Alvalade pair secure spot on the world stage after brilliant domestic season

Diogo Abreu and Diogo Ganchinho rounded off a brilliant domestic season with qualification for the World Game this weekend.

Also qualified are the pairings of Pedro Ferreira and Tiago Costa, Diogo Santos and José Domingues, André Nunes and Miguel Magalhães in the male event, along with Também Bruna Li and Inês Martins in the ladies competition and Matilde Mourão and Maria Ramos in the youth event.

Diogo Abreu and Sílvia Saiote claim podium spots in World Cup

The Sporting CP trampoline stars Diogo Abreu and Sílvia Saiote both claimed bronze medals in the World Cup in Baku, with the pair finishing on the podium in both the individual and syncronised events.

"To come back and start well is great and now I hope to start this Olympic cycle strong. I trained hard for this competition. I kne it was important to start well and to avoid experimenting things", said Saiote in an interview with Sporting TV on arriving back in Lisbon.

For Diogo Abreu, the start to the season is always the source of butterflies in the stomach: "This is my first individual medal in a World Cup and it is great, especially with seven athletes who were at the last Olympic Games taking part. This was the start of the season, but I think that I have been doing a good job and I am at the top of my form."

Alvalade star best Portuguese athlete in individual event

Diogo Abreu today claimed the only spot up for grabs in Rio 2016, with a fine display in a trampoline test event in the host city. The Alvalade athlete finished fourth in the qualification round with a total of 105,780 points, securing his place in the final.

Abreu went on to beat Diogo Ganchinho by 0,125 points to confirm his presence at the Olympic Games, becoming Sporting's first trampolinist to qualify.

World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics in Baku

Diogo Abreu claimed a podium spot along with Diogo Ganchinho in the syncronised event at the World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics this weekend, being hosted in Baku.

With a complex routine, the pair finished with 48.600 points, after qualifying in fourth on SAturday.. In the individual competition, Diogo Abreu finished 19th, while Diogo Ganchinho repeated his bronze medal.

Competition running from the 26th to the 29th of November in Denmark

The Alvalade trio of Sílvia Saiote, Diogo Abreu and Pedro Ferreira will all be in action for Portugal at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, taking place in Denmark from the 26th to the 29th of November.

The three will take part in the individual and syncronised events and are in search of qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Portuguese squad list in full:

Individual and Syncronised Trampoline:
Pedro Ferreira, Diogo Abreu, Diogo Ganchinho, Ricardo Santos, Tiago Lopes, Sílvia Saiote, Ana Rente, Beatriz Martins and Ana Pacheco

Tumbling:
Nuno Silvano and Paulo Cruz

Double Mini-Trampoline:
André Lico, André Fernandes, Diogo Costa, Bruno Nobre, Ana Robalo, Andreia Robalo and Joana Pereira

Alvalade trampoline star shines in Loulé World Cup

There were plenty of positives to take away from Diogo Abreu's performance in the Loulé Trampoline World Cup this weekend, with the Sporting athlete qualifying for two finals to eventually finish 5th and 6th.

In the syncronised competition, Diogo Abreu and Tiago Lopes finished 5th with a score of 46.500, behind the eventual winners Allan Morante Allan and Sebastien Martiny (France).

In the individual competition, Diogo Abreu claimed the last spot in the qualification round, but went on to finish 6th in the final with a score of 56.125. The gold was claimed by the Belarusian Uladzislau Hancharou.

Pedro Ferreira was also in action in the individual event (18th), along with Sílvia Saiote (25th).