3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship

Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska, World Champion 2018

The 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship (German Third FAI hot air balloon - World Cup women ) found in 2018 in the Polish Nałęczów instead.

Third women's world champion was Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska from Leszno in Poland . The silver and bronze medals went to Agnė Simonavičiūtė from Lithuania and Nicola Scaife from Hunter Valley , Australia . Scaife was already two-time world champion in 2014 and 2016. Simonavičiūtė had won the bronze medal in 2014.

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World Cup runner-up Agnė Simonavičiūtė

World Cup third Nicola Scaife, 2014 the first world champion in ballooning

After the world championships in Leszno (Poland, 2014) and Birštonas (Lithuania, 2016) it was the third world championship and the seventh 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 the world and Europe. The competition was held from August 6th to 11th, 2018. 33 balloonists from 14 countries around the world took part. The 2016 World Champion entered the race with the start number “1”. Her teammate Mia Fraser followed with the "2" as Australia led the alphabetical order. One of the possible take-off locations was the Lublin-Radawiec Airport (EPLR) in Radawiec Duży near Lublin . The competition management was with Eugenijus Komas, Lithuania, assisted by Gary Lacey, Australia and Mathijs De Bruijn, Netherlands. August 6th was reserved for the general briefing and the opening event in Nałęczów. Due to the weather, four of the nine planned trips could be carried out on five days of the competition.

Elisabeth Kindermann-Schön from Austria came in fifth. Astrid Carl was the best German in eighth place, ahead of Nicole Vogel from Switzerland in ninth place.

Poland won the team competition just ahead of Lithuania. The two Australians finished third, almost level on points with the Americans. The Germans finished ninth ahead of Japan.

Day	journey	tasks	Remarks
August 7th	1 - in the morning	5
August 7th	2 - in the evening	2
8th August	3 - in the morning	5
8th August	4 - in the evening	2	Start in the spa gardens
August 9	0 - in the morning	0	Cancellation due to wind
August 9	0 - in the evening	0	Cancellation due to wind
August 10	0 - in the morning	0	Cancellation due to wind
August 10	0 - in the evening	0	Cancellation due to thunderstorms and rain
August 11th	0 - in the morning	0	Cancellation due to fog

Results

Nicola Scaife and Kellie Keller (USA; above) at the target cross of the 11th task; Scaife wins with a distance of 1.31 meters

The complete start list is shown on this list.

rank	pilot	nation	Points	Task victories
1	Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska	Poland	10875	2
2	Agnė Simonavičiūtė	Lithuania	9663	1
3	Nicola Scaife	Australia	9287	4th
4th	Kim Magee	United States	9048	0
5	Elisabeth Kindermann-Schön	Austria	8976	1
6th	Julia Romanovskaya	Lithuania	8788	3
7th	Cheri White	United States	8319	0
8th	Astrid Carl	Germany	8295	0
9	Nicole Vogel	Switzerland	8269	0
10	Rita Becz	Hungary	7987	0
11	Sanne Haarhuis	Netherlands	7946	0
12	Kristin Vevere	Latvia	7752	0
13	Chloe Hallet	United Kingdom	7568	1
14th	Beata Choma	Poland	7351	0
15th	Joanna Biedermann	Poland	7306	2
16	Miglė Vaitulevičiūtė	Lithuania	7100	0
17th	Diana Nasonova	Russia	7056	0
18th	Kelli cellar	United States	7032	0
19th	Katharina Kraeck	Germany	6872	0
20th	Lindsay Muir	United Kingdom	6581	0
21st	Ieva Skele	Latvia	6411	1
22nd	Marija Oparina	Russia	6408	0
23	Sylvia Meinl	Germany	6174	0
24	Marija Petric Miklousic	Croatia	6094	0
25th	Ewelina Leszczuk	Poland	5947	0
26th	Caroline Splinters	Netherlands	5869	0
27	Akari Sue	Japan	5839	0
28	Ieva Šuopytė	Lithuania	5677	0
29	Aline Kalousdian	Germany	5161	0
30th	Mia Fraser	Australia	5160	0
31	Victoria Vertrees	United States	4484	0
32	Tomoko Kurahashi	Japan	4395	0
33	Rieko Shingo	Japan	3473	0

Web links

• Side of the FAI
• Official competition site. (engl.)
• Results.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DAY 3 - NO FLIGHT . (accessed on August 11, 2018)
2. ↑ DAY 4 - NO FLIGHT . (accessed on August 11, 2018)
3. ↑ DAY 5 - NO FLIGHT . (accessed on August 11, 2018)
4. ^ The Winning Women. (accessed on August 11, 2018)