posted Sep 25th, 2010 - The NSL News goes back to the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 with the competition videos of two new rounds. It's once again time for the Top 6 teams, and Rounds 7 and 8 were very exciting ones on the very top of the leaderboard.

The last review of the Top 6 teams on 16 September 2010 mentioned that the new 4-way world champion, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, was the only team that ever defeated Arizona Airspeed's lineup of 2007 - 2010 at an outdoor competition, which turned out to be the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk.

The defending world champions of 2008 put up the best fight in this lineup's 4-year period. The first six rounds had been a thriller, and the French team had worked out a slim 2-point lead after winning three and giving away two rounds. Both teams tied their scores in Round 6.

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
T1	France	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	-	-	211	26.4
T1	USA	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	-	-	211	26.4
3	Russia	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	-	-	202	25.3
4	Belgium	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	-	-	199	24.9
5	Canada	19	19	51	20	18	22	21	21	-	-	191	23.9
6	Italy	19	19	49	16	20	17	21	19	-	-	180	22.5

Airspeed had lost the fast Round 3 by three points and won them right back with a sensational performance in the 3-block sequence of Round 4.

However, France was just as unimpressed after Airspeed's 3-point winner in Round 4 as Airspeed had shaken off the 3-point loss in Round 3 and won Round 5 by two points. Nothing changed in Round 6 where both teams left the other Top 6 teams behind by a few points.

Airspeed likes to come from behind and took action again in the next two rounds, which are now featured on NSL-TV. The French 2-point lead was simply eliminated after Round 8, and the new tie in first place was then carried over into Round 10.

The new videos of Rounds 7 and 8 show how Airspeed took back the two points, which brought the excitement and pressure to the highest possible level.

World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk: TOP 6 teams with Rounds 7 and 8

There was not much other movement in Rounds 7 and 8 on the top of the leaderboard. The other four teams had settled in their positions. There was only a 2-point difference between the lowest score (21) and the highscore (23) in Round 7, which was also the only round where none of the Top 6 teams had any point deductions.

It was very similar in Round 8 where the Top 4 teams were clean once again. Only Evolution and Sinapsi both lost two points. Nothing changed between the Sky Panthers and NMP-PCH Hayabusa, and the Canadian team added two more points to the lead oder Sinapsi.

However, Airspeed's 1-point moves in both rounds was enough to keep every participant and observer on their toes. The fast sequence of Round 9 was coming up next, and it was a fact that everything was possible again.