posted Jun 23rd, 2021 - The NSL News covered the recent FAI Tanay Mondial cancellation by Sweden's national team in 4-way Open, Echochamber, with yesterday's update. The cancellation was neither directly related to the implications of the corona virus pandemic nor to last weekend's crash of a L-410 Turbolet jump plane in Tanay.

Team speaker Ulf Liljenbäck explained the circumstances after Echochamber had tried to find a substitute for injured Johan Edvall, and that his team was not able to make a working plan for the upcoming world championship. He mentioned in his message that his team has found a new team member with Ann-Marie Jarzebowski and that the training for this year's national championships has begun.

The new Echochamber plans include the participation at next year's world championship at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

Swedish citizen Ann-Marie Jarzebowski was on top of the Echochamber list of alternatives, and she was available. She committed quickly to the new Echochamber plan. However, she is not eligible for the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020, as Ulf Liljenbäck pointed out. She had competed for Australia's Formation Skydiving delegation in 2018 and 2019 and cannot represent Sweden at the upcoming world championship. Echochamber finally had to cancel the trip to Russia in August.

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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
11	Evolution	CA	21	13	22	18	15	43	15	15	19	15	196	19.6
12	Airbus FSZ Saar	DE	21	14	17	17	16	45	15	14	18	15	192	19.2
13	Tanay Wolves	RU	22	14	18	17	16	35	17	14	18	14	185	18.5
14	Rotor Out	AU	21	13	18	14	16	32	13	13	18	14	172	17.2
15	Team X	SE	17	10	18	16	14	36	15	13	18	12	169	16.9
16	Phoenix XP	US	17	12	17	14	15	37	16	12	14	13	167	16.7
16	Boomerang Betty	AU	19	11	18	14	15	32	15	13	17	13	167	16.7
18	CTR Optimum	BR	19	10	17	15	13	31	14	14	18	13	164	16.4
19	Fuzion Voltige	CA	17	9	18	14	15	34	14	13	14	13	161	16.1
20	Papea Masculino	ES	17	13	18	13	13	28	14	14	13	12	155	15.5
21	Skynamite	DE	19	12	16	14	14	27	13	12	15	12	154	15.4
22	Out of the Blue Project 20+	NL	16	11	13	14	15	28	15	15	14	12	153	15.3
23	Meraki	ZA	14	11	14	14	13	28	12	12	14	12	144	14.4
24	New Zealand	NZ	10	9	12	11	10	21	7	11	10	11	112	11.2
25	Paraguay	PY	10	8	10	7	9	17	7	8	10	8	94	9.4
26	Cyprus	CY	13	8	9	8	7	19	7	8	9	5	93	9.3

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Echochamber and Boomerang Betty at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018

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The remaining Echochamber members were first very disappointed when they had to realize that they could not compete for FAI medals at this year's world meet, and that they did not even have a complete, trained and eligible lineup for the competition, as Ulf Liljenbäck remembered: "The world turned really really dark. Every single one of us just lost it there for a day or two. It is hard to describe the feeling of losing a dream before you have a chance to actually go for it. Finally we accepted the fact that the world meet simply wasn't going to happen for us."

The recovery began as soon as Ann-Marie Jarzebowski committed to the new Echochamber plans: "We could then change focus on our nationals in July and asked Ann-Marie if she wanted to train and compete with us. She wanted both and set time aside. We could even stick to our original training plan."

Echochamber have known their new team member and her 4-way career well enough to have her in the top spot of candidates for the open slot. She has lived and trained in Australia in the past years, as the NSL News reported on 24 November 2016 and 2 October 2019. They have even met her at several international events in the past years.

Echochamber and Ann-Marie Jarzebowski were not on the same leaderboard at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018, where she competed with Boomerang Betty/Bellatrix in 4-way Women, and where Echochamber finished in 5th place with a 21.5 average.

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FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		13,11,16		P,22,4		O,7,21		9,20,G		18,15,L		K,10,3		6,14,C		1,M,A,17		F,D,Q,8		2,5,E		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	20	-1	22		28		29		21		21	-1	21	-2	29		31	-2	24	-2	246	24.6
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	19	-1	22		25		21	-2	20	-1	20		23		25		29	-1	24	-2	228	22.8
3	Airspeed Odyssey	US	14	-2	17	-2	22	-2	21	-2	18	-1	16	-3	21		23		26	-3	17	-2	195	19.5
4	Defiance	US	17		17		21	-1	22		16	-2	15	-2	21		20	-2	26		16	-2	191	19.1
5	Aerodyne Cypres Lille-Bondues	FR	15	-1	16		19		21		16	-1	17		18		22		25		21		190	19.0
6	Echochamber	SE	17		14	-3	22		20	-3	17		16	-1	19		20		23	-1	21		189	18.9
7	Chimera	UK	14	-1	16	-1	21		19	-1	17		16	-1	18	-1	22		26	-1	18	-1	187	18.7
8	Pro Team	FI	15	-1	18		20		17	-1	17		15		18		21		26		18	-1	185	18.5
9	Kinetix	AU	14	-1	17		19		19		15	-1	17		18		19		23	-1	16		177	17.7
10	China	CN	12	-1	17		19		17	-1	14	-1	13	-1	16		20		24		15	-1	167	16.7
11	Eros	UK	12	-2	16		20		18		15	-1	13	-2	12	-4	17	-1	22		16	-1	161	16.1
12	eX3MO	IT	13		13	-2	17	-2	13	-4	12	-1	14		13		16	-1	22	-2	14		147	14.7
13	Pajama Pumas	UK	10	-2	12		17		14	-1	13		12		15		16		15	-2	13		137	13.7

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Echochamber and Kinetix at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019

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Then she joined Kinetix in 2019 and met Echochamber at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019. This time they shared the 4-way Open Class leaderboard.

Ann-Marie Jarzebowski had competed with Sweden's national team in 4-way Women, 4Pleasure, between 1998 and 2001, when she won her first FAI bronze medal. After moving to Australia she was back in 4-way Women with Bellatrix and competed at two more world meets in 2016 and 2018, when she missed a new FAI bronze medal only by two points on her home turf.

Now she is going back to her Swedish roots by joining Echochamber. Her new team will sit out this world meet and then try again in 2022.

The new lineup has made 65 jumps and, they see great progress. Ann-Marie Jarzebowski is in her her original point slot, and she has to become familiar with her new piece partner and the Echochamber style. Most importantly, Echochamber is once again highly motivated, as Ulf Liljenbäck confirms: "We are doing pretty darn well, and we are looking forward to competing again. There is a fire burning in Echochamber and we are not done yet..."