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Red Bull held a Freerunning competition in Vienna Austria this past weekend. Congrats to Victor Lopez from Los Angeles, California who took second place in this worldwide event! First place went to Ryan Doyle, who broke his leg on a final move ... I think overall Victor is better off :) There's a link to RedBull's site here And some videos mentioned on the forums in this thread . It seems that they used an excess of padding to allow for "huge moves" instead of relying on the natural beauty of Freerunning done on natural surfaces. Too bad as there were many talented people there who do amazing stuff anywhere they go! Two people now have noted that this seems like a jab at Ryan. Ryan is an awesome athlete, anyone who hasn't seen it needs to check out his video "Crazy day at the park " in which he throws a ridiculous amount of hard tricks. Injuries are not a joke, especially a broken leg, and we wish him a speedy recovery. As for it being a jab, it is a statement - this competition seemed to encourage large tricks, this is not the spirit of Freerunning at all and it's sad to see a competition where someone gets injured. Of course it happens in skiing, skating, almost any sport, but the idea here seemed to be "Go big or go home".
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