Comps and Events

News from the international scene

What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?

In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them
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Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Lighter, faster, better?

Red Bull X-Alps 2011: Lighter, faster, better?

There are only five days to go until the start of the fifth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps. The advances in paraglider technology mean the equipment used in 2011 is very different to that used in the first race, back in 2003.
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Paragliding World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: CANCELLED

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships: Stopped by the FAI

The Paragliding World Championships 2011 have been temporarily stopped
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Statement and update

The organisers of the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita have released a further statement
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads leaves

The morning meeting is just over, and as expected most teams were for continuing the event.
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Our darkest day

Mads Syndergaard reports from Piedrahita, where two pilots died during task 2 on Wednesday 6 July
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Tragedy hits Paragliding World Championships 2011

Two die in separate incidents. Next of kin have been informed
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Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1: Mads makes 70km…

Keen readers will have worked out that I didn't make goal today, writes Mads Syndergaard
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The 154km route at the first task of the Paragliding World Championships 2011

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1: 154km to Arcones

Sweden's Matts Eliasson has provisionally won the first task of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships
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