Trampoline & DMT | Scots selected for the 2026 Trampoline & Tumbling World Championships and Age Groups Competition
Great Britain names Scottish gymnasts for the 2026 Trampoline & Tumbling World Championships and Age Groups Competition.
The 39th Trampoline & Tumbling World Championships will take place from the 4 to 8 November. With the 3rd Trampoline & Tumbling Junior World Championships and 32nd World Age Group Competitions following on the 12 to 15 November. Both events will take place in Nanjing, China at the Nanjing Yangzi River International Conference Center.
World Championships
Kim Beattie (Marriotts/Diamonds) and Ethan Cunningham, the reigning Scottish champions, have been selected to compete in double mini-trampoline (DMT) as seniors. This will mark Kim’s sixth world championships. She has medalled in the team event at the five previous earning three silvers, a bronze and a gold respectively. Ethan returns to the championships as a senior for the second time. After a successful few weeks of competition at home, he hopes to build on it in China.
Joining Kim on the women’s team will be Northern Irish representative, but Scotland based gymnast, Molly McKenna. Molly trains at JUMP alongside Ethan and already has two world team medals in the form of silver and gold.
JUMP’s Paige Russell has been named as first reserve to the 15-16 junior women’s DMT team. With Holly Allfrey from City of Edinburgh Trampoline named as second reserve to the women’s DMT senior team.
World Age Group Competitions
Keir Davidson (Northamptonshire) has had a busy few weeks since he won the men’s Scottish championship trampoline title. He then went on to earn silver at the British Championships and finish fifth representing Scotland internationally. His success has led him to be selected for Great Britain to compete in the 17-21 world age category.
Holly Allfrey will also compete in the 17-21 category but over on DMT. In July she represented Great Britain at the 2026 Coimbra Gymfest and brought home silver – her first international medal.
Congratulations and best wishes to you all in your final preparations for the international.
Photo credit – Filippo Tomasi for British Gymanstics