ladies day: Day 4 in Thun
Heavy rain certainly cleared the air for Thursday morning, and events got going at 10 sharp. The action for the ladies was a great show, often a lot of safe surfing and then bang, a cool aerial move, its was eye catching stuff.
In the crowd of ladies, were two new nations competing at the Worlds, Prossy Merembe from Uganda and Sunuwar Rai Susmita from Nepal. Both were very nervous and both have a great time in front of the people of Thun. These paddlers have received support from the ICF’s Canoe World programme, where funding for paddlesports development can be used to bring athletes to major events. Sunuwar Rai Susmita yesterday had her first visit to a supermarket and was so excited to see all the vast range of goods. Afterwards she was so drained, she slept all afternoon, which clearly did her good, as she was all smiles on and off the water.
The action at the sharp end of the ladies competition was attention grabbing, a blend full of fine moves and disappointment. Nerves seamed to pull several paddlers whom in practise were very much on fire, yet by competition day had become all but a damp smoulder. The likes of ex-Champ Jutta Kaiser from Germany and ex-European Champ Lowri Davies both fell well short of their potential. There were some great surprises too, Kataya Kulkova from Russia found form after a tense training week and new girl Carly McDonald banged out some great air blunts and a donkey flip to cruise into the top 10.
The entertainment of the ladies prelims belonged to the duelling pair of Ruth Gordon and Emily Jackson, who got 713 and 601 points respectively. Today’s show was not all theirs to revel in, as neither found their form of the training week, plus with the added pressure from Tanya Faux on 500 and Mariann Sæther on 528 clearly having an impact on performance. Tanya and Mariann looked strong, both with 3 or 4 air moves, yet the consistent rides were with Ruth and Emily, both repeatedly nailed left and right air back stabs, to please the waiting crowd no end. This race will probably get quite tight as we approach the semi’s on Saturday, until then its Quarterfinal tomorrow for the men and ladies, plus the King of the Wave and Raft Ender event to look forward too.
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