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Date: 31/01/03
Australia qualified three skiers for the final of the moguls at
the World Freestyle Championships in Deer Valley, Utah, early
this morning.
Four time Olympian Adrian Costa produced an impeccable run down
the 2002 Salt Lake Games course to finish in eighth place on
24.34 points, his best performance for the season.
Rookie Olympic Winter Institute team-mate Michael Robertson was
just three places behind on 23.86 points, a brilliant
performance for a 20-year-old with only six World Cup
appearances under his belt.
Leading the 16-man qualifying group was American Travis Cabral
on 26.77 points.
In the women’s, 24-year-old Jane Sexton was the only Australian
to make it through to the final, finishing in 16th place on
21.69 points.
Maria Despas, a silver medallist at this event two years ago,
missed the final by one place, finishing in 17th position on
21.62.
Manuela Berchtold was back in 21st place after a mistake at the
bottom of the course destroyed what was shaping as one of her
best runs of the season.
The leading women's qualifier was defending world champion and
Salt Lake gold medallist Kari Traa of Norway.
The final will take place on Saturday morning Australian time.
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Maria Despas
with Adrian Costa in Steamboat
Maria Despas
with OWI Head Mogul Coach Steve Desovich at the 2003 World
Championships |
