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The 2011 Paragliding World Championships has been cancelled after two tasks

The Paragliding World Championships 2011 have been temporarily stopped

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

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

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

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

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

Sweden’s Matts Eliasson has provisionally won the first task of the 2011 Paragliding World Championships

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

French paraglider pilot Thomas Puthod has set a new record for Piedrahita, Spain, with a flight of 312 km on 29 July.

Registration for the paragliding Pre World Championships in Piedrahita, July 2010, is open now to the top WPRS 1500 pilots.