FIS Worldmasters, Switzerland 2014
Lloyd Wallace GBR: 7th place.
A very strong performance today at the FIS event in Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, the top aerial event of the summer anywhere in the world.
This was the first time Lloyd performed triple somersaults in competition, and he put all four to his feet. In the qualification rounds he performed lay full full and lay full tuck scoring 96.5 and 90.3 points. The top 12 went through to finals, with Lloyd advancing in 9th place. There are then three knockout rounds going from 12 to 9 to 6. Round one: he again performed lay full full, a double twisting triple and stayed in 9th place. In round two he performed a new jump for the first time, with his highest DD ever; a lay double-full tuck. It was well executed and landed, pushing him up to 7th, just 0.6 points and one place off the Super Finals. The contest was won by reigning Olympic Champion Anton Kushnir of Belarus.
Lloyd’s younger sister Elodie Wallace also showed a solid performance in the Ladies event, finishing in 9th place. Elodie demonstrated her progress and confidence as she builds competition experience with her back layout and back full.
Lloyd, 19 from Wiltshire was also 2nd in the Junior classification. He remains in Switzerland for ongoing training.
There were World Cup teams from USA, Switzerland, Belarus, Ukraine, plus Germany and Britain supported by a huge enthusiastic and vocal crowd at the training centre near Zurich.