Within the framework of the Festival "Enjoying the Summer of 2023 - "Wow Da Nang", this morning (July 29), at Son Tra Peninsula, the Department of Culture and Sports of Da Nang city organized the Paragliding Tournament "Flying on the sky". Tien Sa".
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| 120 athletes participated in the Paragliding tournament "Flying over Tien Sa". |
The tournament took place on July 29 and 30 with the participation of 7 pilots from 120 paragliding clubs across the country. There are also paragliding troupes from Laos and Thailand participating in motorized paragliding performances. Athletes competed in two events, the precision landing for the non-engined Paragliding and the motorized paragliding demonstration.
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| Flight formations of athletes performing paragliders with engines. |
This is an annual tournament with an increasing number of athletes participating. In 2014, for the first time, Da Nang city hosted only 40 athletes, in 2019, the number of athletes doubled and in 2020 there were 100 pilots participating.
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| The motorized paragliders flew in formation before the opening ceremony. |
Mr. Pham Van Nghien, a member of Kinh Bac Paragliding Club, Bac Ninh province wishes to develop more and more paragliding activities: “Da Nang is one of the great places to fly. I've been to a few places, but nothing is as beautiful as in Da Nang. Here, the landing pad is very long, so even a little inexperienced pilots can land it.”
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