Lu Chunlong of China became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic title in Gymnastics Trampoline, in the Men's final at the National Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.

Lu, the top qualifier to the eight-man final, scored 41.00 to take the gold medal. He was one of four finalists with a 16.20 difficulty level but he rose above the others with his superior execution scores
Seventh-placed qualifier Jason Burnett of Canada performed the highest level of difficulty (16.80) and earned the silver medal with a steady performance (40.70). Burnett's was the best Trampoline result by a Canadian man in Olympic history.

Dong Dong of China, who at age 19 was the youngest male competitor, won the bronze medal (40.60) for his clean routine. Dong, who qualified second to the final, placed second at the 2007 world championships. Lu's and Dong's medals were the first Trampoline medals for the Chinese men in Olympic history.

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Karen Cockburn of Canada won her second Olympic Games silver medal, finishing with 37.00 points. The three-time Olympian's medal collection already includes a bronze medal from Sydney 2000 and a silver from Athens 2004.

Ekaterina Khilko of Uzbekistan was third with a score of 36.90. She was the first to perform and is the first Uzbekistan athlete to win an Olympic Games medal in trampoline.

Anna Dogonadze of Germany, the Athens 2004 gold medalist, fell midway through her routine, taking her out of medal contention. Sydney 2000 gold medalist Irina Karavaeva of the Russian Federation, the current Individual world champion, made a small slip after her voluntary elements and finished in fifth place.

The Men's Finals take place at the National Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, August 19.



Sotomura Tetsuya of Japan and Athens 2004 gold medalist Yuriy Nikitin of Ukraine each scored 39.80 but Sotomura placed fourth based on his better execution scores