Campbell Walsh - 4th at Tacen World Cup

Monday, June 27, 2011

My semi-final run went well, producing a good clean time of 98.0 and crossing the line into 3rd place. With 15 more competitors left to run, I expected to drop but was quietly confident it would be good enough to keep me in the top 10 and progress to the final. Surprisingly, no-one else went ahead and I stayed 3rd!

I attacked the final run and was happy with my effort so I was initially surprised to be almost 2 seconds slower, a 99.9. On reflection, I probably lost several small amounts of time in comparison to the first run - I still need to check on the Dartfish head-to-head video analysis.

So, I finished in 4th place. A very good result, but I was frustrated I didn't put together a better run to get onto the podium. Kauzer dominated the event, winning by a large margin with fellow Slovenian Meglic 2nd. German Schubert was on the World Cup podium for the first time in 3rd.

Remember, you can watch all the race action online at ICF TV.

Away from K1, David Florence got us a listen to the national anthem by storming down the course and winning the C1 event.

I'm already in the hotel for this week's training camp at the World Championship venue, Bratislava. I'm skipping World Cup 2 in France as the race is reserved for the GB U23 team. Then I'll be back competing at WC3 in Leipzig, Germany, the following week. Looking forward to that one, as I've never been there yet.

 

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