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Buena Vista resident Dustin Urban competes at the second stop of the World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking in Augsburg, Germany, Sunday. Urban placed first and is in second place overall heading into final competition set for Thun, Switzerland, Thursday-Sunday.
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Local kayaker second in World Cup standings
by Christopher Kolomitz
Mail Managing Editor
With one event remaining, Dustin Urban of Buena Vista is in second place in the World Cup of Freestyle Kayaking.
Urban paddled into second place after winning the second portion of the competition Sunday in Augsburg, Germany.
Urban scored 816 points defeating Peter Csonka of Slovakia by 29 points. American and four-time and current world champion Eric Jackson was in third place with 767 points.
In overall standings, Urban is 15 points behind Csonka who has 195 points. Jackson is five points behind Urban in third place.
The world cup event began Aug. 15 in Prague, Czech Republic. It finishes Thursday-Sunday in Thun, Switzerland.
In Prague, Urban placed fifth overall. The competition in Germany was held on a man-made course constructed for the 1972 summer Olympics.
Joining Urban on the U.S. team is fellow Buena Vista resident Jed Selby who placed 16th for the first round in Germany and was knocked out of competition.
In Prague, Selby placed 12th in the first round and didn't advance to the semi-finals.
Selby and Urban earned places on the U.S. team with top FIBArk finishes in Salida during June.
In women's competition, American Emily Jackson is in first place overall with 195 points, leading Ruth Gordon of Canada by 10 points.
Emily Jackson was FIBArk freestyle champion this year while Gordon participated in previous FIBArk events.
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