26Aug01 World Games Finish in Akita

• Men Tournament Overall
  Patrice Martin FRA
   
• Women Tournament Overall
  Elena Milakova RUS
   
• Men Barefoot Overall
  Keith St. Onge USA
   
• Women Barefoot Overall
  Nadine De Villiers RSA
   
• Men Wakeboard
  Rodolphe Vinh-Tung FRA
   
• Women Wakeboard
  Mero Narita JPN
   

25Aug01 World Games Preliminary Results available at World Games web site

25Aug01 Overall Final World Ranking List now available

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24Aug01 World Games in progress

21Aug01 Final World Ranking List now available

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20Aug01 Monday Report from the World Games

18Aug01 World Games Open in Akita, Japan

18Aug01 Andres Botero and Vern Oberg attend PASO meeting in Santo Domingo to lobby for Water Skiing

08Aug01 IWSF announces the 2001 Hall of Fame Inductees

• Bruce Douglas New Zealand
  A pioneering water skier in New Zealand. Appointed Judge at all World Championships from 1989 to 1999. Member of the Tournament Council. President of the New Zealand federation until his death in November 2000.
• Sammy Duvall USA
  Men's World Overall Champion 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1987. Winner of seven medals inthe World Championships. Set the World Record in jumping six times, and held it, except for two months in 1992, from 1988 to 1995.
• Franz Kirsch Germany
  Chairman of the IWSF Barefoot Council for ten years. Member of the German National Tournament Team for seven years and the Barefoot Team for five years. Twice Chief Judge of the World Barefoot Championships.
• Deena Mapple USA
  Women's World Overall Champion in 1987 and 1989. Winner of fifteen medals in the World Championships while a member of the U.S. Team from 1979 to 1989. Set five World Records each in jumping and slalom, with her last jumping record standing for eight years.
• Jean-Marie Muller France
  World Champion in tricks in 1961. Many times European Champion from 1956 to 1961 in all events. Organized the first World Cup in Tahiti in 1971 and again in Bordeaux in 1980. Founder of the IWSF Barefoot and Racing Commissions.

The announcement was made by Bill Barlow, Chairman of the IWSF Hall of Fame Committee


07Aug01 IWSF World Cable Wakeboard Championships held in Duisburg, Germany

IWSF World Cable Wakeboard Champions

Cable Wakeboard Open Women

1. Grice, Sally AUS
2. Koch, Eva GER
3. Schmitt, Sabine GER

Cable Wakeboard Open Men

1. Hinterberger, Bernhard GER
2. Hitch, Ben GBR
3. Mapp, Rob USA

Cable Wakeboard Team Championships

1. GERMANY
2. GREAT BRITIAN
3. AUSTRALIA



Duisburg Cable Wakeboard site


Complete results

06Aug01 The City Of Tianjin, China To Bid On 2002 IWSF World University Championships



" IWSF World University Commission  Chairman, Phil Chase and Tianjin Foreign Affairs Office, Vice Director, Zhao Yannan exchange documents after reaching agreement on conditions for China's bid on 2002 World University Championships"

06Aug01 Nicloas Le Forestier backs up his pending record of 12220 with an 11970 at Trophée International de Losne-Chaugey

The runs were judged from the shore but Nicolas supplied an in boat video for viewing.(uses real player)

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nlf/videos/pending11970_pass1.rm http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nlf/videos/pending11970_pass2.rm

29Jul01 Milakova breaks jump and overall records again at EAME Championships

Elena skied 0.5 at 11.25m, 7750, and jumped a new pending World Record of 55.1 m in the Overall final to smash her current overall record and post a new one of 2854.01, over 165 points higher.

Read the final results with podium pictures from the EAME Championships courtesy of planetwaterski.com

28Jul01 Elena Milakova RUS ties her own World Jump Record of 53.3m at the European Championships

27Jul01 New Women's World Overall record reported from EAME Championships Elena Milakova RUS slalomed 3 1/2 @ 12m, tricked 7380 and jumped 52.5m for an overall score of 2688.5, a new World Record

27Jul01 European (Europe, Africa, Middle East) Championships underway at Hazelwood Ski World in Lincolnshire, England

Results



23Jul01 IWSF Tournament Council establishes qualification mechanism for the World Championships to replace the World Cup Rankings

The IWSF tournament council voted to substitute a new entry mechanism to replace the World Cup Ranking mechanism since the World Cup was not held this year.
In addition to the top eight in each event, the Tournament Council will accept entry of up to 4 skiers in each event (2 in overall) under the following conditions:
The skiers must have a two performance average (or single overall performance) equal to or * higher than the qualification level of the ranking list entrants (8th place or 5th overall). Of those skiers who submit their scores performed between Aug 27, 2000 and Aug 27, 2001, the four highest (2 overall) will be taken.
Skiers who feel that they qualify should submit their scores to the Ranking List Chairman, Bob Corson. All scores performed before May 1st of 2001 have already been received.
The deadline for score submission will be September 3, 2001.
* error corrected 7/30/01

23Jul01 2001 World Championships Information for IWSF Federations




Recetto - Site of the 2001 World Championships


map to Recetto from Milan Airport (Malpensa)

19Jul01 Official IWSF Press Release for the 2001 World Championships

18Jul01 2001 World Tournament Championships to be hosted by Italian Water Ski Federation

The rescheduled event will be held in Recetto, the site of a World Cup stop last year. The dates will be one week later Sept. 24-30.
(Note-Correction)


18Jul01 2001 World Tournament Officials Appointments

(note some changes due to schedule conflicts
Chief Officials named previously)


Homologator:
Barbara Fasola ITA

Appointed Judges:
Maureen Wright GBR
Marina Morresi ITA
Serge Efimushkin RUS
Chris Owen IRL
Brett Nieuwstad RSA
Edgardo Martin ARG
Mary Gail Holcombe USA
Jim Stacy CAN
Nikki Lee USA
Joy Morris AUS
Xue Yin CHN (Alternate)


Scorers:
Lori Veenstra CAN
Mary Franke USA


Drivers:
Ernesto Revilla ARG
Eric Steiner USA
Davide Gandola ITA
Waldie Priekulis AUS


11Jul01 X Games in Philadelphia, USA, highlights water skiing

11Jul01 Preliminary Overall World Ranking List now available

Overall
This includes all corrections listed so far.

08Jul01 Preliminary World Ranking List now available

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These lists are for results achieved between May 1, 2000 and April 30, 2001.

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