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September 20, 2009
IN THE NEWS...
Whitney McClintock wins water ski pro tour event
Canadian Sport News ABBOTSFORD, B.C.- World champion Whitney McClintock of Cambridge, Ont., won the gold medal in women’s slalom this weekend at the Water Ski Pro Tour competition while Jaret Llewellyn of Innisfail, Alta., was ranked third in men’s jump. After an initial qualifying round, the top-eight then went head-to-head in a knock-out format. In women’s slalom, McClintock was fourth in qualifying then defeated Breanne Wagner of Surrey, B.C., in the quarterfinal, Karina Nowlan of Australia in the semis and Karen Truelove of the U.S., in the final. “I felt I had an advantage by going first in each of my rounds and I was able to put the pressure on my opponents each time,” said McClintock, 19. “I skied a lot better than in qualifying. In a head-to-head format you have ski better through each round and thingzs turned out well for me today.” Just over a month ago in Calgary, McClintock won the overall, tricks and slalom titles and led Canada to the team crown at the world championships. She’ll now prepare to defend her overall title at the under-21 worlds set for next month in Guadalajara, Mexico. In men’s slalom, Chris Rossi of the U.S., won the final over Thomas Degasperi of Italy. Thomas Moore of Edmonton was eighth in qualifying and lost his opening playoff run to top qualifier Will Asher of Britain. In men’s jump, world champion Freddy Krueger of the U.S., won the gold medal soaring 209 feet to edge Damian Sharman of Britain who cleared 208. Llewellyn was fifth in qualifying and opened his head-to-head round defeating Zack Worden of the U.S. The Canadian veteran then faced Krueger in the semifinal and the two arch rivals landed the longest jumps of the day. Krueger went 228 feet and Llewellyn 224. Llewellyn will train here for the next week then head to China for a stop on the World Cup circuit. Canadian Sport News/Nouvelles-sport canadien TEL: (613) 824-9475 FAX: (613) 482-4503 Courrier/email:louisdaignault@rogers.com Web: www.canadiansportnews.blogspot.com/
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