posted Oct 27th, 2005 - The 4-way competition has a World Cup champion, but the meet is not over yet. DeLand Fire showed great competitive attitude in round ten. Fire knew that there was no chance for the gold medals any longer, it was a clear victory for Airspeed Odyssey. However, the USPA champion 2005 had still enough motivation to fight for the second place.

The Russian Black Cat was one point ahead of Fire after nine rounds. Fire was shown first on DZ-TV, and the 26-pointer was very fast and clean. Black Cat was next and came close, however, the counter stopped at 25 points in time. It was time again for a jump-off.

DeLand Fire already has an experience with jump-offs since the gold medals in Perris came after a jump-off with the Golden Knights. The ongoing battle with the Russian Black Cat could already be a preview of the situation at next year's World Meet in Germany. DeLand Fire is already qualified as the US national team, and Black Cat obviously has a very good chance to represent Russia next year. The Russian Nationals 2006 will be the qualifier in Russia.

The jump-off videos can be viewed below. This concludes the FAI World Cup 2005 coverage. The NSL News will follow up later with more stories and interviews. Thanks for visiting, SkyQuest with the NSL Championship 2005 will be next.