Portugal's Gabriel Albuquerque has set a world record for degree of difficulty in men's individual trampoline. His routine scored 24.300 in qualification at the 2026 World Championships in Nanjing. He finished third in the first qualifying round.
A record written in the second pass
The mark came on his second pass of the qualification. The routine held nine triple somersaults and one double with three pirouettes. The jury rated it at 24.300.
His total reached 64.100 points, enough for third place on the day. Belarus's Ivan Litvinovich led on 65.280, with China's Zisai Wang on 64.500. The score secured Albuquerque's place in the next qualification round.
Portugal advanced around him too. Pedro Ferreira placed 18th with 60.230 points and also moved through, while the four Portuguese men qualified together for the team final. Lucas Santos finished 32nd and Diogo Abreu 36th, and neither progressed on his own.
The wider Portuguese day was mixed. Sofia Correia placed 18th in the women's event with 53.600 points and stands as first reserve for the second phase. The women's tumbling team finished eighth and reached its final, while the women's trampoline team placed 10th.
Twenty years old, and the mark again
Albuquerque is 20 years old. The day's 24.300 stood well above an earlier 22.800 he had drawn from the jury. No individual trampolinist is recorded with a harder exercise.
Litvinovich and Wang, the two men ahead of him in the standings, were his closest rivals on the day. He is also described as an Olympic athlete. The second qualification round follows in the early hours of Saturday, with the team final still ahead for Portugal.
