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The U.S. delegation has never missed any of the three horizontal events (4-way Open, 8-way Open, 4-way Women) at outdoor world championships since 1985. However, there have not been many U.S. teams at the outdoor world cups in the same time period.
In fact, complete U.S. delegations posted scores only in the same three FS events when the outdoor world cups were hosted by Skydive Arizona in Eloy. That happened three times, first in 2000, then again in 2005, and last time in 2019, when four U.S. teams swept the 4-way Open Class leaderboard. Russia won in 8-way, France in 4-way Women.
It is rare enough that the same nation wins all three sets of gold medals. This happened only twice since 2001, the year when the 4-way Women event was officially added to the outdoor world championship format. DeLand Majik (4-way Open), Arizona Airspeed (8-way Open) and Synchronicity (4-way Women) won all gold medals for the United States in 2004, and France did the same in 2010. The current U.S. delegation could change the situation this year in Norway.
FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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Rank | 4-way Open | 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 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 20 | -1 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 21 | -2 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 24 | -2 | 246 | 24.6 | |||||
2 | SDC Rhythm XP | US | 19 | -1 | 22 | 25 | 21 | -2 | 20 | -1 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 29 | -1 | 24 | -2 | 228 | 22.8 | |||||
3 | Airspeed Odyssey | US | 14 | -2 | 17 | -2 | 22 | -2 | 21 | -2 | 18 | -1 | 16 | -3 | 21 | 23 | 26 | -3 | 17 | -2 | 195 | 19.5 | ||
4 | Defiance | US | 17 | 17 | 21 | -1 | 22 | 16 | -2 | 15 | -2 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 26 | 16 | -2 | 191 | 19.1 | |||||
5 | Aerodyne Cypres Lille-Bondues | FR | 15 | -1 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 16 | -1 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 190 | 19.0 | ||||||||
6 | Echochamber | SE | 17 | 14 | -3 | 22 | 20 | -3 | 17 | 16 | -1 | 19 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 21 | 189 | 18.9 | ||||||
7 | Chimera | UK | 14 | -1 | 16 | -1 | 21 | 19 | -1 | 17 | 16 | -1 | 18 | -1 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 18 | -1 | 187 | 18.7 | |||
8 | Pro Team | FI | 15 | -1 | 18 | 20 | 17 | -1 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 18 | -1 | 185 | 18.5 | |||||||
9 | Kinetix | AU | 14 | -1 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | -1 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 23 | -1 | 16 | 177 | 17.7 | |||||||
10 | China | CN | 12 | -1 | 17 | 19 | 17 | -1 | 14 | -1 | 13 | -1 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 15 | -1 | 167 | 16.7 | |||||
11 | Eros | UK | 12 | -2 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 15 | -1 | 13 | -2 | 12 | -4 | 17 | -1 | 22 | 16 | -1 | 161 | 16.1 | ||||
12 | eX3MO | IT | 13 | 13 | -2 | 17 | -2 | 13 | -4 | 12 | -1 | 14 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 22 | -2 | 14 | 147 | 14.7 | ||||
13 | Pajama Pumas | UK | 10 | -2 | 12 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | -2 | 13 | 137 | 13.7 |
SDC Rhythm XP's Doug Barron will bring his new lineup to Norway for their first international FAI/ISC outdoor competition experiences. He competed with Keith Conner and Chris Webb at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, and the new lineup with Steve Loufek also met the four best 4-way teams in the world at the Shamrock Showdown 2023. They will probably have the same opportunity at the outdoor world cup in Norway.
Doug Barron, Keith Conner, Chris Webb and Rhythm videographer Charlie Mcgee will also compete in 8-way, as their Prison 9 team mates Gorka Amian, Brian Ball, Doug Hendrix, Scott Latinis, Greg Oldendick travel to Norway together with SDC Rhythm XP. Keith Conner and Chris Webb replace Matt Accord and Lauren Byrd in Norway, Charlie Mcgee is filming the 4-way and 8-way teams both. The 4-way Women leaderboard will feature at least two U.S. teams, as well. The NSL News reported on 7 October 2022 that the SNE Fly Girls were planning their own trip to Norway, as well.
FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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Rank | 8-way Open | 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 | Tanay 8 | RU | 19 | 26 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 21 | -1 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 207 | 20.7 | |||||||||
2 | France | FR | 20 | 24 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 202 | 20.2 | ||||||||
3 | Paraclete XP8 | US | 21 | -1 | 24 | -1 | 16 | -1 | 18 | 21 | 20 | -2 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 19 | 18 | 198 | 19.8 | |||||
4 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 18 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 16 | -3 | 21 | -1 | 17 | 17 | -1 | 16 | 14 | -1 | 174 | 17.4 | ||||||
5 | Qatar Falcons | QA | 16 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 14 | -1 | 13 | -3 | 17 | -1 | 12 | -5 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 155 | 15.5 | ||||
6 | Airbus | DE | 14 | -1 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 12 | 139 | 13.9 | ||||||
7 | Monster | US | 12 | 13 | -1 | 10 | -1 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | -1 | 10 | 122 | 12.2 | |||||||
8 | Amphibious Attack Tigers | US | 11 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 13 | -1 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 13 | 11 | 118 | 11.8 | |||||||
9 | Groomed | UK | 7 | -2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 88 | 8.8 |
NFTO interfered with the potential of a U.S. sweep at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022 by winning the gold medals in 4-way Women. Arizona Airspeed and the Paraclete's XP8 lineup won easily on home turf in Eloy last year and could still be out of reach this August in Norway.
The new Paraclete/Golden Knights combination XPGK8, which includes the three Golden Knights Andrew Starr, Jeshua Stahler and Mike Connors, will compete for the first time at an outdoor competition. They already had a very impressive indoor performance and will probably be as far out of each in 8-way as Airspeed was in 4-way.
The sweep pressure will probably and once again be on Paraclete's XPG4 lineup. However, Jeana Billings has been back with XPG4 after the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023, and the 2022 lineup were very close to the 4-way Women top spot at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. It would not be a big surprise if the third U.S. national team takes the top spot in 4-way Women already at the upcoming outdoor world cup...
FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
4 | Skynamite | DE | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 11 | -2 | 13 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 16 | -3 | 16 | 143 | 14.3 | |||||||
5 | SNE Fly Girls | US | 11 | 11 | -1 | 15 | -1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 16 | 12 | 129 | 12.9 | |||||||
6 | Victorious Secret | US | 9 | 11 | -1 | 14 | 10 | -2 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 14 | 14 | 122 | 12.2 | |||||||
7 | Alola | UK | 9 | -1 | 10 | -2 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 9 | -1 | 9 | -1 | 9 | -1 | 12 | -1 | 16 | 11 | 108 | 10.8 |