IPC 2012 in Hong Kong tomorrow

Tomorrow, ladies and gentleman, it's finally time for the long-awaited International Pole Championships in Hong Kong. The competition's own site hasn't been updated for a while, but luckily one can count on Poleranking to know, and share, what's going on in international competitions.

Unfortunately there have been some cancellations. Alisa Pleskova, who I thought might be a strong contestant for top-3, can't make it. Neither can Cleo, the Australian rock chick who always puts on an interesting show. Neither of these ladies was my first choice for winner anyway, but Mens Division suffered a more serious blow as Saulo Sarmiento won't be able to compete due to an exclusive performance elsewhere. He was a clear candidate for winner! If I now have to name someone else, I'm going with the Colombian gymnast Wilson Alexander despite, you know, everything.

Order of competition is out as well:
1.TESSA YUNG
2.DEB ROACH
3.ADAM TAN
4.LAURENCE HILSUM
5.LIYE & NAOMI
6.ALESSANDRA MARCHETTI
7.PATRYK RYBARSKI
8.ERI KAMIMOTO
9.CHELLE HAFNER
10.CARLIE & TRAVIS
11.LENA GRZEGOLEC
12.DAVID HELMEN
13.NATASHA WANG
14.MASAYO & KAZUYA
15.RAFAELA MONTANARO
16.JOB BAUTISTA
17.TRACEY SIMMONDS
18.ENCHANTED
19.WILSON ALEXANDER
20.ZORAYA JUDD
21.MATTY & SHIMMY
22.OONA KIVELÄ
23.CHRIS MEASDAY

The event starts tomorrow, Thursday 7:30 P.M, that would be 1:30 P.M. EET in Helsinki. I'll get back to you with the results, even though we apparently have to wait two months for any performance videos. I do hope they were kidding.

Here's a video of the press conference held earlier today.

IPC 2012 käydään huomenna Hong Kongissa. Kisat alkavat 13:30 Suomen aikaa, mutta valitettavasti Alisa Pleskova, Cleo ja Saulo Sarmiento eivät pääse kisaamaan. Oona Kivelä on esiintymisvuorossa toiseksi viimeisenä.

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