After one week of competition and eight tasks the Paramotoring World Championships are over. Ramon Morillas was crowned champion for the third time after all the protests and counter protests had finally been resolved. Former champion Mathieu Rouanet took second place in the single foot launch ahead of the UK’s Michel Carnet.

In the single trikes Daniel Crespo managed to hold onto his lead to take the gold medal ahead of Tomasz Kudaszewcz (POL) and Michaela Machartova (CZ).

In the tandem classes Spain’s Nino Muelas and Antonio Lope took first place in the trike discipline. Winners of the foot launch discipline were Jurgis and Arturas Smarlovskis from Lithuania.

In the team competitions France won the foot launch competition ahead of Great Britain and Spain. In the trike category it was Spain that took the top spot ahead of the Czech Republic and Poland.

At the final party all the protests and team rivalries were quickly forgotten as the awards were handed out and the partying started. Michaela Machartova and Jansy Kelly were awarded special diplomas for being the first women to win a task in a Microlight World Championship in their discipline. The pilots are now recovering with some sight seeing in Beijing before making the long journey home.

We will have a full report on the world championships in Issue 3 of Paramotor Magazine due out in October.

Photo: Michel Ferrer

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This entry was posted on Monday, September 10th, 2007 at 10:07 am and is filed under China Worlds 07, News.