Another day has gone by at the Nantahala Outdoor Centre, which means we are one step closer to finding out who will be named World Champion in the various events taking place at the 2013 ICF World Freestyle Championships.
Men’s C1 heats started off the day at noon, with over 15 men looking to make the cut in order to go on to Semi-Finals. Leading the pack is Jordan Poffenberger (USA) with a score of 1,382 points. Closely following is Tad Dennis (USA) with 1, 277 points and Lucas Cervinka (CZK) 1,228 points. The Top 10 will throw down tomorrow afternoon in the Semi-Finals.
K1 Women’s heats got underway today as well, and it came as no real surprise that Claire O’Hara (GBR) came in first in the preliminary round with a total of 1,220 points. Rounding out the top 3 women are Ruth Gordon-Ebens (CAN) with 713 points and Hitomi Takaku (JPN), who is following Gordon-Ebens extremely closely with 712 points. The Top 10 ladies also go into Semi-Final rounds tomorrow afternoon.
Wrapping up the day was the Men’s K1 Quarter-Final, where the boys laid down some impressive rides. Mathieu Dumoulin (FRA) threw down a massive 1, 520 point score, quickly linking huge loops, McNasty’s and Phonix Monkey’s, earning himself some bonuses for big air. Not to be outdone, Dane Jackson (USA) followed Dumoulin’s performance with a 1, 560 point ride, the highest of the day. Going into Semi-Finals, Jackson is in the lead with a total of 3, 106 points, Dumoulin is in second place with 2,616 points and Peter Csonka (SVK) is in third with 2, 369 points. The Top 10 men go onto tomorrow’s competition, which promises to be exciting as previous World Champions such as Nick Troutman (CAN) and Eric Jackson (USA) are in the mix. Tomorrow’s Semi-Final gets underway at 9:00Pm EST for a nighttime rodeo, be sure to catch all the action on the LiveFeed.
For a full list of today’s results, click here.
