Maia International Acro Cup 2009

Integrated in the Portuguese national teams, three pairs and two trios from Acro Clube da Maia participated in the 2008 Gymnastics Acrobatics FIG’s World Age Group Competition and World Championships. The good results achieved have exceed initial expectations and were the following:

5^th FIG World Age Group Competition

• 11-16 Mixed Pairs finals: João Costa / Íris Mendes in 2^nd place
• 11-16 Women Groups finals: Stephanie Medeiros / Catarina Pereira / Rita Pereira in 6^th place
• 11-16 Women Pairs qualifications: Rita Pinto / Inês Gomes in 14^th place
• 12-19 Women Groups qualifications: Katia Barbosa / Catarina Magalhães / Rosa Silva in 11^th place

21^st FIG World Championships

• Men Pairs finals: João Maia / Tiago Figueiredo in 5^th place

All these gimnasts will be competing in MIAC’09 and hope to see many of Acro 2008 competitors in Maia…

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