WOMEN’S PARAGLIDING

12/06/2016

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COMPETITION

Paragliding World Cup Gemona 2016 : the winners

Jurij VIDIC – Andreas MALECKI  – Hernan PITOCCO

Seiko FUKUOKA NAVILLE – Silvia BUZZI FERRARIS  – Yvonne DATHE

The 115 competitors who participated at PWC in Gemona, Italy from 4 to 11 June 2016 had not really chance. Indeed, the competition has unfortunately suffered from the bad weather. Fortunately, two tasks were held, minimum conditions required to validate the competition.

The first task was Wednesday, June 8: 88 km with over 50% of pilots reaching the goal. A second task was held the next day but it stopped due to difficult weather conditions. On Friday, June 10, a final task was possible: 68 km with only 30% of pilots reaching the goal.

Photos and Videos: Philippe Broers

Results

1- Andreas MALECKI DEU
2- Jurij VIDIC SVN
3- Hernan PITOCCO ARG
4- Marco LITTAME ITA
5- Primoz SUSA SVN
6- Andre RAINSFORD ZAF
6- Christian BIASI ITA
8- Christoph EDER AUT
9- Jean Marc CARON FRA
9- Yury MISHANIN RUS
11- Torsten SIEGEL DEU

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Women

1- Silvia BUZZI FERRARIS ITA
2- Seiko FUKUOKA NAVILLE FRA
3- Yvonne DATHE DEU
4- Nicole FEDELE ITA
5- Laurie GENOVESE FRA
6- Nao TAKADA JPN
7- Kirsty CAMERON GBR
8- Patricia LETONA MEX
9- Ruth CHURCHILL DOWER GBR
10- Ewa KORNELUK- GUZY DEU

Task 1

Task 2

Prize giving

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02/05/2016

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RECORD

France has a new distance record as Martin Morlet flies 411km from Rouen to Limoges

Click on the image to see the route – See tracking CFD

On the 1st May 2016 the first news buzz is on Facebook – Martin Morlet has broken France’s distance record to fly 411km from Rouen.

Launching in the morning at 11am from the French site of La côte des 2 amants in the Eure region, Martin landed at 20h45, sunset, at Croisille sur Briance  near Limoges!  Martin posted on his Facebook page later on that evening with a photo of his final glide and the text “411”.

Martin Morlet is now patiently waiting for his flight to be officially declared as the new French distance record, beating that of Luc Armant when he flew 365km from Jeufosse on 3rd May 2014.

Congratulations to Martin Morlet from Rock the Outdoor!

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