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Canada's Rosie Maclennan Wins Trampoline Gold At Rio Olympics

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Aug, 2016 01:04 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO — Canada's Rosie MacLennan has won gold in women's trampoline at the Rio Olympics.

Britain's Bryony Page (56.040) took silver and China's Li Dan followed MacLennan's performance with a 55.885 for bronze.

MacLennan guaranteed herself a medal with the leading performance at 56.465 points with two competitors left to go.

She was the only Canadian to win Olympic gold four years ago in London.

In photos: https://t.co/03G5iu7FEO | @RosieMacLennan delivers second consecutive #trampoline gold. #TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/TYcTGRFbCG
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 12, 2016

She was Canada's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony last week.

MacLennan, from King City, Ont., finished seventh in her Olympic debut in 2008.

Great start for #CAN's Rosie MacLennan at #Rio2016, currently sitting in second place. https://t.co/ntI0Ly6B7f https://t.co/RqjmA8YOJm
— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 12, 2016

She won a world title in 2013 and took gold at last year's Pan Am Games.

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