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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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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Registration and who’s who

Mads Syndergaard keeps cool at the four-hour check in – first task is today
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Denmark's Mads Syndergaard prepares to take his UP Edge XR into battle at the Paragliding World Championships in Spain. Photo: Nick Greece

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads Syndergaard on the new rules

The Paragliding World Championships start in Piedrahita in two days time. Mads Syndergaard is making his way to Spain, and deliberating the concept of 'more safety' in paragliding competitions.
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Fia El Yelmo 2011 takes place in Serra de la Segura, Jaen Province of Andalucia, Spain this July 2011

El Yelmo 2011: Spanish flying festival

El Yelmo, Andalucia's free flight festival, takes place from 8 - 10 July 2011.
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Women’s Paragliding Open 2011

The second Women's Paragliding Open is to be held in Àger in northern Spain from 28 August - 3 September 2011.
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World’s first women-only paragliding open a success

Britain's Kirsty Cameron has won both Open and Serial classes of the first female-only paragliding open that was held in Ager in the Spanish Pyrenees, winning herself a new Sup'Air harness and Flymaster B1 nav GPS-vario.
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Primoz Gricar wins Spanish Nationals / International Open in Ager

Slovenian Primox Gricar (Aeros) won the Spanish International Open in Ager, Spain, which finished on 10 July
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Piedrahita site record broken – 312 km

French paraglider pilot Thomas Puthod has set a new record for Piedrahita, Spain, with a flight of 312 km on 29 July.
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Gerolf Heinrichs wins European Hang Gliding Championships 2010

Austrian Gerolf Heinrichs has won the 17th FAI European Hang Gliding Championships, held in Ager, Spain, which finished on 24 July 2010.
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El Yelmo festival gets underway

The eleventh edition of Spain's popular Festival of the Air, El Yelmo, has officially opened in a hot and sunny Sierra de Segura, Andalucia. It runs until Sunday.
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