Kopassus, Russia

Kopassus, Russia
share the glory

JAKARTA (JP): Chutists from the National Army's elite forces
Kopassus and their Russian rivals shared the limelight at the
Kopassus international skydiving championships in Serang, West
Java on Saturday.

In the absence of major rival Thailand, the Kopassus team
scored 48 points to come through as the runaway winner in the
five-round Canopy Relative Work event. Malaysia finished second
with 26, followed by Singapore which collected 21 points.

Russian skydivers set the pace from the start to win the
Relative Work competition with 37 points. National Police's
Polsugar A team racked up 30 points for the second place, ahead
of National Air Forces team with 20.

Old-crack chutist Theo Mandagi of Polsugar A continued his
domination of the accuracy event in the men's parachuting
competition. Theo, who has produced five "dead centers" out of
his six attempts was on his way to taking the gold medal. He
scored the smallest level of error at 0.02, with one attempt
remaining.