posted Oct 17th, 2010 - NSL-TV has prepared the videos of the first two rounds of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010, and they are now available for reviews.

All ten rounds of the French gold medalist, Aerokart Deep Blue, were uploaded earlier, and the NSL News story on 11 August 2010 explained that Sophie Deremaux, Bérangère Duplouy, Françoise Simons-Hamouchi and Amélie Tirman oriented themselves not only on the scores in their own category. They compared their performance also with the teams in the Open Class competition and did not have to be shy of doing so.

Fact is that Aerokart Deep Blue was tied with Open Class team Sinapsi after ten rounds and would have made it into the finals in this category. The NSL News is waiting for an update from France. Next goal for Deep Blue could be a medal position in the Open Class - directly or indirectly.

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
1	Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	40	26	277	27.7
2	USA Arizona Airspeed	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	40	23	274	27.4
3	Russia Sky Panthers	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	41	21	264	26.4
4	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	36	18	253	25.3
5	Canada Evolution	19	19	51	20	18	22	21	21	31	18	240	24.0
T6	Italy Sinapsi	19	19	49	16	20	17	21	19	37	19	236	23.6
T6	Aerokart Deep Blue	20	19	47	18	19	20	21	21	32	19	236	23.6

The new videos show all teams in the female 4-way category with their first two rounds. The participation in the female 4-way category was consistent compared to the earlier world meets in the past decade. In fact, the number of eight teams was identical with the participation in 2008.

The scoring progression in the female 4-way category is also consistent, and Aerokart Deep Blue makes the chart look really good. The jump from 20.0 at the World Meet 2008 to 23.6 in Menzelinsk was the biggest one in the history of the female 4-way event.

The fast sequence of Round 3 was surely helpful for posting a record average, however, the Deep Blue performance was not only impressive because of the new record numbers. Comparing the scores directly with the Open Class teams makes it very realistic though.

World Meet 2008		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women	B,17,7	H,N,13,A	10,J,C,6	18,12,2	E,3,9	19,O,4	Total	Avg
1	UK Bodyflight Storm	24	26	17	15	21	17	120	20.0
2	USA Fastrax Blue	24	23	19	13	21	19	119	19.8
3	France Aerokart Deep Blue	23	23	19	14	20	16	115	19.2
4	Norway Fortitudo	22	16	16	13	17	13	97	16.2
4	Australia Women	19	20	15	11	17	15	97	16.2
6	Germany Chicas	19	16	15	12	18	16	96	16.0
7	Belgium Women	10	14	12	9	16	-	61	12.2
8	Spain Empuria Gatas	7	11	10	8	12	-	48	9.6

World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk: Rounds 1 and 2 in 4-way Women

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women	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
1	France Aerokart Deep Blue	20	19	47	18	19	20	21	21	32	19	236	23.6
2	UK Team Bodyflight	16	17	44	17	17	19	18	19	30	19	216	21.6
3	USA Spaceland Blue	17	14	38	15	16	15	17	15	29	12	188	18.8
4	Germany ISB Air	16	15	39	13	13	15	16	14	28	11	180	18.0
5	Norway Polaris	14	12	30	11	14	12	14	15	22	15	159	15.9
6	Russia Prygalky	13	10	21	13	13	12	10	13	17	12	134	13.4
7	Sweden Women	9	7	20	9	11	8	11	11	16	-	102	11.3
8	China Women	9	9	17	5	6	6	11	8	15	-	86	9.6

The same Top 3 nations of 2008 won all the medals again, but the rankings were different this year. Even the lineups of the medal winners were almost identical. Only Team Bodyflight had significant personnel changes.

The field in the female 4-way competition was still quite different compared to 2008. Germany and Norway came back, both with new linups though. The new German national team, ISB Air, took the 4th place that Fortitudo had won for Norway in 2008.

Australia, Belgium and Spain did not have a female 4-way team in Menzelisnk. Russia, Sweden and China took those slots and filled the leaderboard to match the 2008 participation. The three new national teams all ended up behind the nations that returned from the World Meet 2008. The NSL News will follow up soon with the next videos of the female 4-way competition.

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