France breaks own record in eight-way formation<\/p>\n
By Primastuti Handayani<\/p>\n
LIDO, West Java (JP): It took just two days for the French
\nparachute team to break its world eight-way speed formation
\nrecord at the World Parachuting Championships on Canopy Formation
\nhere yesterday.<\/p>\n
The French skydivers took 27.39 seconds in their fifth jump to
\nlink into a kite formation, seven hundredths of a second faster
\nthan the record they set on Tuesday. Each team of eight
\nparachutists has two minutes in each jump to display a formation.<\/p>\n
\"Everybody did his job. Everybody worked well and did not work
\ntoo fast because in such event we have to go nice and smoothly,\"
\nChristopher Balisky, a French team member, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Balisky said he was confident his squad would sharpen their
\nown record. It was the third time within four days France set
\nrecord breaking time.<\/p>\n
\"We can do better but probably by only one second on the kite
\nformation,\" he said. \"We've done better in training.\"<\/p>\n
The organizers of the biennial parachuting meet finally
\ncompleted the required five jumps in the four-way canopy
\nrotation, four-way sequential and eight-way speed formation
\nevents.<\/p>\n
Military officers<\/p>\n
The French team is comprised of military officers and
\ncivilians. They prepared for two years for the championships<\/p>\n
The United States trailed second after taking 33.09 seconds to
\nget into the kite formation. Australia came third, taking 43.36
\nseconds.<\/p>\n
It took the Indonesian team 109.82 seconds to get into
\nformation. The competition was delayed for five hours due to
\nstrong winds and haze.6<\/p>\n
In the four-way rotation event, Italy scored 21 points to beat
\ndefending champion France by one point in yesterday's sixth jump.<\/p>\n
France, which set a new four-way rotation record on Sunday by
\nscoring 22 points, maintained a narrow cumulative lead with 121
\npoints to Italy's 120 points. There are two jumps remaining.<\/p>\n
Russia and Canada each scored 18 points yesterday, with Russia
\nstaying in contention for the title after collecting 107 points.<\/p>\n
The 1,000-strong crowd continued to support the Canadians. The
\nCanucks, wearing yellow and purple jumpsuits to match their
\nparachutes, stole spectators' hearts with their fantastic
\nmaneuvers following their rotations.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, which is represented by members of the Army's
\nSpecial Force, was only able to manage 10 rotations in the event.<\/p>\n
The four-way canopy rotation is expected to be completed
\ntoday.<\/p>\n
New Zealand withdrew from the championships on Tuesday after a
\nmember of its team was injured, reducing the number of
\nparticipating countries to 12. (yan)<\/p>",
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