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Europeans 2024 in Pegalajar, Spain

European Championships 2024: One to remember

The FAI European Paragliding Championships in Pegalajar, Spain saw ten tasks and knocked more than 1,000km flown. We headed to olive country
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Passing the Flame A crew of 24 different sports personalities were on the Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, to see Sandie Cochepain, top right, launch and fly with the Olympic flame Photos: Etienne Grillot and Bertrand Delapierre

Olympic Flame en Parapente

The Olympic flame took flight above Chamonix on its way to Paris for the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games carried by Sandie Cochepain
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Simon Oberrauner on the road during the X-Pyr.

Simon’s X-Pyr Sprint Finish

Simon Oberrauner had to run, run, run to win this year’s X-Pyr Hike-and-Fly race. Tarquin Cooper spoke to him after he made goal.
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La Fioritura

Adi Geisegger and friends head to Italy for a one-off chance to fly Castelluccio above the famous spring-time flowers
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Abel at launch

Abel Varga

Ed Ewing chats to Abel Varga about his recent record flight flying border to border across the flatlands of Hungary
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Timo Leonetti was a star of the international cross-country paragliding scene Photo: Stéphane Boulenger

Obituary: Timo Leonetti

Timo Leonetti was one of the brightest young stars in the international paragliding scene. Timo tragically died on 14 June 2024.
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On launch with: Chigwon Won

Chigwon Won took home the gold in the FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Championships held in South Korea in June
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Evolution 2: A Legacy – an Acro paragliding Story

Evolution 2: A Legacy – An Acro Paragliding Story

Théo de Blic's new video describes the evolution of Acro paragliding from its early days and explains why he sees it as now in its third era
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Tanguy Renaud-Goud climbed and flew an 800m hill 22 times to complete 17,534m in 23 hours Photos: Tanguy RG

Tanguy feels the burn

France’s Tanguy Renaud-Goud set a new hike-and-fly world record for elevation gain over 24 hours hike-and-flying 17,534m in April
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Fabi Buhl in the Karakoram in June 2022 Photo: Jake Holland

Fabi Buhl: ‘An Infinite Energy’

Fabi Buhl has gone from rock-rat to sky-god in super-quick time. Tarquin Cooper found out more about this talented multi-sports pilot
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