executed the cleanest routine. As the scores flashed, the Portuguese delegation jumped for joy: gold for Ferreira and bronze for Abreu. What a way to conclude these home Championships for Portugal! Sandwiched by the two Portuguese, France’s Pierre Gouzou earned his merit with 58.910. A well-deserved silver medal!

 

Congratulations to the medallists!

 

Double Mini-Trampoline

Women

GOLD Melania Rodriguez (ESP) 26.400

SILVER Diana Gago (POR) 25.800

BRONZE Alexandra Garcia (POR) 24.600

 

Men

GOLD Tiago Sampaio Romao (POR) 29.900

SILVER Andres Martinez (ESP) 29.100

BRONZE Brent Deklerck (BEL) 26.900

 

Tumbling

Women

GOLD Alexandra Efraimoglou (GRE) 26.200

SILVER Mariana Cascalheira (POR) 26.200

BRONZE Maelle Dumitru-Marin (FRA) 24.700

 

Men

GOLD Magnus Lindholmer (DEN) 28.700

SILVER Tofiq Aliyev (AZE) 25.500

BRONZE Kristof Willerton (GBR) 23.400

 

Trampoline

Women

GOLD Bryony Page (GBR) 55.630

SILVER Lea Labrousse (FRA) 55.280

BRONZE Noemi Romero Rosario (ESP) 55.170

 

Men

GOLD Pedro Ferreira (POR) 59.160

SILVER Pierre Gouzou (FRA) 58.910

BRONZE Diogo Abreu (POR) 57.810

 

You can find the full results on the event website: 2024 European Championships in Trampoline, Double Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling - Guimaraes (POR) | European Gymnastics

This concludes another fabulous Trampoline Europeans. Thank you to all participants, judges and authorities for contributing to the success of this event. And a huge shout out to the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation led by its President Luis Arrais and Executive Director Teresa Loureiro, for the enthusiasm and dedication brought into delivering these Championships!