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It was a surprise when the first scores were available in the USA on Sunday morning. The teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women completed two rounds on Sunday, and the Sun Path Products NSL News had to catch up after being caught by this surprise.
The scores speak for themselves. The first outdoor showdown between the new lineups of NMP PCH Hayabusa and Arizona Airspeed is as close as expected, and there seems to develop a good battle for the bronze medals in the 4-way Open Class. The first surprising result is showing the French FLY-IN Girls a point ahead of the Golden Knights in 4-way Women, while Canada's Fuzion lineup is keeping up with the strong British female 4-way competitors.
There is a good reason why he is so passionate about skydiving competition in particular and why his commentary is appreciated and popular. Chris Talbert himself is a former Golden Knights competitor and also won an 8-way gold medal at the World Meet in Croatia 2004. He knows what he is talking about...
His competition career began on camera for the Golden Knights. This is nothing unusual in the US Army's competition team. Larry Miller was first on camera in 4-way and 8-way before he got his slot in the active lineup and eventually won 8-way gold in 2012 and 2014. Drew Starr is the most current example.
World Air Games 2015 | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Rd. 4 | Rd. 5 | Rd. 6 | Rd. 7 | Rd. 8 | Rd. 9 | Rd. 10 | Total | Avg | ||
Rank | 4-way Women | B,C,17,2 | N,19,4 | 13,14,F | 6,E,O,L | 7,1,A | D,18,P,22 | M,H,5,15 | 16,9,12 | 21,K,G,Q | 11,20,3 | Total | Avg | |
1 | French FLY-IN Girls | FR | 25 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 23.5 |
2 | Golden Knights | US | 25 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 23.0 |
3 | Parachute Montreal Fuzion | CA | 16 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 17.5 |
3 | NFTO | UK | 18 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 17.5 |
5 | Infra Red Band | RU | 17 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 16.0 |
6 | Dubai Asaar Ladies | AE | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 12.0 |
This Golden Knights 4-way team started with a 2nd place in 2001, two points behind Airspeed Vertical. A year later, the same lineup won the USPA gold medals at Skydive Chicago by three points over Airspeed and six points over DeLand Majik, with Sean Capegreco on camera. Chris Talbert would travel to his first World Meet for the US delegation in 2003.
The Golden Knights won the silver medals in Gap, France, and then lost by two points to DeLand Majik in the re-match a few weeks later at the USPA Nationals 2003. Arizona Airspeed finished in 3rd place, one point behind the Golden Knights.
World Air Games 2015 | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Rd. 3 | Rd. 4 | Rd. 5 | Rd. 6 | Rd. 7 | Rd. 8 | Rd. 9 | Rd. 10 | Total | Avg | ||
Rank | 4-way Open | B,C,17,2 | N,19,4 | 13,14,F | 6,E,O,L | 7,1,A | D,18,P,22 | M,H,5,15 | 16,9,12 | 21,K,G,Q | 11,20,3 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 29 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 56 | 28.0 |
2 | NMP PCH Hayabusa | BE | 29 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 27.5 |
3 | Black Cat | RU | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 23.0 |
4 | FLY-IN | FR | 24 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 22.0 |
5 | Qatar Tigers | QA | 22 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 21.5 |
5 | Evolution | CA | 21 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 21.5 |
7 | Dubai Asaar Black | AE | 21 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 20.5 |
8 | Rotor Out | AU | 17 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 16.5 |
9 | Ex3mo | IT | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 16.0 |
10 | Vision 99 | UK | 18 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 15.0 |
11 | AtomiX YUU | DE | 14 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 13.0 |
The new Airspeed 8-way lineup with Chris Talbert had to take on the reigning 8-way world champions from Russia and the strong French 8-way team with all the upcoming 8-way world champions of 2006 and 2008. Airspeed still won the 8-way gold medals, and Chris Talbert retired from Formation Skydiving competition at the peak of his active career.
He had a brief indoor comeback this year at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2015, as the Sun Path Products NSL News reported on March 2nd, and has supported the SKYLEAGUE.COM live event coverage at several events. The "Talbert Corner" will provide updates from Dubai in the coming days.