After 10 races in mixed weather conditions races at the 39th FAI World Gliding Championships in Tábor, Czechia, new World Champions have beed declared in 15m, Club and Standard classes.

Łukasz Grabowski from Poland has won his first World Gliding Championship, finishing in top position in 15m Class. Łukasz finished in 8th position in the final race, squeaking past Tom Arscott of Great Britain to win the championship by 10 points. 

In Club Class German Stefan Langer sealed his 3rd WGC win taking 1st place in the final race and finishing the contest with a comfortable 183 point lead over Frenchman Alexandre Fierain. From Great Britain, Timothy Fletcher gained team GB their 2nd podium place in the championship finishing in 3rd place. 

Standard Class was won by Belgian pilot Jeroen Jennen. Jeremy Hood came home 2nd overall, putting Great Britain on all three finishing podiums at WGC Tabor with Pole Jakub Barszcz taking 3rd place.  Nevertheless, Poland took top position in the Team Cup keeping Great Britain in 2nd place followed by team Germany. 

15m Class
1 POL    Łukasz Grabowski                  Diana 2          6,926
2 GBR      Tom Arscott                           Ventus 2a      6,916
3 FRA       Maximilian Seis                    JS-MD3          6,826

Standard
1 BEL      Jeroen Jennen                        LS 8a             7,056
2 GBR     Jeremy Hood                          LS 8-18          6,545
3 POL   Jakub Barszcz                        LS 8-18          6,535

Club
1 GER      Stefan Langer                      LS 3               7,370
2 FRA         Alexandre Fierain                LS 7               7,183
3 GBR        Timothy Fletcher                  LS 7 wl          7,166

Team Cup
1 Poland                              894.41
2 Great Britain                     886.96
2 Germany                           883.19
4 France                               867.37
5 Netherlands                      862.43

Full Results at tinyurl.com/WGC-Tabor

Sean Young