Las Vegas Weekly

April 19, 2010 · 12:32 PM

Photos: Team Brazil wins 2010 PBR World Cup; USA finishes 2nd

By Robin Leach

The 2010 Professional Bull Riders World Cup at the Thomas and Mack Center on April 18, 2010.

Photo: Tom Donoghue/www.donoghuephotography.com

Team Brazil dominated the third and final day yesterday of the 2010 Professional Bull Riders World Cup at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center, easily winning its second title in four years of the championship. Brazil was led by 2008 PBR world champion Guilherme Marchi, who finished on top in the individual average.

Team USA, the defending two-time champions, finished second, followed by Australia, Canada and Mexico. Austin Meier of Kinta, Okla., was Team USA’s top individual rider, placing fourth. Brazil’s winning margin of nearly 360 points is the largest in the championship’s four-year history.

Contributing photographer Tom Donoghue captured the final day of competition, and Christopher Rauschnot of 24K Media attended the finals yesterday, as well, and posted his video on YouTube.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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