Date: 28/01/03
Australia’s aerial
skiers have missed a
place on the podium in a
rain-affected World Cup
event in Fernie, British
Columbia.
Appalling conditions at
the Canadian resort saw
the event cut to a
single jump competition,
the second for the
season.
The best performance of
the Olympic Winter
Institute team came from
21-year-old Lydia
Ierodiaconou, scoring
93.18 points with her
triple twisting double
somersault for a fourth
place finish.
Victorian team-mate Liz
Gardner produced a
second consecutive
personal best score of
89.30 for her double
twisting somersault to
finish in seventh place,
while Salt Lake 2002
gold medallist Alisa
Camplin was in 14th
place.
With a start position
well back in the field,
Alisa got the worst of
the conditions, battling
water on the jump site
in her take-off. She
dragged her hands on
landing and was marked
down to 77.03 points.
The event was won by
Veronika Bauer on 97.44
points, the Canadian’s
third victory of the
season.
The result puts Lydia
into second spot on the
World Cup rankings on
360 points, eight behind
Nina Li of China.
Alisa has moved down to
fifth place on 356
points, but remains well
in the running for the
World Cup title with
three events still to
come after this
weekend’s world
championships.
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Lydia
Ierodiaconou, Alisa Camplin and Liz Gardner in
Steamboat
Alisa Camplin & Lydia Ierodiaconou the 2003 World
Championships |
