Klaudia Bulgakow, 2013 Women’s Paragliding World Champion. Photo: Pawel Tomaszewski
New Women’s Paragliding World Champion Klaudia Bulgakow is interviewed in the Naked Pilot column in issue 149 of Cross Country magazine.
After five tasks it came down to the final day, she says:
The World Championships came down to the last task between Seiko Fukuoka (FR) and me. In goal I got a text to say Seiko had landed 8km short.
I have no idea what happened, because she was flying very well. I knew I needed to attack to win that day.
I can fly alone if needed so I wasn’t waiting for anybody. I was on fire that day. It worked out.
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