Rad-ming - Downhill Semis and Finals  
(21 comments)  Sunday, 14-September-2008  02:54 AM - by Ryan 
Well, it's all done and dusted for another season and chances are, you already know what happened because you watched it all live on the internet. If you didn't though, let's get the formalities out of the way;


Sam needs only a single hand and no feet to negotiate the steepest part of the track. Manly.

Downhill Men - Final

1 BLENKINSOP Samuel 4:10.16
2 HILL Samuel 4:11.80
3 ATHERTON Gee 4:12.36
4 PEAT Steve 4:13.20
5 MINNAAR Greg 4:17.56
6 LEOV Justin 4:18.33
7 BAREL Fabien 4:18.49
8 GWIN Aaron Holmes 4:21.44
9 DELFS Mitchell 4:21.60
10 NEETHLING Andrew 4:21.87

17 CAVALIER Amiel 4:23.97
19 RENNIE Nathan 4:24.40
42 ATKINSON Bryn 4:30.29
63 RANDO Jared 4:34.95
67. WILLEMSE Rhys 4:35.51
80 KOVARIK Chris 9:52.64

Downhill Men - Overall
1 MINNAAR Greg
2 HILL Samuel
3 ATHERTON Gee
4 PEAT Steve
5 BLENKINSOP Samuel

7 RENNIE Nathan
9 KOVARIK Chris
15 DELFS Mitchell
21 RANDO Jared
22 CAVALIER Amiel
27 ATKINSON Bryn
65 BUTTON Josh
67 RISCHBIETH Will
75 EATON Tim
90 CORY Benjamin
96 MILLS Andrew
104 LEE Richard
105 WILLEMSE Rhys
108 PATTON Tom
109 MURRELL Tamryn
118 BOYER Ricky
123 KELLY Brad
132 DINHAM Laurie

Click through for final Bulk Photo Update!

We posted ourselves up in the steep rooty section for the finals and things quickly got cold, wet and somewhat grim. Got to see heaps of action including Kovarik's heavy slam and Hill nearly binning it but making a solid recovery.

Racing was just as hectic as expected and it was great to see young Sam Blenkinsop standing atop the podium at the end of it all; a talented young rider who's going to be massive in the coming years.

.....
21 comments