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3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship

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3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska
LocationNałęczów,  Poland
Start dateAugust 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)
End dateAugust 11, 2018 (2018-08-11)
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Champion
Poland Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska

3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship was 3rd edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships for women held in Nałęczów, Poland[1] from August 6 to August 11, 2018. Total of 14 tasks were held. Five flights were cancelled due to the weather conditions from August 9 to August 11.[2]

Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska from Leszno, Poland became world champion. Nicola Scaife, the world champion of 2014 and 2016 from Hunter Valley, Australia was third.[3]

Final ranking

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Scaife (AUS) and Keller (USA, blue balloon) competing at task 11

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Rank Balloonist Nation Points Wins
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska  Poland 10875 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Agnė Simonavičiūtė  Lithuania 9663 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicola Scaife  Australia 9287 4
4 Kim Magee  United States 9048 0
5 Elisabeth Kindermann-Schön  Austria 8976 1
6 Julija Romanovskaja  Lithuania 8788 3
7 Cheri White  United States 8319 0
8 Astrid Carl  Germany 8295 0
9 Nicole Vogel  Switzerland 8269 0
10 Rita Becz  Hungary 7987 0
11 Sanne Haarhuis  Netherlands 7946 0
12 Kristin Vevere  Latvia 7752 0
13 Chloe Hallet  United Kingdom 7568 1
14 Beata Choma  Poland 7351 0
15 Joanna Biedermann  Poland 7306 2
16 Miglė Vaitulevičiūtė  Lithuania 7100 0
17 Diana Nasonova  Russia 7056 0
18 Kelli Keller  United States 7032 0
19 Katharina Kräck  Germany 6872 0
20 Lindsay Muir  United Kingdom 6581 0
21 Ieva Skele  Latvia 6411 1
22 Marija Oparina  Russia 6408 0
23 Sylvia Meinl  Germany 6174 0
24 Marija Petric Miklousic  Croatia 6094 0
25 Ewelina Leszczuk  Poland 5947 0
26 Caroline Splinters  Netherlands 5869 0
27 Akari Sue  Japan 5839 0
28 Ieva Šuopytė  Lithuania 5677 0
29 Aline Kalousdian  Germany 5161 0
30 Mia Fraser  Australia 5160 0
31 Victoria Vertrees  United States 4484 0
32 Tomoko Kurahashi  Japan 4395 0
33 Rieko Shingo  Japan 3473 0

References

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  1. ^ Sampolski, Maciej (13 August 2018). "Nałęczów gościł najlepsze pilotki na świecie - Radio Centrum". centrum.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ Label: No flight
  3. ^ Kozak, Ada (22 August 2018). "Daria Dudkiewicz-Goławska, mistrzyni świata w lotach balonem: Czasami się boję. To obronna reakcja organizmu, która pozwala przetrwać". www.wysokieobcasy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ Results
  5. ^ The winning women (Wins and ranking after each flight, with photos)
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