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What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
XC

In the aftermath of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships being cancelled Mads Syndergaard comments on where things went wrong and how to right them

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads leaves

Thursday, July 7th, 2011
World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

The morning meeting is just over, and as expected most teams were for continuing the event.

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Our darkest day

Thursday, July 7th, 2011
World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Mads Syndergaard reports from Piedrahita, where two pilots died during task 2 on Wednesday 6 July

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1: Mads makes 70km…

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Keen readers will have worked out that I didn’t make goal today, writes Mads Syndergaard

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Practice day

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Piedrahita World Paragliding Championships 2011

Mads Syndergaard reports from the test task at the the Worlds

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Registration and who’s who

Monday, July 4th, 2011
Paragliding World Championships 2011 Piedrahita

Mads Syndergaard keeps cool at the four-hour check in – first task is today

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads Syndergaard on the new rules

Friday, July 1st, 2011
Denmark's Mads Syndergaard prepares to take his UP Edge XR into battle at the Paragliding World Championships in Spain. Photo: Nick Greece

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.