2003 World
Freestyle Kayak Championships - Report 31, May 30
Competition Day 5- Men's and Women's Semifinals
The most intense elimination round of all is the the cut
from 15 to 5 in the semi finals in the men´s class and 10 to 5 in
the women´s class.
The women went first and there were some that went from the top to the
bottom and some went up. Tanya Shuman won the quarter finals and then
got eliminated in the semi´s.
In the men´s class the rides got sick to say the least. I watched
Andrew Holcome pull a 240 point ride in the second heat and in the third
heat nobody paddled poorly. There were 8 rides over 200 points and only
five made the cut. In prelims there were only 18 rides over 100 points
out of 150 men. Dustin Urban and Jesse Murphy paddled incredibly well
to place 6 and 7 in the men´s class after leaving the junior class
just last year! Javid Grubbs was 8th with two solid rides..
