Courtesy
John
Pinyerd
USA Canoe Kayak Wildwater Committee Chairman
I am very
proud of the results that Team USA generated at the World Championships in
Garmisch-Partenkirchern (GER) May 20-23. The river has often been described as "creeking"
with the added twist that you are racing it in a wildwater boat at the World
Championships. Just being able to make it down the race course in wildwater boat
earns my respect and Team USA nailed some very nice race runs.
Here is the short version of the results (see below for links to details and
pictures):
K-1W Wildwater Sprint Results
1 FUESSER Sabine GER 2:07.03
2 EICHENBERGER Sabine SUI +0.04
3 CROCHET Anne Blandine FRA +0.05
17 WHITTEMORE Chara USA +28.54
K-1W Classic (Distance) Results
1 EICHENBERGER Sabine SUI 15:54.00
2 CROCHET Anne Blandine FRA +3.89
3 FUESSER Sabine GER +8.38
18 WHITTEMORE Chara USA +3:53.93
C-1 Wildwater Sprint Results
1 MARZOLF Harald FRA 2:04.41
2 PANATO Vladi ITA +3.80
3 STIEFENHOEFER Stephan GER +5.42
19 WIER Tom USA +22.38
23 BECK Mike USA +42.65
25 BOFINGER Bob USA +49.95
C-1 Classic (Distance) Results
1 HOHNJEC Tomislav CRO 16:07.33
2 PANATO Vladi ITA +2.17
3 STIEFENHOEFER Stephan GER +7.58
19 WIER Torn USA +1:58.58
25 BECK Mike USA +4:13.07
26 BOFINGER Bob USA +4:42.51
K-1 Wildwater Sprint Results
1 SLOVAK Tomas CZE 1:54.62
2 PONTAROLLO Robert ITA +0.15
3 KNEBEL David CZE +0.24
30 TILGHMAN Middy USA +15.89
33 SMITH Shaun USA +18.94
36 CALHOUN Geoff USA +21.03
42 WHITTEMORE Jess USA +32.55
K-1 Classic (Distance) Results
1 MERCATI Carlo ITA 14:45.97
2 KNEBEL Robert CZE +1.18
3 PONTAROLLO Robert ITA +4.48
36 TILGHMAN Middy USA +1:41.19
41 SMITH Shaun USA +2:26.99
44 CALHOUN Geoff USA +2:43.30
50 WHITTEMORE Jess USA +3:42.32
C-1 Team Run (3 boats - Classic Distance)
1 Croatia CRO 16:51.85
2 France FRA +0.78
3 Germany GER +2.14
5 15 USA USA +4:19.46
WIER Tom
BOFINGER Bob
BECK Mike
K-1 Team Run (3 boats - Classic Distance)
1 Czech Republik CZE 15:06.90
2 France FRA +2.82
3 Italy ITA +7.97
10 USA USA +2:37.44
TILGHMAN Middy
SMITH Shaun
CALHOUN Geoff
USA Canoe Kayak is proudly displaying a picture of Tom Wier and a link to the
results on their front page: www.usack.org
For a direct link to the complete results
(Note:
click on the event, for HTML you will need to scroll down to the bottom of the
page):
http://wildwater.siwidata.info/WebServices/ResultsMatrix.aspx?EventId=WW2004SWRLCH__
For some great pictures, visit Stormride.de the official picture service picture
of the 2004 World Championships:
http://www.stormride.de/ww-set_eng.html
Visit www.USAWildwater.com for more
race results and information.
