1st FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
The 1st FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship (German first FAI hot air balloon - World Cup women ) found in 2014 in the Polish Leszno instead.
First world champion was Nicola Scaife from Hunter Valley , Australia . The silver and bronze medals went to Elisabeth Kindermann from Graz , Austria and Agnė Simonavičiūtė from Lithuania .
course
After the European championships in Alytus (Lithuania, 2010) and Frankenthal (Germany, 2012) it was the first world championship and the third balloon sport event according to the guidelines of the FAI in which women competed for the title of the best hot air balloon pilot in Europe. The competition was held from September 8th to 13th, 2014. 38 balloonists from 16 European countries took part. The future world champion entered the race with start number "1", as Australia led the alphabetical order. One of the possible take-off locations was the Leszno-Strzyżewice Airport (EPLS) in Strzyżewice near Leszno. The competition management was with Mathijs De Bruijn, Netherlands. September 8th was reserved for the general briefing and the opening event on the market square in Leszno. Due to the weather, five of the nine planned trips could be carried out on five days of the competition.
On September 11th, Elise Kloss and Dolly Deimling from Germany finished 3rd and 4th. On the fourth trip in the beginning rain they reversed this order. Because of the rain there were protests and counter-protests, after the decision of the jury, the trip was rated. The fifth and last trip only had two tasks, but it brought the decision. Agnė Simonavičiūtė overtook the two German drivers. Sylvia Meinl and Ann Herdewyn fought for centimeters on the penultimate task. Meinl was 8 cm better, both got 1000 points. Elisabeth Kindermann was able to reduce the gap to the leading Nicola Scaife down to a few points. Everyone expected an exciting sixth drive for the final placements. The morning mist of the last day, however, did not allow any further argument.
Lithuania won the team competition and the trophy. Daria Dudkiewicz won the Leszno Cup by winning the last task . The last competition race was held in Dolsk .
Day | journey | tasks | Remarks |
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the 9th of September | 1 - in the morning | 3 | |
the 9th of September | 2 - in the evening | 3 | (windy) |
September 10 | 3 - in the morning | 3 | |
September 10 | 0 - in the evening | 0 | Cancellation after field briefing |
September 11 | 4 - in the morning | 5 | Driving in the beginning rain (protests) |
September 11 | 0 - in the evening | 0 | |
12th September | 0 - in the morning | 0 | Cancellation due to wind |
12th September | 5 - in the evening | 2 | Drive in Dolsk |
13.september | 0 - in the morning | 0 | Cancellation due to fog |
Results
rank | pilot | nation | Points | Task victories |
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1 | Nicola Scaife | Australia | 12489 | 3 |
2 | Elisabeth Kindermann | Austria | 12401 | 1 |
3 | Agnė Simonavičiūtė | Lithuania | 11362 | 0 |
4th | Dolores Deimling | Germany | 10881 | 1 |
5 | Elise Kloss | Germany | 10837 | 2 |
6th | Daiva Rakauskaitė | Lithuania | 10647 | 0 |
7th | Mariya Sadkovskaya | Russia | 10462 | 1 |
8th | Nicole Vogel | Switzerland | 10455 | 0 |
9 | Ann Herdewyn | Belgium | 10110 | 0 |
10 | Akari Sue | Japan | 10106 | 1 |
11 | Rita Becz | Hungary | 10081 | 0 |
12 | Sylvia Meinl | Germany | 10076 | 2 |
13 | Beata Choma | Poland | 9587 | 0 |
14th | Daria Dudkiewicz | Poland | 9540 | 1 |
15th | Ekaterina Larikova | Russia | 9384 | 0 |
16 | Kristina Sūnaitienė | Lithuania | 9143 | 0 |
17th | Ewa Prawicka-Left | Poland | 9043 | 1 |
18th | Rita Naujalienė | Lithuania | 8777 | 0 |
19th | Marketa Olsanova | Czech Republic | 8761 | 0 |
20th | Meg Skelton | United States | 8615 | 0 |
21st | Astrid Carl | Germany | 8395 | 0 |
22nd | Sanne Haarhuis | Netherlands | 8356 | 0 |
23 | Debby Young | United States | 8112 | 0 |
24 | Diana Nasonova | Russia | 7973 | 1 |
25th | Nataliia Ivanova | Russia | 7956 | 1 |
26th | Ewelina Helak | Poland | 7649 | 0 |
27 | Marija Miklousic | Croatia | 7026 | 0 |
28 | Julia Selezneva | Russia | 7022 | 0 |
29 | Susan Stamats | United States | 6880 | 1 |
30th | Christine Bertsch | United States | 6731 | 0 |
31 | Janet Haase | Switzerland | 6030 | 0 |
32 | Kelli Cook | United States | 5976 | 0 |
33 | Tomoko Kurahashi | Japan | 5940 | 0 |
34 | Joanna Biedermann | Poland | 5773 | 0 |
35 | Lindsay Muir | United Kingdom | 5756 | 0 |
36 | Mary-Anne Stevens | Canada | 5377 | 0 |
37 | Rieko Shingo | Japan | 4477 | 0 |
38 | Karin Cyrol | Germany | 4100 | 0 |
Web links
- Side of the FAI
- Official competition site. (Polish, English)