Despite the tough competition, a spirit of friendship is woven into the fabric of the CISM World Military Parachuting Championships. Now on his eighth CISM championships, Austria's Sebastian Graser shares his love of the sport, saying in an interview from Solznok, Hungary, "What I love about parachuting, is that it is like one big family with other nations, we are all friends."
The spirit of teamwork lies at the heart of the 46th CISM World Military Parachuting Championships: the same five team members must achieve the best scores across the three disciplines of Accuracy Landing, Style and Formation Skydiving to win the team overall classification. As of Saturday afternoon, 6 July, the CISM overall women’s team results are showing China in the lead. Elbowing one another in joint second place are the Republic of Korea and Brazil.
Clad from top to toe in white, Máté Feith steps into the wind tunnel. He rises, spins, floats and twists, light as a feather caught in a breeze. This fluid display of aerobatic prowess has taken seven months of intense training: fifty hours of meticulous practise, repeating moves over and over, and adjusting the smallest details to reach perfection.
