For the sixth time, Rosie MacLennan is the national women’s trampoline champion. The native of King City and KCSS graduate threw down what she called a “safe” routine on Saturday at the Canadian Gymnastics Championships at Durham College in Oshawa, her first competition since earning gold at the Summer Games in Rio.
“No pressure, but three would be great.” Those were the words of King Township mayor Steve Pellegrini to Rosie MacLennan, two-time Olympic gold medalist, at a special ceremony to commemorate the region’s golden girl at Cardinal Golf Club last Thursday.
Rosie MacLennan flipped, twisted, and jumped her way to a defence of her Olympic gold last Friday, something no person has ever done in the discipline.
Months after securing a spot for Canada on the trampoline at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, reigning women’s Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan has assured that she will be taking the spot.
It may not have been the outcome she desired, but Canada’s trampoline champion has officially earned her spot in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The top trampolinists from across North and South America converged on the Hershey Centre in Mississauga last weekend looking for a spot at the 2015 Pan Am Games.