 
The Heat Is On!By Ken Whiting and Kevin Varette June 28, 2001 Reporting from Sort at 5:00 pm on Thursday afternoon in 95 degree heat under a perfect blue sky… Moving right through the elimination rounds, this morning saw both the C-1 and K-1 Women's fields get cut from 20 athletes down to 10 in the quarterfinals. With the best two out of three 45-second  rides counting, the strategy this morning was simple: go for it! Once again, with no major upsets,
things turned out pretty much as one might expect, with the top paddlers advancing into the semifinal
rounds and some close misses by a few up-and-comers. In a mad flurry of light-speed ends, the best
C-1 paddlers in the world showed their stuff in the first rounds of the day. The top 10 moved
forward to tomorrow's semifinal round, including US's Barry Kennon, Luke Hopkins and Chris
Manderson in the one-two-three positions. The top women, including England's Deb Pinniger,
 Canada's Julie Dion and Tiffany Manchester and the US's Tanya Shuman and Erica Mitchell,
put on a very impressive show, offering up smooth cartwheels, clean and superclean spins,
clean cartwheels and vertical splits. The stage is now set for the semifinal cut down to
five athletes on Saturday morning. See the restuls list for final placings.
Following the Women's K-1 and after a short siesta was the Junior Men's K-1 quarterfinal. This throw-down provided BY FAR some of the hottest action in the 2001 World's! The top juniors came up with rides that would have easily put them in the top 10 of the Men's K-1 class!  Huge vertical sequences and tricky-woo's seemed to be the flavour of the day - getting
it done in style!! The US AQ crew dominated once again, with some impressive performances also
from England's Mark Berbank, the local Spanish juniors, Johan from New Zealand and Canada's
Mitch Braun, Hal Monkman and Mikkel St. Jean. The top 10 will move onto the semifinals on
Saturday morning… Please se results list for final placings.
The Men's K-1 quarterfinal round has been postponed until tomorrow morning. The 40 athletes left will have three rides of which their top two will determine whether they move on in the group of 15 going to the semifinals under the spotlight on Saturday night. Among these top 40, many have travelled a long long way and want it pretty badly - it will no doubt be a tight competition!! We will have up-to-the-minute results for you as they come in… OFFICIAL RESULTS FOR THE DAY (care of the Spanish scoring system): Mens Quarterfinals postponed till tomorrow! WOMENS K1 QUARTERFINALS JUNIOR MENS K1 QUARTERFINALS C1 QUARTERFINALS Competition Day 4 Videos: Barry Kennon,US C1 (2.2 MB) Cheesy Robertson,GB C1 (1.8 MB) Chris Manderson,US C1 (1.8 MB) Luke Hopkins,US C1 (1.7 MB) Anna Levesque,Can womens K1 (905 kb) Brooke Winger, US womens K1(2.1 MB) Deb Pinneger,GB woens K1 (1.3 MB) Erica Mitchell,US womens K1 (1.4 MB) Julie Dion,Can womens K1 (908 kb) Saskia, Can womens K1 (1.0 MB) Tanya Shuman,US woens K1 (1.3 MB) Tiffany Manchester,Can womens K1 (1.2 MB) Dustin Urban,US JR mens K1 (1.2 MB) Hal Monkman, JR mens K1 (1.3 MB) Jesse Murphy,US JR mens K1 (1.4 MB) Mitch Braun,Can JR mens K1 (1.5 MB) Oriol Colome, ESP JR mens K1 (1.5 MB) Back to Worlds Coverage
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