Blanchard 13th, Estrada 15th in Trampoline Preliminary Round

From the USAG Press Release:

Erin Blanchard of Lafayette, La., finished 13th for the women and Chris Estrada of Colorado Springs, Colo., placed 15th for the men in the trampoline qualification round at the 2008 Olympic Games, held at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The top eight men and the top eight women from the qualification round advanced to the finals on Aug. 18 for the women and Aug. 19 for the men.

“I was happy that I made it and that I did both of my routines,” Blanchard said. “It wasn’t good, but I did it and stayed on my feet. I did all ten skills and did the best I could. I was really, really nervous because I wasn’t expecting the stands to be filled like this. It was a lot crazier than I thought it would be.”

“I did okay, but I could have done better,” Estrada said. “I did the best I could today, so I’m happy with that. Being in front of the crowd was amazing because it was a new experience for me (to jump in front of a large audience). I want to thank my coaches for getting me this far.”

Congratulations, Erin and Chris, for all you accomplished.
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Here are the final results from the preliminaries. The top 8 will compete in the final rounds, to be broadcast here in the US on Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.

Women
1. HE Wenna, China, 67.20
2. KARAVAEVA Irina, Russia, 66.40
3. MACLENNAN Rosannagh, Canada, 66.00
4. COCKBURN Karen, Canada, 65.60
5. GOLOVINA Luba, Georgia, 64.90
6. MOVCHAN Olena, Ukraine, 64.80
7. DOGONADZE Anna, Germany, 64.30
8. KHILKO Ekaterina, Uzbekistan, 63.90
9. PIATRENIA Tatsiana, Belarus, 63.80
10. WRIGHT Claire, Great Britain, 63.10
11. CHERNOVA Natalia, Russia, 63.00
12. HIROTA Haruka, Japan, 62.60
13. BLANCHARD Erin, USA, 60.90
14. HUANG Shanshan, China, 59.00
15. POPKIN Lenka, Czech Republic, 57.60
16. RENTE Ana, Portugal, 31.60

Men
1. LU Chunlong, China, 72.40
2. DONG Dong, China, 71.70
3. USHAKOV Dmitry, Russia, 71.50
4. NIKITIN Yuriy, Ukraine, 70.70
5. SOTOMURA Tetsuya, Japan, 70.30
6. RUSAKOV Alexander, Russia, 69.90
7. BURNETT Jason, Canada, 69.70
8. KAZAK Mikalai, Belarus, 69.70
9. UEYAMA Yasuhiro, Japan, 69.20
10. JENSEN Peter, Denmark, 69.20
11. GANCHINHO Diogo, Portugal, 69.10
12. PENNES Gregoire, France, 68.70
13. WILDEN Ben, Australia, 67.10
14. CANNONE Flavio, Italy, 66.50
15. ESTRADA Chris, USA, 65.90
16. STEHLIK Henrik, Germany, 64.60