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Paragliding, two European titles in Italy

08/06/2010 - Double gold for Italy of the European paragliding: Luca Donini, Molveno (Trento) and the Italian national team win individual and team titles for the second time in few years. The others are blue: Aaron Durogati (Merano, Bolzano), Joachim Oberhauser (Termeno, Bolzano), Christian Biasi (Rovereto, Trento), Alberto Vitale (Bologna), Martina Centa (Feltre, Belluno), CT Alberto Castagna (Cologno Monzese , Milan) and the aide Giorgio Corti (Suello, Lecco).
The championships were held in Abtenau in Austria, not far from Salzburg. It was attended by 143 riders from 33 nations on the mountains surrounding areas had a special provision of take-off between 1600 and 1832 m. Obviously, paragliding, using the ascending air currents, have reached much higher, sometimes up to 3400 m, with high rate of ascent (9 m / sec) species on the walls of the imposing massif Dagstein.
Inclem institutions the weather: rain and snow have forced organizers to validate only three of the ten planned flying days, suspending the other. Donini has won two out of three heats, the last, thanks to a brilliant third place Biasi, a distance of more than 134 km, is
been decisive for the whole team. Behind the blue left Austria, Slovenia and France while our regular Austrian Alex Schalber, second, and the Polish Rafal Luckos third. In the women's podium marked the first and third in the Czech Petra slivovitz, and Renata Kuhnová, with the French Elisa Houdry the place of honor. Abtenau
's victory brings Italy to the very top in the international free flight, that is not motorized. At the European title now joined by the four world gliding, individual and team. Italy next year will host the world in this discipline Seal
in Umbria.

Photo by Martin Scheel. His other pictures at www.azoom.ch .

For more information about the Championship European paragliding contact: Alberto Castagna - Castagna (AT) www.telemako.it.
Official site of the event: http://em2010.ikarus-abtenau. at / .

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