Bryony Page wins Team GB's first-ever trampolining Olympic title

Equestrian Jumping 02 Aug 24

Bryony Page made history with Team GB's first-ever trampolining gymnastics gold medal at Paris 2024.

The 33-year-old first rocketed into the history books eight years ago when she won silver at Rio 2016, Team GB's first-ever medal in the discipline.

And with bronze at Tokyo 2020, Page clinched the full set at her third Games in Paris, taking the Olympic crown in incredible fashion. with a roaring score of 56.480 catapulting her to the top of the leaderboard and into trampolining folklore.

"It feels amazing," she said. "I'm very shocked at the moment, surprised, overwhelmed, every emotion that you can think of. I'm kind of sad it’s over now.

"It's such a beautiful medal, it’s got a bit of the Eiffel Tower in. So yeah, I completed it mate."

Page was the penultimate athlete to jump in the final with Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya of the Individual Neutral Athletes team sat in top spot, but the Brit kept to her plan and produced the performance of a lifetime.

Even if it was not quite the routine she wanted to show, after injury hindered her chances post her World Championship gold..

"The build up to this year, I feel like I’ve been chasing time to get the routine that I want to, the numbers, I’ve just been struggling with my ankle.

"I had to change my plan. I really wanted to go for the three triple routine which is what I did at Worlds, but I had to change it to something that was more comfortable so that I can actually make it in one piece to the Olympics."

Sitting top of the leaderboard and waiting with baited breath for top qualifier Yicheng Hu of China to perform, it all came down to the final moment.

And with Hu hitting the edge of the trampoline in a heart-wrenching moment, Page knew she had clinched the crown and completed the full set of Olympic medals.

In the men's final, Zak Perzamanos became Britain's most successful male Olympic trampolinist with the fourth place finish.

The Liverpudlian put down a final routine of 59.840 to eclipse Lee Brearley who clinched sixth at the event's inaugural showing at Sydney 2000.

"I loved every minute, it was great," he said. “I’m buzzing. It hasn’t sunk in yet, I’m sure it will in the next couple of days, but for now being the highest finishing Brit, I have no complaints. Everyone told me as soon as I finished fourth, I was buzzing.

“It’s good to have on my CV. I still feel like I’m living the moment, the energy in the stadium was unbelievable.”

Whilst, Izzy Songhurst finished 14th during qualifying earlier in the day with a score of 52.920 and was in mixed feelings about her Olympic debut.

But with a training partner like Page on her side, Songhurst knows that the pride in her success will never falter.

“That experience was crazy and really exciting," she said. "It was definitely not my best work but to come to my first Olympics and put down two routines of somewhat good quality, there was some of my best work in there. I’m trying to walk out of here with my head held high.

"Being able to train with someone who’s at a level you are aspiring to be at has been so helpful. Bryony has been so supportive in this whole process.

"This morning we had a little cute moment of just saying to each other ‘no matter what happens, we are super proud of each other’. That was a special part of it.”

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