Potomac Whitewater Festival
The 2003 Saturday May 31st Potomac Whitewater Festival featured a series of dazzling contests requiring kayakers to demonstrate mastery of the fast-moving water near Great Falls on the Potomac River. This three-day whitewater extravaganza is the only event of its kind in the DC area.
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For the men, elimination rounds are made up of semi-finals and finals. For the women, finals only.
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Immediately after the last timed run ends, the finish-line judge will tabulate results and determine finish order.
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She will then notify the event coordinator by radio of the names and times of the top 9 men and top 3 women.
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After the run racers had to stay in the vicinity of the course to learn if they have advanced to the finals.
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Both the event coordinator and the finish-line judge will announce the results at the course site.
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The names and times of the finalists will be given, as well as the heat assignments and start times for the elimination rounds.
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If any racers missed their start, they will forfeit their position in the elimination rounds and will get a final ranking of 9th place.
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This is a view near the finish line.
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The arrow indicates the direction the kayakers will be coming from down the falls.
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Arrows show the path the racers need to take to complete the race.
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A closer image of the finish line
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A rescue team on stand-by, incase a racer gets into trouble
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In order to keep their position in the powerful current, the team has to keep their motor moving forward.
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A competitor pulling hard through the finish line flags.
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The finish-line judges
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