It was a cloudy day in São Paulo today. With the top 16 in women’s and the top 17 in men’s advancing to the semi-finals, temperatures outside were dropping, but in the bowl the skating was heating up. Following the quarter finals, those moving on had open practice. Both the women’s and men’s sessions were filled with some amazing skating, should make for a great day tomorrow. Semi’s and finals this weekend are broadcast live on world skate tv. If you can’t make it to the park to watch in person, be sure to tune in and watch online.

On the left, Sky Brown - Bs Air. On the right, Thomas Schaar - Stalefish. In the top image, Tristan Rennie.

WOMEN ADVANCING TO SEMIFINALS

1 Sky BROWN - GBR
2 Mami TEZUKA - JAP
3 Kokona HIRAKI - JAP
4 Poppy STARR OLSEN - AUS
5 Arianna CARMONA - USA
6 Isadora PACHECO - BRA
7 Bryce WETTSTEIN - USA
8 Kihana OGAWA - JAP
9 Alana SMITH - USA
10 Dora VARELLA - BRA
11 Jordan SANTANA - USA
12 Julia BENEDETTI - ESP
13 Leticia GONCALVES - BRA
14 Victoria BASSI - BRA
15 Lilly STOEPHASIUS - GER
16 Minna STESS - USA

MEN ADVANCING TO SEMIFINALS

1 Thomas SCHAAR - USA
2 Keegan PALMER - AUS
3 Murilo PERES - BRA
4 Mateus HIROSHI - BRA
5 Tristan RENNIE - USA
6 Tate CAREW - USA
7 Oscar ROZENBERG HALLBERG - SWE
8 Alessandro MAZZARA - ITA
9 Liam PACE - USA
10 Alex SORGENTE - USA
11 Ayumu HIRANO - JAP
12 Tyler EDTMAYER - GER
13 Steven YANCY PINERO - PRI
14 Pedro QUINTAS - BRA
15 Kieran WOLLEY - AUS
16 Shaun WHITE - USA
17 Ivan FEDERICO - ITA

 Check here the FULL RESULTS

 Check here the Olympic World Skate Ranking

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

SATURDAY - 09/14
8:45am- REGISTRATION
9:00am - 9:50am: Women’s Semifinals practice
9:50am - 12:10pm: Women’s Semifinals
12:10pm - 12:25pm: Pause for skatepark cleaning
12:25pm - 1:15pm: Men’s Semifinals practice
1:15pm - 3:35pm: Men’s Semifinals
3:35pm - 4:50pm: Women’s Finals
4:50pm - 5:30pm: Men’s Finals practice
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Women’s Award Ceremony

SUNDAY - 09/15
8:45am- REGISTRATION
9:00am - 10:00am: Men’s Finals practice
10:00am - 10:15am: Men’s Finals Official Warm Up
10:15am - 11:30am: Men’s Finals
11:30am - 12:00pm: Awards Ceremony

LIVE STREAMING SCHEDULE ON WWW.WORLDSKATE.TV (BRAZIL LOCAL TIME)

Saturday 12pm - 6pm
Sunday 9am-2pm

COMPETITION FORMAT (WOMEN AND MEN)

SEEDING

04 Skateboarders Preseed to the Semifinal
16 Skateboarders Preseed to the Quarterfinal

OPEN QUALIFIERS

The Qualifier round is open to a country quota of 3 athletes registered by World Skate recognized National Governing Body and Event Wildcard holding athletes.
2 runs of 45 seconds (full time runs with bails included)
Best run counts
Top 16 skaters advance to the Quarterfinal

QUARTERFINAL - 32 SKATERS

3 runs of 45 seconds (time until the fall, no restarts)
Best run count
Top 16 skaters advance to the Semifinal

SEMIFINAL - 20 SKATERS

3 runs of 45 seconds (time until the fall, no restarts)
Best run counts
Top 8 skaters advance to the Final

FINAL - 8 SKATERS

4 runs of 45 seconds (time until the fall, no restarts)
Best run counts

Photo Credits by Piero Capannini