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Did You Know...

... that four Black Cat members completed 41 meet rounds within two weeks?

41 rounds in two weeks: Black Cat
posted Dec 27th, 2015 - Two 4-way teams had the busiest agenda of all teams that recently attended both top events in Dubai, first the Clash of Champions and then the World Air Games 2015.

Dubai's Asaar Black lineup and Black Cat from Russia both completed 40 competition rounds within two weeks. In fact, Black Cat was the only team with 41 rounds, as Asaar Black did not qualify for the Speed Battle at the Clash of Champions, where only the Top 10 teams were invited for the extra round.

Valentin Ilin, Vasily Korotkov, Alexander Kvochur and Evgeny Stashchenko competed with Black Cat at both 4-way events and with 8-way team Tanay at the same time. Vadim Niyazov was filming all Russian 4-way and 8-way jumps at the World Air Games and served as Black Cat's alternate at Inflight Dubai.

Clash of Champions 2015
Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10TotalAvg
Rank4-way AAA ClassJ,13,8K,20,59,21,19C,3,67,O,15A,18,12,H,P,D16,L,11E,N,10,B12,Q,F,22TotalAvg
1NMP-PCH HayabusaBE2632302833294128372931331.3
2Arizona AirspeedUS2830293034273928342630530.5
5Qatar TigersQA2425282728253326302326926.9
5EvolutionCA2429272529263026282526926.9
9Black CatRU2226272629263326242326226.2
10FLY-IN OpenFR2027272631223321302326026.0
Clash of Champions 2015
Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10TotalAvg
Rank8-way AAA ClassL,F,C,75,6,192,9,3G,A,12,10B,11,2216,1,21K,M,18,PE,O,J,8Q,17,15N,H,4,DTotalAvg
1Golden KnightsUS3426303037343525314232432.4
2France WeembiFR2922252630302827283427927.9
3TanayRU2922202231302723253826726.7
4Thund8rbirdsBE2423222221282823243525025.0
5Qatar FalconsQA2419202125242019232622122.1
6Dubai AsaarAE2119191920232219212620920.9
7Monaco VitalseaMC713161413111718172214814.8
Tanay 8-way lineup at the Clash of Champions
Black Cat came to Dubai as the reigning silver medalists in 4-way and 8-way at the FAI World Cup 2015. The same Black Cat 4-way lineup had also won the silver medals at the 1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships.

Black Cat has quietly taken Russia's top spot in Formation Skydiving competition. Barkli had competed for Russia in both events at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014. The 4-way lineup finished in 5th place in Prostejov, and Barkli's 8-way team brought home the silver medals.

Black Cat then won the national championships in 4-way and joined forces with Ruslan Azarov, Andrey Barabach, Dmitry Samokhval, Oleg Shalamykhin and Alexander Tychinkiy to complete the recent Tanay 8-way team.

World Air Games 2015
Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10TotalAvg
Rank4-way OpenB,C,17,2N,19,413,14,F6,E,O,L7,1,AD,18,P,22M,H,5,1516,9,1221,K,G,Q11,20,3TotalAvg
1NMP PCH HayabusaBE2926233628233124272226926.9
2Arizona AirspeedUS2927223628192925302026526.5
3Black CatRU2323213021212623271923423.4
4Qatar TigersQA2221172823192719211721421.4
5EvolutionCA2122172820152420221620520.5
6Dubai Asaar BlackAE2120172020172319201719419.4
7FLY-INFR242018292017191922-18820.9
8-way silver medals in 2014: Barkli
The new Russian 8-way team did not only maintain Russia's silver medal position at the World Air Games 2015. Black Cat has also brought Russia back to the bronze medal position in 4-way - at least for the moment.

It will become challenging for Black Cat and Tanay to defend the current positions next year at the Mondial 2016. The new French national 4-way team FLY-IN and Evolution's new 4-way Open Class lineup will put more pressure on Black Cat with more training, and the French 8-way lineup for the Mondial 2016 does not even look at Tanay and the 2nd place. They plan to put pressure on the Golden Knights.

However, Black Cat's outdoor performance at the World Air Games was convincing, and the distance to France, Qatar and Canada is significant at this point in time. Tanay could also make it more difficult for the former French 8-way world champions, who outscored the Russian national team by only 12 points (27.9 - 26.7) at the indoor competition.

World Air Games 2015
Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Rd 10TotalAvg
Rank0-way Open20,13,4F,L,B,G,P22,D,714,O,59,C,J,H19,K,3Q,17,E,A15,21,1812,16,18,11,2TotalAvg
1Golden KnightsUS2233191918222122291722222.2
2TanayRU1726171419211717241318518.5
3France WeembiFR1623131516201717221317217.2
4Dubai AsaarAE1417131415161616151114714.7
5Qatar FalconsQA1316141013161514161113813.8
Bronze medals in 2004: Russian Sky Panthers
Who are the current Black Cat members? Three Black Cat members know each other very well. Vasily Korotkov and Evgeny Stashchenko won 8-way gold medals for Russia in 2001 and 2003 and invited young Alexander Kvochur to train and compete with Black Cat in 2005, together with Alexey Minaev, another Russian 8-way world champion and 4-way bronze medalist of 2004.

Former Sunny Wind member Valentin Ilin joined Black Cat when the team began to pick up efforts and pace. Sponsors Andrey Barabash (8-way) and Valeriy Gredasov (4-way) train and compete with Tanay and Black Cat whenever their time allows, and both have posted impressive scores in their respective disciplines this year.

The 2016 season will be challenging for the Russian medal projects. The major opponent, France in 8-way and 4-way, focuses only on one event, while the Black Cat members have to split up their training schedule. The Qatar Tigers could also become dangerous opponents soon, while Evolution is busy in two events, as well. Russia finishes 2015 in a good position and is facing a tough new year...

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