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: