Sunday, September 21, 2008

Worlds, Final Day

The final results are in. You can see all the details from the event's website by clicking here. In short, Paul finished in 4th place out of 100 competitors, 11 points (out of 14,000 possible) from third and 231 points from first.

This morning was the awards ceremony.


The top 3 were from (in order) France, Russia, and France.


Joe Zvada finished 6th in his first World Championships:


And of course Paul got a nice trophy for 4th:


For all you aspiring competitors out there, here's a history lesson: a selection of former (and current) World Champions.


Today we'll finish with packing up the equipment. Tomorrow will be an early morning as we drive the 2 hours to Vienna to drop off a 900-pound basket to air cargo and turn in the van. We'll then spend the day seeing Vienna before getting on flights back home Tuesday morning.

We love you Jan:

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all of you. You did us proud! From the pilots, crew, team leaders and the rest of our support contingent there in Austria.... You are to be applauded.

Jeff I can't say enough of how much I personally appreciated your efforts to keep us back at home, in the loop of this. You're the best!

Enjoy the rest of your stay. May your return travel be safe & uneventful.

Patt Hansen

Patty Cramer said...

Great job to you all! I'm sorry that the flight on Saturday had to be cancelled because I think Paul and Joe (go Buckeyes!) would have been able to move to the top. Enjoy the day in Vienna and grab a Sacher torte to bring home to your family.

Karen Aurand said...

Great Job Paul and Joe. Great Job Jeff for keeping us posted. I really enjoyed watching day by day.