21 January 2019

Kyra Condie and Zach Galla win US Combined

1. Kyra Condie - Zach Galla 2. Brooke Raboutou - Nathaniel Coleman 3. Natalia Grossman - Sean Bailay 4. Ashima Shiraishi - Collin Duffy 5. Margo Hayes - Drew Ruana Kyra won actually all but Speed where she was #3 and should be put on the short list for one of the contenders for qualifying to Tokyo. Both Margo and Ashima suffer most from being like three second slower than best in Speed. Among the male, Zach's victory must be considered as big surprise as he was #9 and #16 in the Youth World's last year. The 18 year did below 6.84 in three rounds which is at the highest standard for the non-Speed specialists. Complete results
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