posted May 1st, 2010 - It is time for the final round of the World Challenge 2010, which included all the drama that makes a great 4-way competition.

The only piece missing of the complete NSL News coverage is actually the judging perspective. The NSL News camera had followed the teams live into the flying chamber on Sunday afternoon, and the NSL News story on 4 April 2010 included a video of the Top 10 teams from the up close perspective.

It is very interesting to compare both angles with each other, as the videos from the judging perspective have been uploaded and are now available for reviews. In addition, the story on 5 April 2010 also included the final round live on DZ-TV during the award ceremony.

The situation was already exciting enough, as Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge had just stumbled in Round 9, and there was only a 1-point difference left between France and XL. It was a real showdown.

It became even more exciting when Paul Mayer and Camscore featured the live judging of Round 9 on DZ-TV right at the start of the award ceremony. Nobody knew at that time who would win or whether there might be a jump-off round or not.

If this was not exciting enough - the French team added some extra spice in the middle of the working time. The live audience reacted to a penalty for France with "aaaaahhs" and "ooooohhs", as the live video of the showdown shows. XL was now ahead by a point on the right side of the screen. This would be the situation for a jump-off if nothing changed in the remaining working time.

World Challenge 2010 - Round 10 of the Top 11 in Final Ranking Order - Judging camera

The drama peaked, and the live audience was extremely challenged, when Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge began to work its way back into the sole top position, move by move and split second by split second.

Eventually, France managed to catch up with XL as of scoring points on the screen before running out of working time. It meant that France had actually completed an additional point within working time, which tied the score for Round 10 between the two final contenders and finished it up for France on the top by one point.

It was an amazing feast at the very end of the competition. It is difficult to imagine that it could be any better. France had shown no nerves after the results of Round 9 and won the team's first indoor competition, plus £5,000 cash.

Round 10 of the Top 10 teams at the World Challenge 2010 - Up close camera

Arizona Airspeed matched France's 24 points in working time but lost even two points in the last round. It was still not the biggest damage in Round 10. Perris Fury lost three points and had to leave the 3rd place for NMP-PCH Hayabusa alone.

Satori lost a point, too, and had to watch Paraclete XP4 slide by in the last minute. XP4 had continued with the upswing on the second day and tied the highscore of the round with a 23-pointer.

SDC Rhythm XP won the last round by a hair and a point over Kaktus Hunter, which eventually separated both teams and left the Russian team out of the Top 10. Kaktus Hunter is already posting new numbers on the NSL leaderbaord, this time outdoor scores at a warmup competition in Kolomna, Russia.

Judging of Round 10 - Award Ceremony at the World Challenge 2010 - NSL Talk with France

The judging videos of Round 10 conclude this part of the World Challenge 2010 NSL News coverage. Many other videos will follow when the rest of the remarkable field in April at Bodyflight Bedford will get more NSL News attention.

It will also be time to look forward to the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Russia and other national championships. The results of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 and the World Challenge allow for some evaluation of the past events and speculation of the upcoming ones.

First of all, the new scores from Russia will show whether Kaktus Hunter will be ready to take on the other Russian top teams at this year's national championship. The NSL News will follow up soon with more details of the meet in Kolomna.