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CIVL Paragliding Competitions Safety Task Force: First report

Comp Class comeback: Report clears ‘dangerous paragliders’ and focuses on pilot education

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Accident halts EN D paraglider development

Testing bodies stop testing EN D gliders in wake of accident

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The CIVL plenary meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb 20 2010

CIVL Statement on Open Class wings

Following the suspension of Open Class paragliders during the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita, Spain, CIVL have issued the following statement.

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What is wrong with FAI Cat1 events?

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

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: CANCELLED

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks

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Paragliding World Championships: Stopped by the FAI

The Paragliding World Championships 2011 have been temporarily stopped

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Statement and update

The organisers of the Paragliding World Championships 2011 in Piedrahita have released a further statement

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Mads leaves

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

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Our darkest day

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

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Tragedy hits Paragliding World Championships 2011

Two die in separate incidents. Next of kin have been informed

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Task 1 scores

Charles Cazaux (FR) wins first task but 32 pilots score zero for busting airspace

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

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

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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: Practice day

Mads Syndergaard reports from the test task at the the Worlds

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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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Flatland paragliding in Piedrahita: site of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships

Paragliding World Championships 2011: Here we go!

The 2011 Paragliding World Championships kicks off today, Sunday 3 July, in Spain’s legendary Piedrahita.

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Paragliding World Championships 2011

Mads Syndergaard and Bob Drury are in Spain reporting live on the Paragliding Wor;d Championships 2011

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: 60-day rule tweaked

CIVL has tweaked the rules on Open Class paragliders for the 2011 World Championships

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: British Team pilot resigns

A British Paragliding Team member has resigned over two-line glider safety

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Paragliding World Championships 2011: Register by 3 May

Team leaders must register pilots for the Paragliding World Championships by 3 May.

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