GYMNASTICS: Gluckstein & Shostak win World Cup Synchro Trampoline in Russia!

World Cup winners: Jeffrey Gluckstein (l) and Aliaksei Shostak (Photo: USA Gymnastics)

No surprise that China’s three-time World Champion Lei Gao won the individual Trampoline title at the FIG Trampoline & Tumbling World Cup in Khabarovsk (RUS), but it was a first-time experience for the American Synchro team of Jeffrey Gluckstein and Aliaksei Shostak.

National champ Gluckstein and Shostak teamed up for a narrow 52.540-52.070 win over the Belarus pair of Uladzislau Hancharou and Aleh Rabtsau, the 2017 World Champions. Gluckstein and Shostak had won Synchro bronzes together in 2015 and 2016 World Cup events, but the victory was a first.

Gao defeated Hancharou, 61.895-61.860 in the men’s individual competition, while 2019 World Champs bronze medalist Yana Pavlova (RUS) won the women’s event, 56.600-56.550 over Japan’s Hikaru Mori. Summaries:

FIG Trampoline World Cup
Khabarovsk (RUS) ~ 19-22 September 2019
(Full results here)

Men

Trampoline: 1. Lei Gao (CHN), 61.895; 2. Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR), 61.860; 3. Nikita Fedorenko (RUS), 61.020.

Synchro Trampoline: 1. Jeffrey Gluckstein/Aliaksei Shostak (USA), 52.540; 2. Uladzislau Hancharou/Aleh Rabtsau (BLR), 52.070; 3. Daiki Kishi/Ryosuke Sakai (JPN), 50.790.

Double Mini: 1. Mikhail Zalomin (RUS), 78.100; 2. Diogo Carvalho Costa (POR), 73.700; 3. Aleksandr Odintsov (RUS), 72.700.

Tumbling: 1. Mikhail Malkin (AZE), 76.300; 2. Maksim Riabikov (RUS), 72.300; 3. Maxim Shlyakin (RUS), 71.700.

Women

Trampoline: 1. Yana Pavlova (RUS), 56.600; 2. Hikaru Mori (JPN), 56.550; 3. Lingling Liu (CHN), 55.785.

Synchro Trampoline: 1. Ayano Kishi/Yumi Takagi (JPN), 49.240; 2. Lauren Sampson/Jessica Pickering (AUS), 48.450; 3. Lea Labrousse/Marine Jurbert (FRA), 47.890.

Double Mini: 1. Lina Sjoeberg (SWE), 71.600; 2. Aleksandra Bonartseva (RUS), 69.900; 3. Bronwyn Dibb (NZL), 69.400.

Tumbling: 1. Fangfang Jia (CHN), 71.000; 2. Viktoriia Danilenko (RUS), 69.300; 3. Elena Krasnokutckaia (RUS), 67.600.