Top 64 men and 16 women to advance to the 2010 Red Bull Crashed Ice World
Championship finals in Québec City

QUÉBEC CITY, March 20 /CNW/ - The ice was slick and competition fierce! From the more than 100 male and 20 female Red Bull Crashed Ice competitors who put metal to ice tonight in the qualifying round, 64 intrepid males and 16 fearless females will now advance to the finals. Check out the competitors who are vying for the fastest skater bragging rights in the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship on Saturday, March 20th beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET.

    
    TOP 64 MEN

    1.     HORST, Adam, Fort St. John, BC, 45.80
    2.     PAPILLON, Christian, Quebec, QC, 46.25
    3.     BRAUN, Kilian, Switzerland, 46.53
    4.     CROXALL, Kyle, Toronto, ON, 46.82
    5.     KOLC, Lukas, Czech Republic, 46.98
    6.     DUMOULIN, Louis-Philippe, Blainville, QC, 46.98
    7.     OLSON, Kevin, Lethbridge, AB, 47.16
    8.     JOUTSENLAHTI, Lari, Finland, 47.27
    9.     MULLER, Kim, Switzerland, 47.30
    10.    NIEFNECKER, Martin, Germany, 47.42
    11.    RUEGGE, Andreas, Switzerland, 47.43
    12.    KLINTRUP, Paavo, Finland, 47.55
    13.    MAKSYMYK, BJ, Calgary, AB, 47.59
    14.    MORISSETTE, Sébastien, Quebec City, QC, 47.68
    15.    HEINO, Mikko, Finland, 47.68
    16.    CROXALL, Scott, Toronto, ON, 47.73
    17.    KRAINER-BIDOVEC, Michael, Austria, 47.74
    18.    FELDER, Jasper, Sweden, 48.23
    19.    ARNOLD, Mark, Ottawa, ON, 48.26
    20.    HAYWOOD, Coleton, Toronto, ON, 48.41
    21.    URBAN, Michal, Czech Republic, 48.46
    22.    GRAY, Lucas, Williams Lake, BC, 48.76
    23.    ANDRE, Gabriel, Edmonton, AB, 48.95
    24.    MEYERHOFF, Scott, Calgary, AB, 48.97
    25.    GUIGNARD, Sébastien, Quebec City, 49.05
    26.    LACROIX, Paul-Thomas, Quebec City, 49.09
    27.    ANAKA, Linden, Grande Praire, AB, 49.11
    28.    MADER, Reto, Switzerland, 49.29
    29.    ARPKE, Christian, Germany, 49.30
    30.    LEBLOND, Martin, Ottawa, ON, 49.37
    31.    NADEAU, Martin, Longueuil, QC, 49.37
    32.    NUTTLEY, SHANE, Toronto, ON, 49.38
    33.    LINDEMULDER, Benjamin, Edmonton, AB, 49.45
    34.    PROCHAZKA, Michal, Czech Republic, 49.46
    35.    NAGATA, Travis, Delta, BC, 49.58
    36.    VINCENT, André, Quebec City, QC, 49.62
    37.    DAVIS, Greg, Calgary, AB, 49.65
    38.    LEBLANC, Pier-Anthony, Beauport, QC, 49.66
    39.    WALKER, Liam, Saskatoon, SK, 49.79
    40.    SCHMID, Frederik, Germany, 49.81
    41.    RICHARD, Bruno, Caraquet, NB, 49.81
    42.    WALLIN, Garth, St. Albert, AB, 49.90
    43.    KERFOOT, Don, Winnipeg, MB, 49.97
    44.    VAN ROOSMALEN, Bart, Netherlands, 50.00
    45.    CREIGHTON, Rob, Strathroy, ON, 50.05
    46.    CHOUINARD, Jean-Guy, Sherbrooke, QC, 50.08
    47.    LUTHOLF, Janis, Switzerland, 50.10
    48.    GURTNER, Oliver, Switzerland, 50.30
    49.    BEAUCHEMIN, Robin, St-Simon-de-Bagot, QC, 50.35
    50.    SOCCIO, Mike, Germany, 50.38
    51.    SPEIJENS, Remo, Netherlands, 50.41
    52.    ROBITAILLE, Raphaël, Quebec City, QC, 50.43
    53.    ROTHWELL, Nathan, Toronto, ON, 50.58
    54.    STOLLAR, JP, London, ON, 50.65
    55.    HOTTE, Ghyslain, Ottawa, ON, 50.70
    56.    HUDSON, Gary, London, ON, 50.87
    57.    MÉNARD, Dominick, Montreal, QC, 50.94
    58.    MERCHEN, Jean, Coquitlam, BC, 51.01
    59.    WANCHULAK, Brad, Calgary, AB, 51.05
    60.    BOURASSA, Alex, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, QC, 51.12
    61.    BOERNER, Andres, Germany, 51.18
    62.    WILLER, Florian, Germany, 51.27
    63.    CIVITARESE, Nicholas, Calgary, AB, 51.27
    64.    PERREAULT, Yohan, Notre-Dame-des- Prairies, QC, 51.33


    TOP 16 WOMEN

    1.     MUIR, Kerri, Calgary, AB, 53.81
    2.     HARTLEY, Jen, Balzac, AB, 55.64
    3.     BRISEBOIS, Marquise, Brossard, QC, 56.02
    4.     HANSON, Tia, Calgary, AB, 56.15
    5.     RYAN, Kailee, Lethbridge, AB, 58.18
    6.     LEFEBVRE, Dominique, Ottawa, ON, 58.25
    7.     RAITHBY, Stephanie, London, ON, 58.30
    8.     ATTENBOROUGH, Gwynne, Windsor, ON, 58.31
    9.     VERMILLON, Megan, Edmonton, AB, 58.47
    10.    STONE, Chelsea, Edmonton, AB, 59.58
    11.    ZENZ, Alice, Austria, 59.60
    12.    KYHALA, Salla, Saskatoon, SK, 59.89
    13.    BORTOLON, Kristin, Niagara Falls, ON, 1:03.05
    14.    CÔTÉ, Anne-Pier, Quebec City, QC, 1:04.14
    15.    HOTTOT, Kayla, Ottawa, ON, 1:05.06
    16.    BÉRUBÉ, Caroline, Montreal, QC, 1:06.06
    

For the fifth year in a row, Red Bull Crashed Ice, a combination of hockey, downhill skiing and boardercross, yet again brings high energy and the search for glory to the historic district of Old Québec. In total, more than 12,000 Canadians registered for the chance to compete and only the country's most high octane athletes from coast-to-coast and beyond have made it through to the world championship finals in QuébecCity. What lies ahead? Tomorrow these thrill-seeking athletes will once again clash in an epic battle to the bottom of an urban ice course riddled with massive vertical drops, jumps and razor-sharp turns at heart-pounding speeds of more than 60 km/h.

Results and photos of the qualifications are available at:

    
    http://media-canada.info
    Username:    media
    Password:    red00bull
    Folder:      Red Bull Crashed Ice Québec 2010
    

What are you watching Saturday night?

Can't make it to Québec City for the finals? Grab the remote and tune into CBC or CBC-HD immediately following Hockey Night in Canada at approximately 12:45 a.m. ET tomorrow night to watch a live broadcast of Red Bull Crashed Ice!

LIVE WEBCAST:

A live web stream of Red Bull Crashed Ice Québec City will be available at www.redbullcrashedice.com, on March 20, 2010 at 8:30p.m. ET.

Video will also be available via satellite downlink:

    
    Date:        March 21, 2010
    Time:        02.00 - 02.30 ET (= 06.00 - 06.30 GMT) - AM
    Satellite:   Galaxy 17 at 91 degrees West
                 Txp. 15K - Channel A (9 MHz ku-band)
                 Downlink Frequency: 11.986,500 MHZ
                 Downlink Polarisation: horizontal (X)

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    Date:        March 21, 2010
    Time:        10.00 - 10.30 ET (= 14.00 - 14.30 GMT) - AM
                 IS-9 at 58 degrees West
                 Txp. 24C - Channel B (9 MHz c-band)
                 Downlink Frequency: 4155,500 MHZ
                 Downlink Polarisation: horizontal (X)
    Encoding:    MPEG 4:2:0
                 SR 6.1113 msym/sec
                 FEC 3/4 clear key
                 Video Standard: 525/NTSC 16:9 SD feed
                 Audio: Ch 1: international sound left, Ch 2: international
                 sound right
    

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