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Each of these five national teams is now coming back to the 1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships to find out if there is any difference between the indoor and outdoor rankings.
Both events were lacking participation from overseas, with one exception. The United Arab Emirates have registered a 4-way VFS team for the indoor competition at the Hurricane Factory. However, the strong US teams are not a part of this indoor double header in Europe, and one of the top rankings will be taken next year by the new US national team that has to qualify at the USPA Nationals next week.
FAI World Cup 2015 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Avg | ||
Rank | 4-way VFS | F,11,B,14 | I,L,3,5 | J,E,M,16 | A,1,13 | C,2,6 | 17,4,H | D,9,10 | G,8,N,15 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Transfert | FR | 14 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 118 | 14.8 |
2 | Vertical Flystation | RU | 13 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 104 | 13.0 |
3 | Blue Pelican | NO | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 96 | 12.0 |
4 | Fly Definition | PL | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 7.5 |
5 | Aerodisaster | IT | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 6.9 |
6 | UFO | RU | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 6.3 |
Transfert will try next year to defend the French VFS top position in the world. Transfert has been the French B-Team for years while Team4speed competed for France at the big meets. Three team members (Nathanael Bibring, Mickael Melo, Emmanuelle Droneau) have been training and competing together since 2012.
Philippe "Le Professeur" Schorno, 4-way world champion in 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 has continued as the national coach in 4-way VFS and is now working with his new national team to defend the French gold medals. He is getting help from the Team4speed members. Transfert has a slightly different lineup for the upcoming indoor competition, where Edouard Henry replaces Nathanael Bibring.
FAI Indoor World Meet 2015 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Avg | ||
Rank | 4-way VFS | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | T.B.D. | Total | Avg | |
0 | Transfert | FR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Vertical Flystation | RU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Blue Pelican | NO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Fly Definition | PL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Aerodisaster | IT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Vertigo | CH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Omni | UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Hurricane Factory | CZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Element | BE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
0 | Amudy | AE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
However, five additional countries (Switzerland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Belgium, and United Arab Emirates) have sent a 4-way VFS team to Prague, which makes it a total of ten countries, two more than at the outdoor world championships in Prostejov last year.
The new French national team won in Teuge with a 14.8 average. It is still a long way to go for Transfert to reach the gold medal level in this event, which Team4speed won with a 22.4 average last year. Arizona Arsenal won silver with 21.0 and Evolution's VFS lineup was in 3rd place with a 17.7 average. Both teams will carefully watch the progression of the French team...