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Team or individual results

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CIVL Delegate
By Julien Garcia on Thu, 23 Oct 2025 - 13:32
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Paragliding XC
What went wrong ?
At high level achieving good team result and good individual results is most of the time conflicting. Pilots are spread into what they should do for their team or how they should act to improve their own results. This game becomes poor.

Individually, top ranked pilot can't compète because their national team is full. 6th in the world is bad enough for a frenchy to stay home and watch another pilot getting crowned. Amongst top 100 WPRS, 30+ pilots watch the individual world championship from home. Same apply for women (USA nowadays)

On another end, many Teams are formed by only 1 pilot while the Team scoring will still take 2 best results 🤷🏻

We won 2 past éditions but we feel the format is outdated.
What would you propose ?
I would review World Championships and spread both purpose. 1 Elite individual stuff Superfinal like where pilots show individual skill on hotships.

Another promotional event, team based, Olympic spirit, a big international paragliding relaxed fest in future sport class.
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Racing format
Cat1
World Championships
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