To kick off the summer season, the skydivers won a medal at the World Cup in France. This was won by Sebastian Graser from Elsbethen.
After a long break, the skydivers of HSV Red Bull Salzburg are finally back in competition mode and made a very good start to the summer season in Cahors, France. The first stop of the World Cup series in skydiving took place there from May 31 to June 2. Despite challenging conditions, the HSV Red Bull Salzburg team showed impressive performances and held their own against 31 strong international teams. After the strong wind had already caused some delays on the first day of the competition, the athletes had to wait in “stand-by” mode on Saturday and hope that the last day of the competition would still make jumps possible. Sunday was more kind to the World Cup jumpers and all eight jumps necessary for the ranking could be carried out. Despite strong winds and changeable thermals, Sebastian Graser kept his nerve and secured the silver medal in the men’s category thanks to great jumping performances. The Elsbethner jumped tied with a German by 6cm overall, but was moved up to second place due to the ranking of the “zeros”. “I am extremely happy with this competition. Taking home 80 points from the first stop is a real boost for the upcoming competitions. I am also very satisfied with my performance, as I have not always been able to do so well in training recently. All the better that it worked out in the competition. Now I am very motivated and will go into the next competitions strengthened,” said the reigning military world champion in parachute target jumping, delighted with the successful start to the World Cup. The victory in the men’s competition went to Germany.
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