On Saturday morning, we had the prize giving ceremony. It started off with a traditional flag dance in which the dancers performed all kinds of tricks with the flags, accompanied by music. Have a look at the video to get an impression. After the show, we moved to a little park in the centre of the village, where the prizes were given to the athletes. There was a lot of cheering and many happy faces. Special trophies were given to the only three girls in the competition, Julia Kucherenko, Natalia Petrova and Evgenia Laritskaya from Russia. Amazing performance to keep up with over 100 men, well done! Then, the official trophies were given to the winners Alex Ploner (ITA), Christian Ciech (ITA), and Primoz Gricar (SLO) as well a to the Italian, French, and Austrian teams.
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