The World Games 2009, Kaohsiung TPE Acro Gymnastics

Britain's Got Talent's Spelbound - Douglas Fordyce & Edward Upcott

Final Combined Artistic and Dance

A neck and neck race for Mens Pair acrobats this afternoon; World Champions Mikola Cherbak and Sergei Popov from Ukraine overcame the pressure and prevailed (28.924), stunning the crowd with breathtaking positions and phenomenal moves.
Confirming their second place from Qualification, Alexei Dudchenko and Konstantin Pilipchuk, Russian runners-up at the 2008 World Championships, settled for Silver (28.654), while the young British Pair Douglas Fordyce and Edward Upcott, outclassed by a narrow margin, settled for Bronze with a total of 28.562.
China drew the short draw tonight, ranking fourth with 26.370 in the Finals. Placed fifth and sixth in the Qualifications, the Portuguese and German Pairs did not qualify for the Final.

Gold UKR: CHERBAK Mikola / POPOV Sergei - Total: 28.924
Silver RUS: DUDCHENKO Alexei / PILIPCHUK Konstantin - Total: 28.654
Bronze GBR: FORDYCE Douglas / UPCOTT Edward - Total: 28.562

F.I.G - Federation of International Gymnastics/Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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[chonitodancer]

Only 6315 views? You guys deserve a helluva lot more! Suggestion (more applicable to an artistic presentation but...): I've noticed you do very obvious segments where there's gymnastics, and then dancing. I suggest a smoother transition & balance between dancing and acrobatics so that they are better complementing each other & not seeming so segregated. But then again, like I said, not really applicable in an event that demands obvious segments of gymnastics. -_- You guys only won silver!?

[eddyupcott]

Yes, only 6,315 views... This sport has no publicity what so ever...

We had Bronze at this competition!

We won Silver at the European championships 3 months after this competition!!

[OnLyBeLLa2oo6]

no he looks awesome :)

[colonia1]

excellent rotine!could u tell me what the song is???would love to use it for my trapeze rotine

[HalfofMyInnerme]

I just have one question:

This routine looks almost exactly as the one they did in 2010 where they won gold medal. Can someone explain the little details that made this one not as good to win gold medal here too? ( i know this one is older)

[mandaz96]

well..uh...holy sh*t 0.0

[Katmarie100]

@MarQBolt He's the top! 

[MarQBolt]

Thats savage!! Are u the top or base????

[wayshow4]

what did u think of taiwan? :D

[icecraze02]

one of my greatest dream is to see spelbound perform live...  im so proud of them even if im a Filipino.. i watched all their performances on youtube..and thats really amazing..cant believe that human can do that.. 2 thumbs for pselboundd..hope to see them someday...

[Katmarie100]

@filigrie The definintion of a Professional is someone who gets paid on a full time basis to do something. Before winning Britain's Got Talent, none of the acrobats in Britain's Got Talent got paid to do it, in fact funding their training, costumes and competition trips via other full time jobs or via their parents if they are at school. So by definition, not Professionals. They're hard working athletes who put in a lot of training and have talent.

[MissEliane123]

You make it look so easy but it's not :)

[Zeldalynn]

Britain's Got Talent is a great thing... it's drawn more people to acro. It's such an amazing sport, I hope it gets the attention it deserves. Incredible focus. :D