posted Apr 3rd, 2016 - The World Challenge 2016 was completed successfully and lived up to all expectations.

NMP PCH Hayabusa finished with a 32.0 average, which is the highest result in history for a 10-round competition in a 16-foot flying chamber and with the complete dive pool in the draw. There was no Super Sequence where the teams could possibly boost the averages, and it seems like the reigning indoor and outdoor world champions are on their way to raise the bar again by a few inches.

The new French national teams in 4-way Open (France FLY-IN) and 4-way Women (French FLY-IN Girls) did not only have a great first half of the meet. They maintained their positions right behind Hayabusa throughout the second day of the meet and confirmed their earlier statements: France wants medals in both 4-way events, one set of gold medals and at least bronze medals in 4-way Open. The new NSL-TV video features all top teams with their final round live from the flying chamber.

World Challenge 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,2,10	8,F,15	G,14,17	L,H,E,13	M,7,O,1	16,21,11	N,D,4,9	18,20,A	G,19,3	C,K,B,22	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH Hayabusa	BE	27	31	28	39	35	25	38	30	31	36	320	32.0
2	French FLY-IN Girls	FR	22	27	27	34	35	22	33	24	29	33	286	28.6
3	FLY-IN France	FR	24	26	26	34	32	23	33	23	27	28	276	27.6
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	22	26	25	31	34	23	33	23	27	31	275	27.5
4	Black Cat	RU	21	26	25	33	31	22	33	25	26	33	275	27.5
6	SDC Rhythm XP	US	23	26	22	31	32	23	31	23	27	30	268	26.8
7	Thunder ISR	BE	23	26	23	30	31	21	32	22	26	30	264	26.4
8	Satori XL	UK	23	25	22	30	29	20	33	24	24	28	258	25.8
9	Weembi Parasport	FR	21	26	23	29	29	19	29	23	25	29	253	25.3
10	Volition	UK	19	18	21	29	29	19	29	21	21	26	232	23.2
11	Barguzin	RU	21	24	22	26	27	19	23	23	24	23	232	23.2
12	Parachute Montreal Fuzion	CA	21	24	22	26	26	21	23	19	21	27	230	23.0
13	Vision 99	UK	19	24	22	27	28	20	28	19	21	22	230	23.0

The strongest statement came from the French FLY-IN Girls though. They finished ten points ahead of the team in 3rd place and left all world meet bronze medal contenders in 4-way Open in the dust (France - Qatar - Russia). The race with the Golden Knights for the gold medals in 4-way Women seems to be wide open again.

The young French Open Class team has all reasons to be happy with their performance, as well.

France had missed the bronze medals at the World Meet 2014 in Prostejov by 34 points. The current situation is completely different and has France back in medal contention.

It is still an extremely tight race for the 3rd place. FLY-IN finished one single point ahead of Black Cat and Qatar Tigers after an exciting battle for the position behind Hayabusa and French Girls. Canada's national team Evolution will probably join the battle for bronze in 4-way Open.