posted Aug 6th, 2010 - The award ceremony at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 was exclusively an affair for the three powerhouses: France, USA and Russia. Only Great Britain managed to steal one of the nine sets of medals with a 2nd place in the female 4-way category. The British VFS team also won the bronze medals in this new FS event with six teams competing.

Even the order of the Top 3 rankings was exactly the same in the 4-way Open Class and in 8-way: France - USA - Russia. As of the national anthems for the winners, the audience had the opportunity to learn the Marceillaise. It came four times through the PA system, including the VFS event.

The French delegation celebrated the first sweep in the history of Formation Skydiving competition accordingly. Two Exaclibur swords and the trophy for the winner of the female 4-way category go to France, and the members of the delegation took their time after the ceremony to take plenty of photos with the trophies.

Award Ceremony at the World Meet in Menzelinsk

There were a few other winners and medalists though. Australia won a silver medal in Canopy Formation 2-way Sequential, Great Britain another silver medal in Freeflying. Belarus won bronze medals in Canopy Formation Rotation.

France collected a total of five gold, one silver and one bronze medal. The US delegation takes home two Canopy Formation gold medals and another one in Freeflying. Three silver medals and one bronze medal are coming from the FS competition, including VFS, plus additional bronze medals in Freeflying and Freestyle.

Russia won two bronze medals in Formation Skydiving competition on home turf. It was the second 3rd place finish for Michail Kuznetsov who had also won a bronze medal with a different Sky Panthers lineup at the World Meet 2004 in Croatia. Russia also won a gold medal in Canopy Formation Rotation and two more silver medals.

The NSL Talk session with the French 4-way and 8-way world champions will be next on the NSL-TV agenda.