Large: Juice wins it all, Focus takes 4th to be nudged out of a medal by her teammate.
Small: Wave crashes into a gold medal with spectacular run
Medium: But for a bobble at the end with Luca it could have been clean sweep, as Luca had the fastest time.

Congratulations Team USA!

Medium, originally uploaded by agilpwc.

USA teams has 3 nice clean runs. Unfortunately the DQ from jumpers puts them out of contention.
Brazil wins it's second championship at FCI 2008.

After getting here and checking into hotel I took a walk around. The picture above I believe is the ice hall where the competition is going to be held.

As a side note I was thoroughly impressed with Lufthansa on my transatlantic flight. Great service and lots of free booze, starting with beer, then wine for dinner, then refill on the wine, then baileys for dessert. And this was in the cheap economy seats.

I make this page so all messages wishing luck and success can be in one place, instead of spread all over the website in random locations. So if you wish someone luck, just add comment to this page.

Good Luck to all!

There is going to be a Agility Fan Evening Saturday after the competition at the Finnair Stadium.

Last night I decide to get iPhone so I can report on FCI 2008 without my laptop. It is very nice device. I also modify the website so if you are viewing from a mobile device like your iPhone it will automatically display web pages better suited for the smaller screen.
I also plan on making the videos play on the iPhone, which has a very beautiful and big screen. I will have a test video up soon.

So here I am as usual making last minute arrangements trying to find hotel accomodations in Helsinki. I'm reading the descriptions and all the hotels mention having a sauna and old ladies who will scrub your back. I can already tell this trip is going to be a lot more fun than Hamar, Norway.

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I'm planning on using Twitter to provide micro updates during my trip to Finland reporting on the FCI World Championships. This will provide more immediate updates until I get a chance to report more fully from the laptop.

You can recieve these updates on your cell phone via txt messages.

Here is the competition schedule overview.

Friday September 26, 2008

8.00 am opening ceremony
Jumping team, large, judge Anne Savioja
Jumping team, small, judge Allan Hansen
Jumping team, medium, judge Anne Savioja
Agility team, large, judge Allan Hansen

Saturday September 27, 2008

8.00 am competition starts
Jumping individual, small, judge Anne Savioja
Jumping individual, medium, judge Allan Hansen
Jumping individual, large, judge Allan Hansen
Agility team, small, judge Anne Savioja
Agility team, medium, judge Allan Hansen

Sunday September 28, 2008