MacLennan captures individual gold at trampoline world championships

Two-time Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan added another gold medal to her trophy case Saturday, finishing first in the individual women’s final at the trampoline world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.

MacLennan, from King, Ont., scored 57.180 total points in the final, edging Xueying Zhu of China for gold. Zhu had a 0.2 penalty and finished second with 57.080 points. Yana Pavlova of Russia was third at 56.405.

Watch MacLennan rule the competition in Russia:

Rosie MacLennan is a world champion for the second time in her career after winning the individual trampoline world championship in St. Petersburg. 1:18

The gold was the second medal of the competition for the 30-year-old MacLennan, who has back-to-back Olympic trampoline titles from the 2012 and 2016 Games. She also won silver on Friday in the women's synchronized trampoline event with Sarah Milette.

Watch the Canadians' performance:

After winning a bronze medal in the team all-around final on Thursday, MacLennan and Milette captured a silver medal in the women's synchro event at the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics Word Championships in St. Petersburg. 1:54

MacLennan has won three world championship gold medals, including two in the individual event. She also won back-to-back Pan American gold medals in 2011 and 2015 in Toronto.

Also Saturday, Canadian Kalena Soehn narrowly missed the podium in the double mini trampoline final. Soehn, of Red Deer, Alta., scored 67.200 points, 0.500 less than third-place finisher Kristie Lowell of the United States.

Sweden’s Lina Sjoeberg won gold and Spain’s Melania Rodriguez took silver.

FIG 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships from St. Petersburg 2:31:38

Watch Friday's synchronized event:

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