Japan Captures 2008 World Cup

The 29th WBTF World Baton Twirling Championships concluded on Sunday, August 10^th in Limerick, Ireland.   The Japanese team captured the World Cup.   Japan retains the title they won a year earlier in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Japan earned a total of 401 points in capturing the World Cup and Japanese athletes recorded Gold Medal performances in all events except Senior Pairs.  In fact, Japanese athletes owned the podium - capturing Gold and Silver and Bronze medals in the Junior Men, Senior Men, Junior Women and Senior Women Divisions. They earned Gold in Junior Pairs, Silver in Senior Pairs and Gold in Team.     The U.S. Team captured the Silver Medal in the Team Competition and the Bronze Medal in the Senior Pair competition on Sunday. 

Rounding out the Top Six in the World Cup were:

• France, 339 points
• USA, 311 points
• Italy, 270 points
• Canada, 222 points
• Netherlands, 167 points

All results can be seen under results or visit the WBTF website at www.wbtf.org