Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Hans Bollinger wins first task
Swiss pilot Hans Bollinger has won the first task of the PWC Superfinal in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, yesterday 25 January 2012 . Reigning women’s champion Petra Slivova was the first woman in goal.
The first task, a 61.5km race-to-goal via six turnpoints saw an impressive 95 pilots in goal out of 116 who flew the task. Hans’ winning time was 1h41m54s.
Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: task one (click to go to Task Viewer)
RESULTS Superfinal Task 1
Open
1. Hans Bollinger CH – Gin Boomerang
2. Raul Penso VE – Ozone EnZo
3. Dušan Oroz – Ozone EnZo
Women
1. Petra Slivova CZ – Gin Boomerang (70th overall)
2. Regula Strasser CH – Ozone Mantra 4 (84th overall)
3. Seiko Fukuoka-Naville FR – Ozone Mantra 4 (85th overall)
All results from task one can be seen here.
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Tags: Mexico, Paragliding World Cup
January 26th, 2012 at 10:30 am
First by three seconds. Seems a bit much to ascribe much other than randomness to such a small margin and the many very small margins that quickly followed. Why are the women so far behind? Weight?