Thought it would be fun to have a thread we can post/share updates about Worlds as it happens in Shanghai China!!!
First of all @yyfben2.deactivated has been posting some great stories and live videos (and it looks like he will be doing some cool interviews with a microphone he has setup - looking forward to that! https://www.instagram.com/yoyofactory/
Wild Card Results are up (already saw some names I am VERY excited about including one of our locals out here @remybaskin!)
interesting results. Tons of Chinese players knocked out, especially in 1a and 4a, Japan starting to show their dominance as expected. Nice to see iori and Takeshi make it through, cool to see a lot of US players too. Ann missed out on the bubble in women’s division though.
Man I was quite surprised with some of the other divisions results especially the women’s division and 3a. In women;s I would have thought that Veronika Kamenska would have surely at least gotten top 3, she’s gotten to finals at freaking EYYC, it makes me wonder what happened with her prelim. It’s also kind of a bummer for me too that ann didn’t make it to finals, she always puts on a performance that’s enjoyable for everyone not just yoyoers. I think for the finals for women I’ll root for hobbit to take another title or rei torita who is also excellent. 1a prelims was awesome as well! I was happy to see connor seals get 2nd in prelims, and andrew maider making it to semis, I would like to see him in finals, but I know at the worlds in Iceland he didn’t make it through so i would like to see that changed…
Agreed - Luis is one of my FAVORITES. He was throwing the new K’EDGE too - would have been neat to see him advance. I still think this is one of his best freestyles from years past:
Evan Nagao is seeded into the semis because he won US Nationals. WYYC champion is seeded into finals, National+ champions are seeded into semis, top 10 nationals are seeded into prelims.
Ann is playing for Czech Republic because that’s where she currently lives. I believe she is studying there.
