This is the podium image from the last PKRA stop in Pingtan. We see Karolina and Gisela on the top step, and neither in second place.
Before we tell you what happened, we want to give a huge congratulations to Annelous Lammerts for securing an undisputed 3rd place!!
Now onto the matter at hand.
Karolina says...
There is a lot of drama happening here at the PKRA event. One of my best tricks (backmobe) wasn’t scored during the final and the decision was made to re-run the final heat today(that’s what they do in the men division when they miss a trick). However my opponent is claiming that she is not going to compete today because she is ‘injured’ now… The final decision is not made, but we might re-run the heat on the next event in Haikou. I don’t think is fair but I am going to stay strong and fight as much as possible to WIN THIS TOUR !!!
Gisela says...
We are leaving Pingtan without an official result of the event. Yesterday in the double elimination I lost the final against Karolina so we had to do the “superfinal” to break the tie. After announcing the result that I was the winner, they said they missed one of Karolina’s trick and that was a potential manoeuvre to change the result, so we would need to do a re-run. Unfortunately after I came out of the water I cut my foot pretty deep so I wasn’t in my 100% today. The PKRA committee decided to postpone the final to the next and final stop in Haikou, China.
Gisela continues...
All I do in life is because is my passion and it makes me happy. I just want to be honest with all of you guys. I’m over this. I don’t agree with any decision that has been made, the unfair judging during the whole year, and specially here in Pingtan, re-running the final heat, postponing it to the next competition. I’m tired of all the politics in the sport; it takes all the good fun out of it. The situation went to far that I lost all the motivation I had after my training in Brazil. I just feel like going home. Still I’m one of the luckiest person in the world to have such a support from my family and sponsors in Spain and my friends that are here in China. That leaves me a little bit of energy to go to Haikou and finish the year. Because of the respect they deserve I’m going to fight the situation and give my best.
Karolina says...
Thank you everybody for so much support. We all know that the decision made by the judging committiee was unjust and that postponig the Pingtan final to a different competition is just a joke. On my side I feel stronger than ever and I am going to do everything I can to show who is the BEST here ! K
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