posted Jul 20th, 2020 - The NSL News updates from France were not complete after the last one on July 15th. The recent changes of the French Formation Skydiving delegation for the FAI Mondial 2020 in Tanay next year began when national coach Mathieu Bernier told the NSL News that Clementine Praet will not continue with the 8-way team.

Mathieu Bernier first stepped into the active lineup to help out in training, before committing to the full slot until the world meet next year.

This was still not the end of the story. Clementine Praet also stepped back from the 4-way Women lineup, which has been one half of the French 8-way team since the beginning of the 2019 season. She had trained and competed with the French Weembi Girls (Pamela Lissajoux, Christine Malnis, Sophia Pecout, Michel Laynaud on camera) since 2015 and won her first world championship outdoor title in Australia 2018. The 2018 lineup finished with the highest meet average in the 4-way Women history (25.7) which would have won the bronze medals in 4-way Open at the same event.

The peak event of her career was also the occasion where NMP PCH HayaBusa member Dennis Praet officially proposed marriage after both world champion teams had landed from their Round 10 in Australia.

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FAI World Meet 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open/Women Combined		21,L,B,G	22,18,17	19,7,O	J,16,12	10,A,D,15	Q,M,F,C,N	H,20,P,13	6,14,11	E,2,5	4,1,3	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	21	27	24	22	62	22	20	27	22	279	27.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	21	27	24	24	60	26	22	27	20	277	27.7
3	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	29	20	24	22	25	56	23	18	22	18	257	25.7
4	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	29	19	24	23	24	52	20	17	24	19	251	25.1
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	14	24	21	22	53	21	18	20	17	234	23.4
6	Echochamber	SE	25	16	21	17	20	48	14	18	21	15	215	21.5
7	Amnesya	IT	24	14	20	18	18	48	18	14	21	15	210	21.0
8	NFTO	UK	20	15	22	19	18	38	18	17	19	16	202	20.2
9	Satori XL	UK	21	14	21	19	19	37	19	17	18	16	201	20.1
9	Airheads	CH	22	14	19	17	18	44	16	16	18	17	201	20.1

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Pamela Lissajoux with French Weembi Girls at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018

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National coach Mathieu Bernier then developed a new plan how to put together a new and strong French 8-way team, which would consist of the two 4-way teams, with top priority on the 8-way event.

The French Weembi Girls had a new team member with Gaelle Giesen, who replaced Pamela Lissajoux. Gaelle Giesen would have double-duties in 4-way Women and 8-way, as well.

The 2019 season was a very successful starting year for Mathieu Bernier. The new 4-way Women lineup won at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019, where the French 8-way team impressed with a 2nd place, only five points behind Russia. The first test of the challenging double-duties for the whole 8-way team was successful, too, as Mathieu Bernier did not expect any medals in 4-way Open.

His plan needed adjustments when Clementine Praet decided not to continue with the very demanding schedule after the 1-year experience with 4-way and 8-way double-duties.

The first step was to find a solution for the French 8-way team, which is checked off by now, followed by finding a replacement for Clementine Praet in the 4way Women team.

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FAI Indoor World Meet 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		M,K,D,14		Q,4,5		P,E,9,15		3,N,G,2		6,1,8		F,12,11		13,22,J		H,L,B,18		O,20,A,17		21,7,19		Total	Avg
1	Nephtys Weembi	FR	34		27		35		25		23		25		23		33	-1	31		24		280	28.0
2	NFTO	UK	34		26	-1	34		28	-1	23		24		24		34		28	-1	23	-2	278	27.8
3	XPG4	US	34		26		33		24		21	-1	24		24		28	-4	25		23		262	26.2
4	Bubble Hubble	RU	29	-2	25	-2	33		24	-1	22		23		22		31		25		21	-2	255	25.5
5	China	CN	31	-3	26	-1	31		22	-2	23		24		22	-1	30	-3	22	-3	23	-2	254	25.4
6	Team X	SE	26		25		28	-1	24		20		22		23		28	-1	24		23		243	24.3
7	No Mercy	PL	29		22		25	-1	21		19		17	-1	21		23	-5	20	-1	22		219	21.9
8	Skynamite	DE	28	-1	20	-2	26		20		17	-1	17	-2	19		26		18	-2	19	-2	210	21.0
9	Voss Vind Girls	NO	27	-2	22		24	-1	18	-1	18		19		20		23	-1	19	-1	19		209	20.9

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Pamela Lissajoux with Nephtys Weembi at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019

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The French national coach was fortunate to find out that reigning 4-way Women world champion Pamela Lissajoux was ready for a comeback. She had stepped back after winning in Australia, even though she still attended some indoor meets with similar success after only little training efforts.

Pamela Lissajoux helped out when Jessica Thebault was still injured right before the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019. The Nephtys Weembi, now with two outdoor world champions of 2018 in the lineup (Clementine Praet, Pamela Lissajoux), defeated the charging NFTO 2019 lineup by two points and won gold medals.

Pamela Lissajoux was also in the French 8-way indoor team at the same event, which placed 2nd and posted a 44-pointer world record in Round 6. Then she went back into hibernation and playing music with her band until Mathieu Bernier needed her again for the current situation.

This second adjustment brings the world-champion front piece of the French Weembi Girls back together. Christine Malnis was the point in Australia 2018 and has been in the outside center slot ever since, together with point Clementine Praet in the front piece. Pamela Lissajoux won her gold medal as outside center for the French Weembi Girls. The rear piece remains unchanged. Mathieu Bernier's second adjustment is also very promising...