Coquitlam gymnast Brittany Rogers was on top of the world Saturday in Cottbus, Germany.
Rogers won gold in women's vault at will likely be her last World Cup competition, eclipsing her previous best-ever result at a Cup event when she captured silver in the same event last November in Croatia. She completed the Cottbus competition by winning bronze Sunday in the women's balance beam.
"It was definitely a thrill to win after so much hard work but it was also a little bittersweet, because it's probably my last World Cup," said the 18-year-old Rogers, who is among a strong group of Olympic hopefuls vying for a spot on Canada's six-member women's team this summer in London, England.
After prospectively competing in the Olympics, Rogers is aiming to garner a gymnastics scholarship at a U.S. post-secondary school. She scored 13.962 for her two vaults, including a well-executed double-twisting Yurchenko that earned her the single-highest score of the competition.
"The Yurchenko has really improved since I did it for the first time in competition at the world championships in 2009," Rogers said. "I'm definitely more confident with it now and it's really satisfying to see the hard work pay off with a gold medal."
Nastassia Marachkouskaya of Belarus won silver with 13.875 points and Claudia Menendez Gonzalez of Spain earned bronze with 13.737.
Rogers added bronze on the beam Sunday with a 13.526 mark, behind winner Vasiliki Millousi of Greece with 14.425 and runner-up Valeriiia Maksyuta of Israel with 14.175.
"I'm really trying to polish my routines and get more confidence with them and I feel like I made a huge step with this in Cottbus," Rogers said. "I know what I need to work on in the gym and I'm excited to keep pushing myself to make that Olympic team."
