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7TH WORLD GAMES 2005 DUISBERG, GERMANY - TWO SILVERS AND BRONZE FOR GREAT BRITAIN! KATH PEBERDY INJURED IN FINALS

The World Games are held every four years for many sports which are not included in the Olympic program. As well as Sports Acrobatics, the Games include tumbling, synchro and double mini trampoline and Rhythmic Gymnastics which is now included in the Olympics. This year the 7th World Games took place in Duisberg, Germany and what a contest we had to look forward to!

The Great Britain team performed superbly and Yvonne Welsh and Julie Cameron from Wakefield and our Men’s Four from Deerness Valley, David Scott, Stuart McKenzie, Scott Patterson and Barrie Hindson both won Silver Medals. The Men’s four finished only three thousandths of a point ( 0.003) behind the Ukranians who won Gold!

Mark Fyson and Christopher Jones also performed well to win Bronze in the Men’s Pairs, and Zoe McLean came 4th just    0.10 outside a bronze medal. Sad news for former World Champion Tumbler Kath Peberdy who was injured in the Finals after landing badly on her second run of full, full straight double somersault and landed on the surrounding safety mat but badly injured her left foot which will require surgery. Get well soon Kath!  Congratulations also to Mark Alexander and Milnes on a great 4th place in the Trampoline Men’s Synchro Finals

Full scores appear below.

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Great Britain’s Melanie Cook, Kathryn Chandler and Hannah Goggin narrowly missed a place in the Women’s Group Finals after finishing 5th in the Preliminaries with a score of 55.340 just 0.4 behind Kazhakstahn.

In the Women’s Pairs, an excellent performance from Yvonne Welsh and Julie Cameron earned GB our first Silver medal at the 7th World Games. Portugal suffered from problems with the sound system which made concentration difficult, but still won bronze. 

Great to see the USA placing 4th in the Mixed Pairs Finals although out of touch with the medal positions, it’s good to see US Acrobats doing so well at World Games and this will give great encouragement to Acro Clubs outside the long established countries.

 A superb performance from Anna Katchalova and Revaz Gurgenidze from Russia with dynamic, exciting and expresive routine winning a well deserved 29.307 and the Gold medal, and a terrific performance from the Belgian Pair who won Silver! There were excellent performances from the Russians and Ukranians who, as expected, dominated the medal positions in the Acro events. GB’s Mark Fyson and Christopher Jones improved on their 4th place in qualifications and performed free headstand 360 with good tumbling and a well executed shoulder pitched double to win a well deserved bronze medal.   

GB WIN SECOND SILVER - 0.003 SEPARATES GOLD AND SILVER AT WORLD GAMES - TOP TWO IN THE WORLD BATTLE FOR GOLD!