Tuesday 22 September was day one of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Denizli, Turkey. South African Andre Rainsford won the task with a goal time of 1 hr 50 mins 57 seconds. Seiko Fukuoka Naville was the first-placed woman, in goal ten minutes later.
89 pilots made goal on the 71 km race-to-goal task.
Live tracking was not operational for yesterday’s task, as the tracking devices had not yet arrived, but it is hoped that it will be available for today’s task.
All being well, you can keep up to date with todays’ events on the Paragliding World Cup’s Live Map and Live Leaderboard pages.
Philippe Broers is also filming the events – see the all-new Paragliding World Cup TV.
RESULTS Superfinal Task 1
Open
1. Andre Rainsford ZA – Oxone Mantra R10.2
2. Nick Greece US – Ozone Mantra R10.3
3. Yoshiki Kuromoto JP – Ozone Mantra R10
Women
1. Seiko Fukuoka Naville FR – ozone Mantra R10.2
2. Elisa Houdry FR – Niviuk Icepeak 3
3. Pera Slivova CZ – Niviuk Icepeak
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