Hikaru Mori and Megu Uyama became the first women to win gold for Japan at a world trampoline championships on Friday when they topped the podium in the synchronized event.
On the third day of action at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, the Japanese pair earned 48.340 points in the final, while Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan and Sarah Milette won silver and Mexico's Dafne Navarro Loza and Melissa Flores captured bronze.
Previously, the best result at the worlds by Japanese women had been second-place finishes — Ayano Kishi in individual trampoline, as well as Mori and Yumi Takagi in synchronized trampoline, both last year.