I was placed in the Advanced Black Belt group despite being a Brown Belt/Black Stripe. I was the only Brown in that group.
I didn't place in the medals, but that wasn't my goal, and the level of performance of those high ranked ladies was phenomenal. However, I did receive a respectable score from the judges, and later on during the day I was approached by many strangers who wanted to shake my hand, and praise me as they had enjoyed my kata.
Here is a picture of me during my kata performance:
This picture was professionally taken by Gioele Agostinelli You can see more pictures from this person from this event here: http://www.flickr.com/people/agioele/
