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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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Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

Xavier is Missing: Search moves to new area

James 'Kiwi' Johnston reports from Huaraz on the latest developments
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World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Tragedy hits Paragliding World Championships 2011

Two die in separate incidents. Next of kin have been informed
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Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

Xavier is Missing: Kiwi Johnston reports from Peru

James 'Kiwi' Johnston reports from Huaraz on the search for Xavier Murillo
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Xavier Murillo has gone missing in the Andes whilst flying his paraglider

Xavier is Missing UPDATE: local boy saw a glider: Reward offered

A local boy reports sighting a lone paraglider near Huaraz the day Xavier Murillo vanished
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2011 Paragliding World Championships Task 1 - Photo- Martin Scheel

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1 scores

Charles Cazaux (FR) wins first task but 32 pilots score zero for busting airspace
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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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