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Launching from the Gaisberg on Day 1 of the Red Bull X-Alps 2021

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Day 1 roundup

The Red Bull X-Alps 2021 started in a blazing hot Salzburg at 11:30am on Sunday 20 June. Tommy Friedrich (AUT3) claimed the King of the Gaisberg crown
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PWC Gemona: 19-26 June 2021

The 2021 Paragliding World Cup Series gets underway in Gemona, Italy on 19 June, to be followed by a leg in Serbia and a Superfinal in Switzerland
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Hang Gliding World Championships 2021 cancelled

The 2021 Hang Gliding World Championships have been cancelled. The competition was due to have been held in Krushevo, North Macedonia 18-30 July this year.
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Kinga at Hochgrindeck, Austria on 17 June 2019. Photo: Red Bull X-Alps

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: Kinga Masztalerz withdraws

One of the stand-out Rookies from the last edition of the X-Alps has had to withdraw from this year's competition due to a stress fracture
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021 route map

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: ‘It’s a go!’

The Red Bull X-Alps 2021 will go ahead as planned in June, organisers have confirmed.
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PG Worlds 2021 heads to Argentina in November

May's postponed FAI Paragliding World Championships 2021 will now take place in Argentina in November
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021. Photo: Harald Tauderer/Red Bull Content Pool

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: ‘Elite event’ status sort

The Red Bull X-Alps is trying to get itself recognised as an elite sporting event so it can go ahead as planned
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Ozone Chabre Open

Ozone Chabre Open 2021: Cancelled (again)

The popular Ozone Chabre Open has been cancelled for a second year in a row due to Covid.
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Red Bull X-Alps 2021 route map

Red Bull X-Alps 2021: ‘Could be postponed to August’

This year’s Red Bull X-Alps could be postponed until August, according to an email sent out to X-Alps pilots earlier this week.
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X-Berg Challenge 2021

X-Berg Challenge 2021: runner Jon Kirkman wins

Jon Kirkman won the Extreme category of the 2021 X-Berg Challenge for the second consecutive time, as a trail runner. He won as a mountain biker in 2019! 
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