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season of drama, twists and
turns will come to a close when
the world’s best riders head to
the spectacular setting of Khalid
Lagoon in the United Arab Emirate
of Sharjah for the 2016 UIM-ABP
Aquabike World Championship
season finale on 19-21 December.
Ahead of the visit to Sharjah, the UIM-ABP tour
headed east and the two Grand Prix in ten days in the
People’s Republic of China in September and October
always had the potential to shake up the championship
standings. And that is exactly what happened on Dishui
Lake in Shanghai and on the River Liu in Liuzhou.
Heading to China and the world titles in Runabout, Ski,
Ski Ladies and Freestyle were all open and up for grabs
– fast forward and the picture is now very different.
In Ski, Jeremy Poret was somewhat gifted back the
crown he relinquished to Kevin Reiterer at the end of
last year, when all three of his title rivals failed to post
points in race 1 in Liuzhou. Reiterer broke on lap 3,
Nacho Armillas joined the race several laps down and
limped round completing just 5 laps and Stian Schjetlein
failed to make the start line. Poret took the win and
maximum points.
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