posted Apr 4th, 2016 - The aftermath of the World Challenge 2016 begins with the InTime meet videos of the two teams on the top of the AAA Class leaderboard, NMP PCH Hayabusa and French FLY-IN Girls.

Nothing was less surprising than the Belgian indoor and outdoor 4-way world champions in 1st place, and nothing was more impressive than the 2nd place for the French FLY-IN Girls on the AAA Open Class leaderboard. The only Hayabusa question mark was behind the actual scores. The 32.0 average is the highest indoor average ever in a 16-foot flying chamber for a 10-round meet.

It is a fact that only Arizona Airspeed might recently be able to challenge Hayabusa's top spot in the world, and the outcome of the World Championship of Formation Skydiving at the Mondial 2016 will tell the ultimate truth. However, it is also a fact that the French FLY-IN Girls tied Hayabusa's score in Round 5 fair and square, and they were only one point behind in Round 3. Hayabusa's toughest opponent in Bedford was the all-female French lineup.

World Challenge 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		P,2,10	8,F,15	G,14,17	L,H,E,13	M,7,O,1	16,21,11	N,D,4,9	18,20,A	G,19,3	C,K,B,22	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH Hayabusa	BE	27	31	28	39	35	25	38(-2)	30	31	36(-1)	320	32.0
2	French FLY-IN Girls	FR	22(-2)	27	27	34	35	22(-1)	33(-1)	24(-1)	29	33	286	28.6
3	FLY-IN France	FR	24	26	26	34	32	23	33	23	27	28	276	27.6
4	Black Cat	RU	21	26	25	33	31	22	33	25	26	33	275	27.5
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	22	26	25	31	34	23	33	23	27	31	275	27.5

It has never happened yet in the history of the sport that an all-female team would tie a score of a reigning 4-way world champion. Round 5 in Bedford could be the start of a new situation in 4-way competition, with no difference in athletic performance between the genders. Host Paul Mayer discussed this topic with his commentators during the live TV broadcast from Bedford.

In fact, the 12 competitors of the three AAA Open Class teams on the World Challenge 2016 awards podium represented the female gender with five and the male gender with seven competitors. Laurence Herve, reigning world champion in 4-way Women, finished in 3rd place with her new team, the French 4-way Open Class lineup.

The 4th reigning world champion in the female category is now the alternate for the French FLY-IN Girls, Perrine Sanchez. She competed with Weembi Parasport to keep in shape and had her team's coach, Mathieu Bernier, in her lineup, together with two 8-way world champions of 2010, Thomas Perrin and Julien Olek.