Italy - gold in Class 1, Austria - Class 5, Peter Benes CZE and Naoki Itagaki JPN are the new World Champions
The 24th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 and 10th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championships have finished in Ager, Spain. The event was held from 13-26 July 2025. It was organised by Club Zenith Vol Lliure with the support of Federación Aèria Catalana and Real Federación Aérea Española. Six tasks were flown with 115 pilots competing in Class 1, and 32 in Class 5.
Congratulations to the new World Champions!
Class 1 Overall
1. Petr Benes CZE
2. Marco Laurenzi ITA
3. Peter Neuenschwander SUI
Class 1 National Teams
1. Italy
2. Australia
3. United Kingdom
This is the 8th time the Italian team is the gold medalist of the Hang Gliding Class 1 World Championships.
Top 10 in Class 1 were: Petr Benes CZE, Marco Laurenzi M ITA, Peter Neuenschwander SUI, Grant Crossingham GBR, Balazs Ujhelyi HUN, Rory Duncan AUS, Arne Tanzer NED, Christian Ciech ITA, Attila Bertok HUN, Alex Ploner ITA.
Class 5 Overall
1. Naoki Itagaki JPN
2. Markus Baisch GER
3. Guenter Porath ESP
Class 5 National Teams
1. Austria
2. Germany
3. Spain
Top ten in Class 5 were Naoki Itagaki JPN , Markus Baisch GER , Guenter (Guti) Porath ESP, Christoph Schöll GER, Anton Raumauf AUT, Mike Armstrong GBR, Christopher Friedl AUT, Richard Herzog AUT, Ramón Fernández López ESP, Alberto Moreno Fernandez ESP.
Photo credits: Flavio Tebaldi - Team leader of Italy.
