DIPC: Russia and France among early medallists

Russia and France were among the early medallists while the UAE squad set a new national record as the 5fth Dubai International Parachuting Championship (DIPC) completed its fifth day of competition at the Skydive Dubai drop zone at The Palm on Tuesday.
 
Russia picked up the gold medal in the Artistic Event Freefly competition with a total of 61.4 points, while France took the overall honours in the Canopy Formation 2-way sequential competition to square off honours on Tuesday.

The hosts too picked up their first silver medal of this edition after the team finished behind Russia in the Artistic Event Freefly leaving France to take the bronze medal.

After the eighth and final round of the Canopy Formation 2-way Sequential it was France at the top of the standings with 189 points for an average of 27 followed by the USA in second with a total of 168 and an average of 24. Russia edged out France for the bronze with a total of 165 points.

Competition was also completed in the Individual Speed Skydiving final and it was Christian Labhart of Switzerland out-lasting the rest of the field to take the gold medal ahead of Moritz Friess of Germany and Russia’s Dmitry Gmyzin.
 
The UAE also witnessed the setting of a new national record when its team achieved a new mark of 23 points in the Formation Skydiving 8-way competition. In this contest, the eight participants have a time frame of 50 seconds to make as many formations in the air. The current world record in this category is 31 points.

Meanwhile, Wednesday witnessed the start of the Canopy Piloting competition in five different categories.

Now in its fifth year, the annual DIPC is hosting competitions in 12 different categories for men, women and juniors with participation from more than 1,000 jumpers representing 42 countries.

The last day of the championships is December 7 where a total of more than Dh1.5 million will be distributed to the various individuals and teams.
 
Results
 
Artistic Event Freefly: 1. Russia 61.4pts; 2. UAE 55.8; 3. France 55.3.
 
Canopy Formation 2-way sequential: 1. France 189pts; 2. USA 168; 3. Russia 165.
 
Canopy Formation 4-way Rotation (after 5 rounds): 1. Russia 83pts; 2. Belarus 76; 3. Kazakhstan 63.
 
Canopy Formation 4-way Sequential (after 5 rounds): 1. France 45pts; 2. Russia 29; 3. Qatar 25.
 
Formation Skydiving 4-way women (after 9 rounds): 1. France 178pts; 2. USA 132; 3. Great Britain 126.
 
Formation Skydiving 4-way Open (after 9 rounds): 1. Canada 233pts; 2. Belgium 222; 3. USA 221.
 
Individual Speed Skydiving: 1. Christian Labhart (Switzerland) 1,451.76; 2. Moritz Friess (Germany) 1,304.22; 3. Dmitry Gmyzin (Russia) 1,294.76; 4. Markus Fuchs (Switzerland) 1,271.56; 5. Luc Maisin (Belgium) 1,267.74.
 
Formation Skydiving 4-way VFS: 1. Canada 76pts; 2. Poland 5.
 
Formation Skydiving 8-way (after 4 rounds): 1. France 74pts; 2. Russia 71; 3. UAE 69.
 
Women’s Individual Accuracy: 1. Nataliya Nikitsiuk (Belarus); 2. Natalia Zimina (Belarus); 3. Svetlana Klenina (Russia); 3. Deborah Ferrand (France).
 
Junior Women’s Individual Accuracy: 1. Leocadie Ollivier de Pury (France); 2. Alena Shkilenko (Russia); 3. Maryia Chornaya (Belarus); 3. Darja Shastakovich (Belarus).
 
Men’s Individual Accuracy: 1. Dmitrii Maksimov (Russia); 1. Kaiyuan Zhang (China); 3. Jie Feng (China); 3. Ilia Poz (China); 3. Hussain Ebrahim (Bahrain); 3. Magnus Falk (Sweden); 3. Michael Alpfors (Sweden).
 
Juniors Men’s Individual Accuracy: 1. Tong Meng (China); 1. Anton Sayevich (Belarus); 1. Fabio Fornallaz (Switzerland); 4. Xiaodong Guo (China).
 
Accuracy Landing Team (after 4 rounds): 1. China; 2. China Juniors; 3. Russia; 4. Slovenia; 5. Belarus Female; 6. Germany.