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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Dooley finishes 11th in men's trampoline at 2016 Olympics


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RIO DE JANEIRO – Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif/World Elite Gymnastics, finished 11th in the men’s trampoline qualification round at the 2016 Olympic Games, held at the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the best finish for a U.S. man at the Olympics. Competition continues tomorrow with the individual event finals for men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics at 2 p.m. Rio time.

The trampoline competition features one compulsory and one optional round for the preliminaries, with the top eight advancing to the finals, where one optional routine is performed.

Dooley scored a 47.885 for his compulsory routine highlighted with a layout full-full. In his optional routine, he executed a piked Triffus, half-in tuck Triffus, and tucked Triffus to earn a 58.170. Dooley garnered a combined score of 106.055, to place 11th.

Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus won the gold medal with a score of 61.745, followed by China’s