Hensley Earns Bronze At World Games

The water ski program consists of three-event water skiing, barefoot water skiing and wakeboarding. The event concludes Saturday with finals in men's water skiing, men's and women's barefoot water skiing and men's and women's wakeboarding. The participating athletes – who compete solely for individual overall medals – were selected based on world overall rankings and availability.

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Hensley tallied 2,567.68 overall points after scoring 5,670 points in tricks, 5 buoys at 35 feet off in slalom and 129 feet in jumping. Belgium's Kate Adriaensen won the gold medal with 2,824.15 points after scoring 6,490 points in tricks, 1 buoy at 38 feet off in slalom and 136 feet in jumping. France's Manon Costar earned the silver medal, tallying 2,678.57 points with scores of 6,790 points in tricks, 2 buoys at 35 feet off in slalom and 133 feet in jumping.

Besides Hensley, Olivia McDonald of Fayetteville, N.C., and Storm Selsor of Fremont, Calif., are competing in the three-event water skiing competition. Keith St. Onge of Winter Haven, Fla., Adin Daneker of Olympia, Wash., Elaine Heller of Alma Center, Wis., and Shannon Heller of Alma Center, Wis., are competing in the barefoot water skiing competition. Andrew Adkison of Windermere, Fla., Dallas Friday of Orlando, Fla., and Raimi Merritt of Lantana, Fla., are competing in the wakeboarding competition.

Held every four years, the World Games is organized and governed by the International World Games Association, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.

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