Indian Paragliding Team

The Indian Paragliding Team is participating in the 2nd FAI Asian Paragliding Championship at Nishiawa, Japan.

The Indian Paragliding Team (Civilians) is sponsored by Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

www.sail.co.in

Team sponsorship is organised in association with Billing Paragliding Association (BPA), Himachal Pradesh.

Sudhir Sharma (MLA) - President BPA

Anurag Sharma - Director BPA and Manager of Team India for 2nd Asians

PILOTS	PILOT'S SPONSOR
1. Gurpreet Dhindsa	Carnoustie Group
2. Debu Choudhury
3. Adie Kumar
4. Vijay Soni
5. Raj kumar	Army Adventure Wing
6. Sanjay Pendurkar	Indus Paragliding
7. Arjan Bedi	Army Adventure Wing
8. Roshan Lal

Dilip Kotecha

Dilip Kotecha has voluntarily withdrawn from the Indian paragliding team for the Asians due to his doubtful timely recovery from injury received during the Himalayan Odyssey expedition. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Results

T1 2010-05-02 TASK1 Race to Goal 49,3 km
T2 2010-05-03 TASK2 Race to Goal 76,7 km
T3 2010-05-04 TASK3 Race to Goal 62,9 km
T4 2010-05-05 TASK4 Task stop then Cancel
T5 2010-05-06 TASK5 Task Cancel (caused strong winds)
T6 2010-05-07 TASK6 Task Cancel (caused rain)
T7 2010-05-08 TASK7 Task Cancel

For each Task - Overall position (Points earned)
X - Task cancelled

Pilot	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	OVERALL
Debu Choudhury	5 (931)	27 (756)	20 (804)	X	X	X	X	9 (2491)
Gurpreet Dhindsa	23 (751)	28 (754)	23 (780)	X	X	X	X	17 (2285)
Adie Kumar	55 (369)	45 (636)	22 (788)	X	X	X	X	35 (1793)
Vijay Soni	49 (411)	33 (717)	39 (629)	X	X	X	x	38 (1757)
Sanjay Pendurkar	41 (470)	71 (276)	62 (394)	X	X	X	X	61 (1140)
Raj kumar	90 (37)	62 (379)	56 (431)	X	X	X	X	77 (847)
Roshan Lal	76 (176)	71 (276)	65 (383)	X	X	X	X	79 (835)
Arjan Bedi	90 (37)	90 (112)	89 (40)	X	X	X	X	90 (189)

Team India finishes No. 3 at 2nd Asian Paragliding Championship
1. Korea (5745)
2. Japan (5106)
3. India (4776)
4. China (3954)
5. Indonesia (2620)
6. Thailand (2403)

For detailed results visit Asia Hangpara Official Site

Indian Paragliding Team wins bronze at 2nd FAI Asian Paragliding Championship at Nishiawa, Japan

Event details:

2nd FAI Asian Paragliding Championship

Event classification: First Category Event
Type of event: Continental Championship

Place: Nishiawa (Japan)
Date(s): 29 Apr to 09 May 2010
Website: http://asia.hangpara.jp/e/
Event organiser : Japan Hang & Paragliding Federation