Sunday, 4 October, LIUZHOU (China): After trailing his younger brother Nac in the points all season Freestyle star Rok Florjancic regained the upper hand winning heat 1 to move one point ahead in the brothers battle for the title.

He was given the nod by the judges in two of the four categories, variety and style, tied his brother for quantity of tricks and conceded in extensions, outscoring Nac by two points with 92 out of 100.

Roberto Mariani scored 73 points in third ahead of China’s Ma Youle and Liu He.

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