posted Sep 13th, 2020 - The last update from France came after the national championships last month. All three French national teams (4-way Open - 4-way Women - Espoir B-Team) competed at the event and posted their first outdoor scores of the year.

The 4-way Women team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, did not have the complete lineup available, and national coach Mathieu Bernier filled in for the event. Pamela Lissajoux, who recently re-joined the team, as the NSL News reported on July 20th, could not coordinate her work situation and the 4-way comeback in time to be ready for the competition.

However, she missed only the eight rounds of the 4-way competition and will be back in full action when her team continues with training at the end of September. Pamela Lissajoux is still reigning world champion in 4-way Women, after winning gold at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018 in Australia.

The lineup will be different though when she is coming back at the end of the month. Her center partner of 2018, Clementine Praet, did not continue after the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019, where the new lineup with Gaelle Giesen for Pamela Lissajoux won the 4-way Women event, and where the French 8-way team also placed 2nd, with double duties for all team members.

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FAI World Meet 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		21,L,B,G		22,18,17		19,7,O		J,16,12		10,A,D,15		Q,M,F,C,N		H,20,P,13		6,14,11		E,2,5		4,1,3		Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	29	-1	20		24		22		25		56	-1	23		18	-2	22		18	-1	257	25.7
2	NFTO	UK	20	-3	15		22	-1	19		18		38	-2	18		17		19		16		202	20.2
3	Team X	SE	17	-3	10	-3	18		16		14		36	-3	15	-3	13		18		12	-1	169	16.9

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FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		13,11,16		P,22,4		O,7,21		9,20,G		18,15,L		K,10,3		6,14,C		1,M,A,17		F,D,Q,8		2,5,E		Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	17		19		25		20		20		19		20		23		25	-1	21		209	20.9
2	NFTO	UK	17		17		23		19	-1	17		17		19		21		23	-1	20		193	19.3
3	Phoenix XP	US	13		13		17		14		13		12	-1	14		17		18	-1	14		145	14.5

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France 4-way Women in Australia 2018 and in Eloy 2019

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New team member Gaelle Giesen was the alternate when Pamela Lissajoux won the world championship title with the French Weembi Girls in 2018. Clementine Praet was inside center, Christine Malnis in the point slot, Sophia Pecout in the tail slot in Australia. It was exactly the same lineup as in 2016, where France had won silver in 4-way Women.

Christine Malnis (outside) and Sophia Pecout (inside) switched to the center slots when Gaelle Giesen became the new tail, while Clementine Praet moved to the point slot. Christine Malnis and Sophia Pecout had high-level indoor experiences in the center slots when they competed with Roy Janssen and Julien Degen for the Weembi High Rollers.

Pamela Lissajoux's comeback will create a new slot scramble. She is going back to her outside center slot, and Christine Malnis back to point. This is the same front piece that won silver in 2016 and gold in 2018. The rear piece, with inside center Sophia Pecout and tail Gaelle Giesen, won the gold medals at the outdoor world cup in Eloy in October last year.

Pamela Lissajoux has not worked together with Sophia Pecout in the center yet. Mathieu Bernier was in the center at the national championships last month, and the other three team members were in the slots that they will continue in when Pamela Lissajoux comes back at the end of the month.

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French Outdoor Nationals 2020		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	19,M,A,3		Q,K,22,O		L,18,E,20		P,4,10		16,8,14		G,12,B,2		13,N,7		17,1,H		Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge	25		23		18	-2	19		17	-1	20		22		22	-1	166	20.8
2	Aerodyne Cypres Lille	23		23		19		19		15		20		22		21		162	20.3
3	Espoir Weembi Saumur	19		15	-1	14	-1	15		13		13		17		17	-1	123	15.4
4	Mongolsfiers Annecy Pamiers	15		13		8	-3	10		11		12	-2	13		15	-1	97	12.1
5	No Check Saumur Pays de la Loire	11		13		11		10		9		12		13		12		91	11.4
6	St Flow Monaco	13		8		8		9		8	-1	9		13		12		80	10.0

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Espoir Weembi Saumur at the French Outdoor Nationals 2020

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The third national 4-way team at the French Nationals was the current lineup of the official B-Team, Espoir Weembi Saumur. The French B-teams have been the breeding ground for the upcoming members of the national 4-way and 8-way teams who compete for France at FAI/ISC world meets and world cups.

In fact, three members of the previous Espoir lineup in 2018 eventually made it to the national teams and are current members in training and competition. Gaelle Giesen, Aurelien Lemaire and Alban Rumolo grew up in the last Espoir B-Team and are now training and competing together for France in 8-way and in 4-way.

Almost all members of the current national teams have spent some time in the Espoir B-Team lineups before they were selected for the highest level of Formation Skydiving competition in France and in the world.

The NSL News had introduced the current Espoir lineup with the update on July 26th. A month later, Elise Poindron, Maxime Lacourt, Mathieu Quizy and Loic Vieira posted their first scores together, with David Ricard on camera. The names will most likely appear again at some time in the future in the lineups of the national teams.