Team USA's Stefanie Nation, Sandra Gongora, Mexico, Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, and Krista Pöllänen
from Finland finished 1-4 in the Singles preliminaries of the 2009
Women's World Championships en route to advance to the finals on
Thursday, July 30. Nation (left) had games of 228, 257, 205, 242, 206 and 223 in
Squad 1, an average of 226.83 over six games, and remained atop the
leaderboard for the rest of the day. Ginge led Squad 2 while Gongora (right) and Pöllänen moved into the top 4 in Squad 3.
Team USA's Stefanie Nation (left) started the 2009 Women's World
Championships in Las Vegas with victory in the Singles competition. For the first time in WWC, the world champion wasn't crowned after six
games but decided in a final of the top 4 players after the
preliminaries. In the tittle match, Nation defeated Sandra Gongora (right), Mexico, 167-131, to claim the gold medal. Gongora received the silver medal while Anja Ginge Jensen, Denmark, and Krista Pöllänen, Finland, shared the bronze medal.
Colombia's Paola Gomez/Clara Juliana Guerrero/Rocio Restrepo set
the pace in the Women's World Championships Trios event as the
competition has reached its halfway point. The Colombians overtook the lead with 1960 pinfall total and
an average of 217.78 for the three games on the WTBA Stockholm pattern. 2005 World Ranking Masters champion Guerrero led the team with the
field-best 735 series en route to overtake the lead in All Events after
15 of 24 games with 3312 total (220.80). Squad 1 leaders United States, Korea nd Denmark slipped one spot to second through fourth place. The top 4 after tomorrow's second block will advance to the finals. 
Liz Johnson/Carolyn Dorin-Ballard/Stefanie Nation (left
to right) from the host country of the United States rolled a big game
at the end of the first block to take the lead in the Women's World
Championships Trios event after Squad 1. Places 2 and 3 belonged to Korea and Denmark, who showed a strong performance in the championships so far. Rounding out the top 4 is Hong Kong. Squad 2 will start their first block this afternoon. The second block on the medium Athens pattern and the finals will follow on Friday. 
The Doubles preliminaries of the 2009 Women's World Championships were contested on Tuesday, July 30th. 108 doubles were split into three squads to bowl six games on the medium pattern (Athens) to determine the top 4 players, who advanced to the finals on Thursday, July 30, 2009. This is the second of two videos recorded in slow motion.
On the third day of competition, the first medals of the 2009 Women's World Championships will be given to the winners in Singles and Doubles competition Thursday evening in Las Vegas, Nevada. USBC plans to live stream portions of the event on bowl.com, and bowling fans around the world will be able to watch the finals and select semifinals. Before the top 4 qualifiers from the Singles and Doubles preliminaries take to the lanes at Cashman Center, the first of two blocks of the Trios event will be staged in the arena from 9am through 5pm.
Maria Jose Rodriguez from Colombia, rolled the sole 300 game of
the 2009 World Tenpin Bowling Association Women's World Championships
July 30, 2009 at Cashman Center in Las Vegas Nevada. Maria, who teamed
with Alejandra Mora in the Doubles event, had 12 consecutive strikes in
the fourth game on the medium oil pattern (Athens).
Hong Su-Yeon and Son Yun-Hee from Korea finished the third and last squad in the Doubles preliminaries with a 454 game to beat out their compatriots Gang Hye-Eun and Hwang Sun-Ok
(right, l-r) for the lead by three pins en route to earn the No. 1 seed
for the finals in the Women's World Championships on Thursday. Hong/Son No. 4 Hong/Son meet No. 4 Carol Gianotti and Ann Maree Putney, Australia, and Gang/Hwang take on No. 3 Anne Gales and Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark in the semifinals starting at 7pm. 
Liza Clutario and Liza Del Rosario (r-l) from the Philippines were the sole team from Squad 2 who cracked the top 4 in the Doubles preliminaries at the 2009 Women's World Championships in Las Vegas.The duoled the
squad en route to move into third place overall with 2549 total and an
average of 212.42. Gang Hye Eun and Hwang Sun Ok from Korea and Anne Gales and Rikke Rasmussen, Denmark, remained in first and second place with 2613 and 2608, resp.. England's Jo Cundy and Hayley White fell one spot to fourth place and is now the team on the bubble with 2548.
Gang Hye Eun and Hwang Sun Ok (r-l) from Korea overtook the lead after the first of three squads in the Doubles preliminaries of the 2009 Women's World Championships in Las Vegas. The duo rolled six games between 408 and 490 to finish the six-game block on the medium pattern with 2613 pinfall total and an average of 217.75. Maria Jose Rodriguez (right) of Colombia set the first
highlight in the championships when she rolled the first 300 game of
the championships
On the second day of competition the action shifts to the Doubles event in the 2009 Women's World Championships at Cahman Center in Las Vegas. The schedule is similar to the Singles event on Tuesday. All teams will bowl one six-game block on the medium oil pattern (Athens). The top 4 duos at the end of the day will advance to the stepladder finals on Thursday, July 30,
2009 starting right after the Singles finals at 7.00pm. 
Anja Ginge-Jensen (l.) from Denmark, Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero (r.) and Tina Hulsch,
Germany, added their names to the leaderboard in the second squad of
the Singles event in the 2009 Women's World Championships Tuesday
afternoon at Cashman Center. Stefanie Nation, United States, held on to the lead with 1361 six-game total and an average of! 226.83. The top 4 players at the end of the day will advance to the finals on Thursday, July 30, 2009 starting at 5.30pm.
The 2009 Women's World Championships were declared open on
Monday evening at the Cahman Center in Las Vegas. Real action starts on
Tuesday morning 9am local time with the the Singles event. 228 of the best female bowler in the world from 45 WTBA member
federations were split into three squads to bowl six games on the Stockholm pattern, the shorter pattern of the two chosen by Technical delegate Daniel Falconi, a standout from Mexico. All players will bowl one six-game block. The top 4 players at the end
of the day will advance to the finals on Thursday, July 30.
In true Las Vegas fashion, Cher and Elvis impersonators helped kick off the 2009 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women's Championships at Cashman Center on Monday night. The opening ceremonies introduced the 45 countries that will be competing this week and celebrated the event's return to the United States for the first time since it was held at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, Nev., in 1995. The 228 competitors will take to the lanes beginning with singles Tuesday
morning at 9 a.m. PDT.