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... that the Dubai Asaar members enjoy the competition atmosphere?

Unique event: Mondial Dubai 2012
posted Oct 1st, 2013 - The host of the Mondial Dubai 2012, Skydive Dubai, did not only have the goal to present a unique event to the skydiving world. It was also the opportunity to show that the United Arab Emirates have become a solid part of the Formation Skydiving community with teams and competitors in all events.

The Dubai project began years ago, and hosting the Mondial 2012 was one step on the way to generating world champion teams in the longer term. The Sun Path Products NSL News reported earlier this year that VFS 4way team Dubai Nexus now won the first gold medals for the United Arab Emirates at the World Cup 2013 in Banja Luka.

Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard and Alena Chistova (4way Women) have the job to get the traditional Formation Skydiving teams ready to pursue international medal positions in the future. Their teams have been around the world to compete at many events, and the latest trip brought the Dubai delegation to the USPA Nationals 2013.

USPA Nationals 2013Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
Rank4way AAAG,9,C,PF,5,151,E,84,M,7H,N,B,O,314,20,LQ,K,12,1711,16,1910,A,182,22,DTotalAvg
9Dubai Asaar Black2216101615131515141314914.9
10Dubai Asaar Ladies2013141419121515101314514.5
7Dubai Asaar Yellow17151213171111119912512.5
Rank8way Open22,2,2119,A,5N,E,H,B,QO,G,1,J9,F,320,K,15M,D,P,1117,16,146,10,7C,4,13TotalAvg
5Dubai Asaar 8111113121113911111311511.5
Dubai Asaar Ladies and staff
All five teams, including VFS 4way team Dubai Nexus, were registered as guest teams and could not win any USPA medals. Nexus still confirmed the current top spot in the VFS 4way world by outscoring once again the other guest team from France, Team4speed SD, at Skydive Chicago.

The NSL leaderboard still placed the Dubai teams disregarding the guest team status. The five teams were in unusual categories this time. The national team Asaar Black is used to compete in the Open Class, and Dubai's "farm team" Asaar Yellow competed in the Open Class at the World Cup, as well. However, coach Eliana Rodriguez used the opportunity of a better matching field to sign up Asaar Yellow for USPA's Advanced Class competition.

The Dubai Asaar Ladies are used to having their own category with other female lineups at the international FAI/IPC events and was a part of the Open Class competition at the USPA Nationals. The new 2013 lineup ended up at both events between Asaar Black and Asaar Yellow.
Click on the score for a round with a link to see the teams' videos

World Cup 2013Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA ClassO,4,H,39,17,PL,1,G,127,10,2116,E,A,158,2,B18,5,QF,14,K,NM,C,D,1320,J,19TotalAvg
6Dubai Asaar Black1615131520161718171316016.0
5Dubai Asaar Ladies1516131215121317141414114.1
15Dubai Asaar Yellow1415121010121111--9511.9
RankAAA ClassO,4,H,39,17,PL,1,G,127,10,2116,E,A,158,2,B18,5,QF,14,K,NM,C,D,1320,J,19TotalAvg
5Dubai Asaar 815991010101114131411511.5
Having a good time at the meets: Dubai Asaar members with Eliana Rodriguez
The Sun Path Products NSL News asked three members of the Dubai delegation at Skydive Chicago to talk about their experiences this year. Eliana Rodriguez joined the conversation and introduced Abdulrahman Almaamari (Asaar Yellow), Ali AlNeyadi (Asaar Black) and Abdulaziz Shukari (Asaar Black) to the audience.

The same complete Dubai delegation had also competed at the World Cup 2013, and the modified leaderboard has links to most of the meet videos in the traditional Formation Skydiving events.

The Dubai Asaar 8way lineup finished at both events with exactly the same meet average. Former Airspeed 8way world champions Craig Girard and Eliana Rodriguez have guided the Dubai 8way team to a very respectable performance level. Dubai Asaar kept up with the Brit Chicks in Banja Luka and outscored US team TurbOcho at the USPA Nationals. The next 8way competition will be on home turf again at the 4th Dubai Cup.

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