posted May 26th, 2023 - The teams behind the four medal contenders on the 4-way Women leaderboard of the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023 gave each other comfortable space and did not challenge each other too much, while the battle for the medals was going on at the same time.

Germany's team Piteraq, bronze medalists at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, ended up right in the middle position of the 4-way Women leaderboard, with exactly the same lineup as the one in Charleroi last year. The four teams ahead of them were out of reach, and the four teams behind were all new and attended their first FAI indoor competition.

The situation for the German team was still much more challenging for themselves, compared to last year's indoor world cup. Team member Susa Serra, Piteraq's outside center, dislocated her shoulder literally at the last minute before Round 1. It happened at the end of the speed test when the team was leaving the flying chamber.

The shoulder relocated itself without any treatment and adjustment, while Susa Serra still had to perform the ten competition rounds in pain. Back in Germany, a medical examination confirmed the dislocation, and Susa Serra had to schedule a shoulder surgery that will take place very soon.

FAI Indoor World Championship 2023			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		E,14,3		K,F,22,17		O,7,5		N,2,18		L,P,12,15		M,10,D,H		16,9,C		1,G,J,8		4,Q,21		6,20,A		Total	Avg
1	France 4-way Women	FR	24	-2	30	-1	34	-1	22	-1	27		36		34	-1	27		25		26		285	28.5
2	XPG4	US	25		28	-1	33		25		25	-2	36		29	-3	24	-2	26		25	-2	276	27.6
3	NFTO	UK	25	-1	29		30	-2	20	-3	22	-3	32		34	-1	27	-1	23	-2	26		268	26.8
4	HF Cubs	CZ	22	-2	25	-3	33		23	-1	19	-5	31	-1	33	-1	25	-3	23	-4	24	-2	258	25.8
5	Piteraq	DE	22		19	-2	25		19		20		27		24		20		21		21		218	21.8
6	Airdrops	CH	18	-1	19	-2	23		13	-3	19		24		22	-1	19		21		16	-4	194	19.4
7	Windabona Angels Chicas	ES	18		16	-1	20	-1	16	-1	16	-1	22		16	-4	16	-1	18		17	-1	175	17.5
8	Fire Phoenix	IT	17		17	-1	20		14		14	-2	20	-2	16	-2	14	-1	16		16		164	16.4
9	Kiss My Grips	SK	13	-1	14	-2	19		14		12		19		16	-3	16	-1	16		13	-2	152	15.2

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Piteraq at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023, video footage courtesy of FAI/InTime

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The indoor competition season was over after the world cup, and Piteraq have plenty of time to recover from injury and think about potential plans for the future. However, the end of the indoor season was the beginning of the outdoor season for Piteraq members Petra Jastram and Linda Koeb who also train and compete with the outdoor lineup of the German national team in 4-way Women, Meltemi Oceanside.

They had Andrea Kleinschmidt and Stephanie Meyer in the outdoor lineup throughout the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, with Pablo Fahrenschon on camera, and they will continue with a new team member, Franzi Wiesler.

The NSL News mentioned the change in the lineup with an update on January 29th, and Franzi Wiesler was ready for training action after recently completing her school graduation, and with the beginning of the Meltemi outdoor season after the indoor world cup.

However, the Meltemi training of the new lineup actually began already earlier, and it was not only indoor training. The new lineup traveled to California in the spring, where Arizona Airspeed's Niklas Hemlin was coaching the team.

FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		20,16,B		P,D,21,13		17,K,11		E,A,19,22		2,9,M		C,14,F,12		3,6,18		4,10,1		8,Q,O,H		5,7,J		Total	Avg
1	NFTO	UK	18		23		21		21		25		15	-2	17		14	-1	23		23		200	20.0
2	Nephtys	FR	16	-2	20	-1	19		21		23		14		17		14	-1	24		21		189	18.9
3	XPG4	US	17	-1	21	-1	18	-1	20	-1	20	-3	16		15		15		21	-2	21		184	18.4
4	Meltemi Oceanside	DE	15		17		13		17		20		14		14		9	-2	18		16		153	15.3

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Meltemi Oceanside at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC and OmniSkore!HD

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Franzi Wiesler entered the training camp at Oceanside with a total of 320 jumps in her logbook. Piteraq/Meltemi member Linda Koeb said that she and her other team mates were impressed with her performance level at this stage in her skydiving career.

The work with Niklas Hemlin created a solid foundation for Meltemi, and the team will continue to train as much as possible before the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023. Meltemi will compete in Norway and then follow up a few weeks later at Germany's national outdoor championship, the qualification event for the next world championship in Israel 2024.

Meltemi resume outdoor training at Paranodon Illertissen on the coming weekend, this time with coach David Grauwels. Niklas Hemlin will be back with Meltemi for the next training camp at Oceanside at the end of June. The outdoor world cup in Norway in August will be the first international competition for the new team member.

Pablo Fahrenschon continues on Meltemi camera after joining the team in June last year. Linda Koeb said that he is still just as excited to film the team in action, and he is looking forward to his next international experience after the outdoor world championship in Eloy.