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Bir: Prem Kumar Dhumal, the Chief Minister addressing the closing ceremony of week long Himalayan Paragliding Pre-World Cup-2008 at Bir Billing in Baijnath, Kangra announced that 4.28 crores would be spent for upgradation of the infrastructural facilities to organize international paragliding World-cup facilities in Bir Billing.
He said that Himachal as a state had tremendous potential for carrying out tourism related activities like para-gliding, trekking, mountaineering, mountain tracking, river rafting etc and congratulated the organizers for successful organization of the event and the participants as well.[/lang_en][lang_en]
The first Pre-World Cup Event was organized in the year 2002 and has gained popularity with every passing year. The event gave away prizes to the winners and participants of the event and also congratulated them for the achievement.
Unofficial Results
| Nr | Name | SS | ES | Time | km/h | km P | P km | P Dep. | P km/h | P Arr. | Total | ||
| 1 | 99 | SHARMA, Ajay (Gin Boomerang 5) | IND | 13:30:00 | 15:22:43 | 01:52:43 | 28.16 | 57.3 | 519.7 | 80.4 | 336.2 | 60.0 | 996 |
| 2 | 323 | LATYSHEV, Sergey (Axis Mercury) | RUS | 13:30:00 | 15:24:07 | 01:54:07 | 27.81 | 57.3 | 519.7 | 64.1 | 314.0 | 55.2 | 954 |
| 3 | 8 | MALECKI, Andreas (Aircross U4) | DEU | 13:30 | 15:25:50 | 01:55:50 | 27.40 | 57.3 | 519.7 | 84.1 | 298.3 | 46.8 | 949 |
OVERALL FEMALE
|
Place |
Nr |
Name |
Nation |
T1 |
T2 |
Total |
|
1 |
712 |
PISKAREVA, Svetlana, (Gradient AVAX XC2) |
US |
35 |
692 |
1427 |
|
2 |
22 |
DMITRIEVSKAYA, Elena, (MAC MagusXC) |
RUS |
683 |
643 |
1326 |
|
3 |
103 |
CHEREPANOVA, Aleksandra, (Axis Vega2) |
RUS |
540 |
411 |
951 |
OVERALL
|
PLACE |
Nr. |
Name |
Nation |
T1 |
T2 |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
8 |
MALECKI, Andreas, (Aircross U4) |
DEU |
916 |
949 |
1865 |
|
2 |
1 |
SIEGEL, Torsten, (UP Edge) |
DEU |
915 |
948 |
1863 |
|
3 |
323 |
LATYSHEV, Sergey, (Axis Mercury) |
RUS |
884 |
953 |
1837 |
OVERALL TEAM
|
PLACE |
Nr. |
Name |
Nation |
T1 |
T2 |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Russian Team |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
323 |
LATYSHEV, Sergey, (Axis Mercury) |
RUS |
884 |
953 |
5251 |
|
|
191 |
KOROLEV, Dmitry, (Gin Boomerang 5) |
RUS |
912 |
864 |
|
|
|
166 |
SALIMOV, Roman, (Axis Mercury) |
RUS |
875 |
763 |
|
|
|
75 |
GRYAZNOV, Evgeny, (SOL Tracer) |
RUS |
756 |
706 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
50-50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
99 |
SHARMA , Ajay, (Gin Boomerang 5) |
IND |
793 |
996 |
5163 |
|
|
33 |
HILL, Adam, (Axis Mercury) |
GBR |
813 |
922 |
|
|
|
11 |
CHOUDHURY, Debu, (Axis Mercury) |
IND |
846 |
793 |
|
|
|
77 |
DORFLER, Wolfgang, (Gradient Aspen2 |
DEU |
425 |
499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
TB&SD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
MALECKI, Andreas, (Aircross U4) |
DEU |
915 |
948 |
4717 |
|
|
18 |
DHINDSA, Gurpreet, (Axis Mercury) |
IND |
800 |
896 |
|
|
|
118 |
KUMAR, Adie, (Axis Mercury) |
IND |
715 |
363 |
|
|
|
110 |
BLONSKE, Oliver, (Gin Boomrang 5) |
DEU |
544 |
443 |
|
Photos by: Yash RazZ.
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