David Franco, vice-champion of the men’s double minitramp

Day in Birmingham delivers another silver medal to Spain in team trampoline

MADRID, November 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Spanish gymnast Melania Rodríguez won the gold medal on Saturday in the women’s double minitramp (DMT) event at the 37th Artistic Trampoline World Championships, taking place in Birmingham (United Kingdom), while her compatriot David Franco won silver in the men’s final. .

Rodríguez finished second among the eight participants in the first round of her final, with a total score of 26,000 and behind American Aliah Raga (26,100). Portuguese Diana Gago (25.700) is third and American Grace Harder (25.600) fourth, setting the limit for the next round.

And in this “improvement” with the four qualified gymnasts, the Spanish gymnast’s exercise received 26,300 points to win the gold medal. Raga is second on the podium, with 26,200 points, and the bronze medal finally went to her compatriot Harder, with 26,100 points.

For his part, in the men’s DMT competition, Franco obtained 28,500 points in the first round of the final. With this record he was the fourth worst in “improvement”, ahead of the American Ruben Padilla (30,600), the Portuguese Tiago Sampaio Romao (29,000) and the Canadian Gavin Dodd (28,900).

However, the Spaniard then put in a strong performance and scored 29.300 in the second round; Only Padilla (30,600) managed to exceed this mark thanks to his exercise. Sampaio Romao completes the final podium with his bronze medal, after receiving 23,600 points.

Finally, in the team trampoline events, Melania Rodríguez herself finished fourth alongside Noemí Romero, Erica Sanz and alternate Noa Puente-Dodd; Spain obtained seven points in the general classification, just behind a podium won in that order by China (15 pts.), France (10 pts.) and Georgia (also 7 pts).

And to close the day, the Spanish delegation smiled with the silver medal in the men’s final. David Vega, Jorge Martín and Robert Vilarasau, with David Franco in reserve, obtained nine points in total to finish ahead of the United Kingdom (9 pts, but lower marks). Gold was awarded to France, with 12 points in its baggage.