posted Oct 7th, 2024 - The 4-way and 8-way teams are enjoying their first break on Monday, after completing the first four 4-way and five 8-way rounds successfully. They will be back in action on Tuesday. most likely in the same order, while the meet management is carefully keeping their eyes on the hurricane that is approaching Florida and the southern states, coming from the Gulf of Mexico this time. The Tuesday schedule will probably depend on the movement of the weather system.

The 1-day break in Formation Skydiving competition offers the opportunity to take a closer look at the combined 4-way leaderboard after four rounds. The inclusion of the 4-way Women teams on the AAA Class leaderboard changes the picture of the best 4-way teams in the world significantly. Three of the five 4-way Women teams are currently well within the Top 10, and XPG4 are tied with the Qatar Tigers in the bronze medal position of the 4-way Open Class teams.

German 4-way Women team Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen are only two points behind Apex in 11th place and could still join XPG4, China and Nephtys in the Top 10 of the combined leaderboard. Thyra is in reach of the two 4-way Open Class teams and will be eager to catch up with Netunos (Brazil) and Havoc (Australia). The Thyra troubles have continued, as outside center Alice Solberg pulled a biceps muscle in Round 1 and has been head-jamming the exits ever since. The 1-day break will be helpful for Thyra to take on the battle with the two Open Class teams at the bottom of the combined leaderboard.

FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open/4-way Women		14,G,13		J,C,17,12		D,A,21,P		18,B,H,F		E,L,O,8		22,2,K		6,7,16		9,20,15		3,M,N,4		5,1,10		19,11,Q		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	24		27	-1	33		36		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		120	30.0
2	Aethers	FR	22		23	-4	33		32	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		110	27.5
3	XPG4	US	19	-1	22	-1	28		30	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		99	24.8
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	21		20	-3	26	-2	32		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		99	24.8
5	China	CN	18	-1	17	-4	29		27		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		91	22.8
6	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	19		21	-2	25		25		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		90	22.5
6	Nephtys	FR	17		20		27		26	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		90	22.5
8	Echochamber	SE	17		21	-1	24	-2	26		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		88	22.0
9	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	17		19		21	-1	26		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		83	20.8
10	Apex	UK	15		18		21	-2	25		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		79	19.8
11	Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen	DE	16		17		21		23		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		77	19.3
12	Agera	NO	14	-1	17	-2	18	-2	26		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		75	18.8
13	Out Of The Blue	NL	13	-1	17		22	-1	22	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		74	18.5
14	Papea	ES	14	-1	15	-2	23		20	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		72	18.0
15	Netunos	BR	11		15	-1	17	-1	18	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		61	15.3
15	Havoc	AU	13		13	-2	19	-1	16	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		61	15.3
17	Thyra	NO	12		14		18		14	-2	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		58	14.5

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Arizona Airspeed - Aethers - XPG4 in Round 3

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It has happened only once in the history of Formation Skydiving competition since 1985 that a 4-way Women team placed in a medal position of the 4-way Open Class. However, it took place after FAI/ISC introduced the 4-way Women event as a world championship category in 2001, and the team would only place and win the 4-way Women competition, while a different 4-way Open Class team took the bronze medals in the category with mixed-gender lineups.

It was the extraordinary 2018 lineup of the French national team in 4-way Women (Christine Malnis, Sophia Pecout, Clementine Le Bohec, Pamela Lissajoux, Michel Laynaud on camera) who outscored all 4-way teams in Australia 2018, except for NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed.

Jennifer Davidson witnessed the French 4-way Women performance in Australia, while winning her 8-way gold medal with the Golden Knights. Now she is on the way to copy the French 4-way accomplishment with XPG4. Only the Qatar Tigers could probably stop XPG4 at Crystal Coast from taking the 3rd place on the combined leaderboard. Pamela Lissajoux was in the outside center slot of the Weembi Girls in Australia 2018. She will be back on the 4-way Women podium with the Nephtys this week, who are in 6th place on the complete AAA Class leaderboard.

FAI World Meet 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open/Women Combined		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	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	21	27	24	22	62	22	20	27	22	279	27.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	21	27	24	24	60	26	22	27	20	277	27.7
3	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	29	20	24	22	25	56	23	18	22	18	257	25.7
4	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	29	19	24	23	24	52	20	17	24	19	251	25.1
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	14	24	21	22	53	21	18	20	17	234	23.4
6	Echochamber	SE	25	16	21	17	20	48	14	18	21	15	215	21.5
7	Amnesya	IT	24	14	20	18	18	48	18	14	21	15	210	21.0
8	NFTO	UK	20	15	22	19	18	38	18	17	19	16	202	20.2
9	Satori XL	UK	21	14	21	19	19	37	19	17	18	16	201	20.1
9	Airheads	CH	22	14	19	17	18	44	16	16	18	17	201	20.1
11	Evolution	CA	21	13	22	18	15	43	15	15	19	15	196	19.6
12	Airbus FSZ Saar	DE	21	14	17	17	16	45	15	14	18	15	192	19.2
13	Tanay Wolves	RU	22	14	18	17	16	35	17	14	18	14	185	18.5
14	Rotor Out	AU	21	13	18	14	16	32	13	13	18	14	172	17.2
15	Team X	SE	17	10	18	16	14	36	15	13	18	12	169	16.9
16	Phoenix XP	US	17	12	17	14	15	37	16	12	14	13	167	16.7
16	Boomerang Betty	AU	19	11	18	14	15	32	15	13	17	13	167	16.7
18	CTR Optimum	BR	19	10	17	15	13	31	14	14	18	13	164	16.4
19	Fuzion Voltige	CA	17	9	18	14	15	34	14	13	14	13	161	16.1
20	Papea Masculino	ES	17	13	18	13	13	28	14	14	13	12	155	15.5
21	Skynamite	DE	19	12	16	14	14	27	13	12	15	12	154	15.4
22	Out of the Blue Project 20+	NL	16	11	13	14	15	28	15	15	14	12	153	15.3
23	Meraki	ZA	14	11	14	14	13	28	12	12	14	12	144	14.4
24	New Zealand	NZ	10	9	12	11	10	21	7	11	10	11	112	11.2
25	Paraguay	PY	10	8	10	7	9	17	7	8	10	8	94	9.4
26	Cyprus	CY	13	8	9	8	7	19	7	8	9	5	93	9.3

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NMP PCH HayaBusa - Arizona Airspeed - Weembi Girls in Australia 2018

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