On the final day of the 14th Paragliding European Championship in Krushevo, Macedonia (FRY), Honorin Hamard, Seiko Fukuoka Neuville and the French team stood on the highest march of the podium, gold medals around their necks. Laurie Genovese completed the French sweep with a silver medal.

Nine tasks where flown out of 10 possible, with conditions rating from weak to very good. The task committee and meet director always found ways to optimize the weather forecast and to take more than half of the field at goal. On the last task, Honorin, Seiko and Laurie had an overall unbeatable lead. Teams competition was another matter, with Italy, Germany and France within 115 points. The final results stand as bellow.

Official Results on FAI.org

Complete results can be found here. They include all tracklogs.

 

Women

1. Seiko Fukuoka Naville - France
2. Laurie Genovese - France
3. Klaudia Bulgakow - Poland
4. Emanuelle Zufferey - Switzerland
5. Silvia Buzzi Ferraris - Italy
6. Petra Slivova - Czech Republic
7. Kirsty Cameron - Great Britain
8. Yael Margelisch - Switzerland
9. Yvonne Dathe - Germany     
10. Ruth Churchill Dower - Great Britain

Overall

1. Honorin Hamard - France
2. Joachim Oberhauser - Italy
3. Xevi Bonet Dalmau - Spain
4. Tilen Ceglar - Slovenia
5. Jurij Vidic - Slovenia
6. Stanislav Klikar - Czech Republic
7. Christian Biasi - Italy
8. Gleb Sukhotskiy - Russia
9. Ulrich Prinz - Germany
10. Alex Schalber - Austria       

Team

1. France – Seiko Fukuoka Naville, Honorin Hamard, Alexandre Jofresa, Maxime Pinot, Pierre Remy, Julien Wirtz. Team Leader : Didier Mathurin.
2. Germany – Yvonne Dathe, Andreas Malecki, Martin Petz, Ulrich Prinz, Torsten Siegel, Ferdinand Vogel.Team Leader : Harry Buntz.
3. Italy – Christian Biasi  , Silvia Buzzi Ferraris, Nicola Donini, Marco Littame, Joachim Oberhauser, Biagio Alberto Vitale.Team Leader : Alberto Castagna.

Tasks

1. 88,9 km – 47 pilots at goal – Luca Donini (ITA) – Kirsty Cameron (GBR) – Italy
2. 77,4 km – 100 pilots at goal – Primoz Susa (SLO) – Seiko Fukuoka-Neuville (FRA) – Slovenia
3. 86,4 km – 72 pilots at goal – Marco Busetta (ITA) – Seiko Fukuoka-Neuville (FRA) – France
4. 101,5 km – 67 pilots at goal – Honorin Hamard (FRA) – Laurie Genovese – (Czech Republic)
5. 82,9 km – 66 pilots at goal – Francisco Javier Reina (ESP) – Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (ITA) – Spain
6. 114,8 km – 104 pilots at goal – Felix Rodriguez Fernandez (ESP) – Laurie Genovese (FRA) – Italy
7. 98,5 km – 94 pilots at goal – Klaudia Bulgakow (POL) and Martin Petz (GER) – Klaudia Bulgakow (POL)  – Germany
8. 71,5 km – 117 pilots at goal – Joachim Oberhauser (ITA) – Seiko Fukoka-Neuville (FRA) – Spain
9. 95,4 km – 64 pilots at goal – Pimoz Susa (SLO) – Emmanuelle Zufferey (SUI) – Slovenia