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Did you know that the NSL News interviewed Solly Williams?
posted: Sep 10th, 2003 NSL NEWS: Solly, we are in the middle of the meet. Let’s go through all the events and begin with the 4-way Open event. How do you see the current situation? SOLLY WILLIAMS: I am not really surprised about anything I see. The positions are as expected. The top teams have only made two jumps; it is very early to say anything. I think we all knew coming here that the French 4-way team is probably currently the fastest team. The first two rounds have shown that they have the pace to prove that. NSL NEWS: How are the "underdogs" doing? SOLLY WILLIAMS: If you want to put the three teams as the... (more)

Did you know that Airspeed took the lead in round 4?
posted: Sep 10th, 2003 It was a terrible start into the new competition day for France. No doubt, the double-gold challenge is now in serious jeopardy. The 8-way team fell even further behind in round four this morning. A brainlock at the very end of the sequence caused an incomplete first Accordian of Block 14. Each of the five judges caught the infringement instantly. The working time ended right after the mistake. But the damage was already done. France is now seven points behind the leader in 8-way. It will be very difficult to make up for the lost ground. The competition with the defending world champion from Russia... (more)

Did you know that the story of round 3 in 8-way?
posted: Sep 10th, 2003 Good news for the 8-way fans. The NSL News was able to upload some video files. Round two of the 8-way event can now be viewed with the jumps of France, U.S.A. and Russia. The quality is not that impressive since the moving pictures are still filmed off the large screen in the spectator area. However, it is possible to see enough and get the idea. Hopefully, some 4-way videos will follow later. (more)

Did you know that V-Max took control in round six?
posted: Sep 9th, 2003 The 4-way Women's event had the rattling noise in round six that the 4-way Open would have needed for more excitement. The Norgie Girls had major level problems with their Block 9 out the door and needed a good while to clean up the mess. Once they had the sequence under control, they were moving quickly and still posted 24 points in time. However, the damage was done, V-Max went through the sequence without any major issues and finished with 28 points in time. That was enough to take the lead by one point over the Norgie Girls. And the 4-way Women's event has become a tight competition again. (more)

Did you know that the story of round 6 in 4-way?
posted: Sep 9th, 2003 Let's say it this way: France was surely not affected much by anything, neither physically nor mentally. It was once again a very long day for the French 4-way team. But they went their way and posted another highscore for round six. In fact, France Maubeuge had the highest score for a round in five of the six jumps. It does not look as if anything can stop them from bringing the gold medal back to France. The fastest round of the meet is over and nothing has changed, except that the French lead is now up to seven points. The dominance of the team from Maubeuge is quite obvious. (more)

Did you know that the story of round 5 in 4-way?
posted: Sep 9th, 2003 The 4-way competition needs a miracle now to keep it interesting for the audience. We might have expected a team to win a round by three points in the next fast round six. France Maubeuge must have jumped on another planet in round five for two reasons. They 21 they posted for the slow sequence D-22-4 left the rest of the field in the dust. The Golden Knights, Norway and Russia had a hard time to get to the 18 as the second best score for this round. Secondly and unfortunately, the crowd never got the chance to see this phenomenal performance. Transmission problems to the public screen occured... (more)