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2005 Asian X Games in Seoul Korea
Report on Days 1 and 2
Official report from ESPN on all of the competitions on
Days 1 and 2 (May 26 and May 27) of teh 2005 Asian X
Games in Seoul, Korea.
SEOUL, KOREA FOR THE FIRST TIME PROUDLY HOSTS THE ASIAN X GAMES PRESENTED BY KIA
FROM SEOUL, KOREA: The Asian X Games are in their seventh year, but for the
first time the people of Seoul, Korea have the pleasure of staging the
event in their city for the next three days. More than 200 athletes
from all over the world have traveled to Korea with the hopes of taking
home X Games gold to their country. Twenty-four of those athletes represent
Korea at the seventh annual Asian X Games. Today at Jamsil Gymnasium,
home of the 1988 Summer Olympics, more than 3200 spectators showed their
support for the new event in their city. From May 26-29, athletes will
compete in Aggressive In-line, Skateboard, Freestyle BMX, Sport
Climbing and Wakeboard. In addition, three Moto X athletes will put
on a demo for the people of Seoul.
Admission to the event is free.
Skateboard
Today on the vert ramp fourteen world-class skaters entered the
preliminary round of competition where ten of the athletes would
move into Saturday's final. The day came down to Japan, Brazil,
Australia and the USA skating it out for those crucial spots.
Brazil's Sandro Dias was a crowd favorite with high airs and
consistent runs, but Neal Hendrix of USA beat out the Brazilian
by three points to move into tomorrow's final as the leader.
Rounding out the ten finalists was Chris Senn, who is known as
a street skater and will compete in Sunday's final, wowed the
crowd with his vert skills.
BMX Freestyle
With a great turnout of twenty-seven BMX park riders, preliminaries
started this afternoon where three heats of riders threw down their
hardest tricks to make the tough cut to the final. One of the sport
organizers for BMX said the Asian athletes have progressed immensely
over the last few years. Double tailwhips and flips were attempted
and landed. Australian's Ryan Guettler couldn't be stopped with front
flips over the box jump and double tailwhips all over the course.
Guettler took the number one spot moving into Saturday's final.
The regularly scheduled BMX vert prelims yesterday were moved to a
final only with seven riders. In tonight's final, one of the riders
had his dream come true when he became one of only a handful of bike
riders who landed a 900 (2 and ½ rotations) in a vert contest. Tim
Wood of Australia became the athlete of the day with two perfect runs
and a flawless 900. "The other athletes believed in me. Their support
helped me," Wood said, who contemplated coming to the event. Wood and
his wife refinanced their home so that he could travel to Korea for the
Asian X Games. "I knew I would look back ten years from now and wished
I went."
Sport Climbing
Men's semi-finals began today with twenty-five climbers representing
nine different countries. The intense competition brought the Koreans
to their feet as six of the fifteen finalists will represent the host
country in Sunday's final. Up against several Korean champions, Jaime
Pahati of the Philippines flew past their times to put himself in the
number one seed for the finals. Malaysia's Hafzanizam Bakhori and
Japan's Keita Mogaki finished second and third, respectively. The
women's semi-final will be held tomorrow.
Wakeboard
Today for round one of the wakeboard competition at the Han River,
Australia's Josh Sanders was the favorite and the man of the hour.
He withheld the pressure and the wind today to
remain number one with a large margin of twenty points. Manabu
Nagatsuka of Japan and Bunyalo Jumruangg of Thailand finished second
and third, respectively. Korea is proud of their very own Sung Jun
Park who made the cut to the finals which will be held on Saturday.
Aggressive Inline Skating
Park prelims closed the evening last night with the Netherland's Sven
Boekhorst reigning the course with his high-scoring performance. Sven
is no stranger to the X Games as he is a two-time gold medalist.
He went into today's final in the number one spot. Tonight in the
final competition, the spotlight moved from Boekhorst to the youngest
finalist who landed 540s and every transfer he attempted.
Fifteen-year-old Rian Arnold of Australia won the gold and stole the show.
"I didn't expect to win since my first run wasn't so good. I upped
the ante in my second run and think the 450 rotation did the trick,"
Arnold said of his win. "I'm extremely excited, but now ready to go
home and rest." Sven Boekhorst was only ¼ of a point behind to take
home silver.
Moto X
Although the Moto X element to Asian X Games is not a competition,
the three pro riders performed as if they were out for gold.
The team of Jeremy Carter, Jesse Olson and Niki Danielson put on a
great show for the people of Korea. All the way from superman seat
grabs to indy airs and to Danielson's multiple backflips, the fans
received a show they will never forget.
The Asian X Games 2005 presented by Kia will take place from
May 26-29 in Seoul, Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul Sports Complex.
Competitions by some of the best action sports athletes in the
world will awe spectators with amazing talent and creativity as
they showcase their skill and artistry in performing
gravity-defying tricks.
The Asian X Games 2005 presented by Kia enjoys high-level sponsorship
and organizational support from presenting sponsor and official
automobile KIA Motors, Official Host Seoul City Government and
Korea National Tourism Organization, Official Broadcaster and
Co-Organizer MBC ESPN and Official Video Game EA Sports.
X Games is promoted and organized in Asia by ESPN International and
with the cooperation of ESPN STAR Sports.
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