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| Claire O setting up for a Mcnasty |
Its another hot
day in Lienz. My heats are at 3pm so I chill and swim and try to stay
relaxed and cool. 3Pm quickly comes and its time to go. Dens there
with me as I put together 2 ok runs.
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| Den helps me stay focused for each run |
I get off the water feeling
confident (ish) I hope i've done enough to get through to the next
round. Its 2 rides both count and the top 10 out of 25 go through to
the semi finals. Theres no room for error at this stage as every
second counts. The results are in and i've made it through in 2nd
place behind current European Champion Marlene Devinze from France.
I'm super relieved and happy with this result. Unfortunately my GB
team mate Emily Wall wasn't so lucky after struggling with a shoulder
injury all week she just misses out of the semi finals as does
another top contender Katya Kulkonova from Russia.
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| Marlene flys high in her heats |
Next up its the
squirt mens heats. I help the lads plan their runs and watch how they
use the venue to gain their points, planning my competition run in my
head as they go. I haven't mentioned much about squirt boating yet
as up until today I wasn’t sure if there would be an official event
and wether I would go. But today I found out not only is there going
to be an official mens event there is also enough paddlers to have an
official ladies class so I am defiantly in. The competition is going
to take place on a 100m stretch, so we can try utilise a number of
small eddies for mystery’s as well as the freestyle feature and
flow. Everywhere is going to be pretty rocky and shallow so the
competition is going to be tough especially for those of us in squirt
boats as a lot of paddlers have entered in freestyle boats this year
so its going to be quite tough but also a good show.
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| Claire O helping Ben with his rides |
Todays other
events include the Jnr Mens where the GB lads finished in the top 4
places, C1 where Adam takes the top spot and Jack Gunter made it
through, OC1 where Paul and Josh finish top 2 and Squirt Mens where
all the lads are through with Ben Aldred in first place.
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| Brandon drops in to compete in his first major international event |
All in all a great
start to the event for Team GB.
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| Adam gets huge bonus on all his moves and progress into the semi finals in 1st place |
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