posted Aug 1st, 2021 - Sweden had another comeback in skydiving competition, even though it was as small as can be. Two teams showed up for the national championships in July, and the new Echochamber lineup had no problem with defending the national 4-way title.

Three of the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) came back this year with their national championships, after only Denmark and Norway held their events in 2020. Finland had the last outdoor competition with 4-way teams in 2018. All Scandinavian countries have withdrawn from participation at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020.

However, the Swedish national team 4-way Echochamber have not been deterred by any obstacles in their way since they launched the team project in 2016. They won the national 4-way title first time in 2017 and have maintained the top spot in Sweden ever since.

The latest obstacles were the withdrawal from the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 due to Johan Edvall's injury. Then his recovery time was longer than expected and unpredictable, which resulted in at least a temporary change in the lineup, as the NSL News reported on June 23rd.

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Swedish Outdoor Nationals 2021		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	16,F,G,12		L,22,O,C		19,8,14		17,20,2		15,5,K		M,6,D,4		H,E,P,7		9,J,21		Q,A,3,18		N,10,11		Total	Avg
1	Echochamber	20		17	-1	14	-1	16		15		20		26	-3	18	-2	18		16		180	18.0
2	SweAuFi	11	-1	13		10		8	-2	8	-1	12		18	-1	14		11		11		116	11.6

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Echochamber with Ann-Marie Jarzebowski at the Swedish Nationals 2021

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The current lineup, with new member Ann-Marie Jarzebowski in the point slot, started with their training this summer and completed over 200 jumps so far.

The Swedish judges disapproved seven scoring formations, and Echochamber still finished with an 18.0 average.

The current Echochamber lineup has its starting point almost exactly at the level where alternate and substitute Ann-Marie Jarzebowski was when her recent previous team was peaking. Kinetix, Australia's national 4-way champions since 2019, had posted an 18.2 average at the USPA Nationals 2019 and followed up with 18.1 at the Australian Nationals 2020.

Echochamber's last meet average at an outdoor competition was the 18.9 at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019, even though the Swedish national team had been up to the 21+ level twice before.

Kinetix were on the same leaderboard with Echochamber in Eloy, as the NSL News reported when Ann-Marie Jarzebowski joined the Swedish team to substitute for Johan Edvall. The new 18.0 average as a starting point is an impressive result considering the challenging circumstances.

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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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Echochamber continued with training when the competition rounds of the national championship were done and added another 40 jumps, plus 45 minutes of indoor training, the same week. Team speaker Ulf Liljenbäck said that player-coach Mattias Nord added some speed to the goals for the additional training after the competition, and there were even better results:

"Right off the bat we added a couple of points on every jump and several points on the faster sequences, together with fine exits. It took a long time, but our exits are now really good, we did a bunch of nice jumps."

Ann-Marie Jarzebowski had to get used to the Echochamber style, and she "fits right in", as Ulf Liljenbäck added. However, it is still only a temporary team slot at the moment. Echochamber will decide at the end of August how the 2022 lineup will finally look like:

"We are some four weeks away from taking the final decision on next year's lineup. Johan is working hard with rehab and is making progress. We'll see if he is ready for a year of hard training towards Eloy 2022, and we will make the decision at the end of August."

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FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Top 5		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	-2	24		22	-3	62	-2	22	-2	20	-1	27	-1	22		279	27.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	-5	21		27	-1	24		24	-1	60	-1	26		22		27		20		277	27.7
3	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	29	-1	19		24	-2	23		24		52	-3	20	-3	17	-3	24		19		251	25.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	-2	14	-1	24	-1	21		22		53	-4	21	-1	18		20		17		234	23.4
5	Echochamber	SE	25	-1	16		21	-1	17	-2	20	-1	48	-4	14	-3	18		21	-1	15	-1	215	21.5
Rank	4-way Women		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	Aerodyne Weembi Girls	FR	29	-1	20		24		22		25		56	-1	23		18	-2	22		18	-1	257	25.7
2	NFTO	UK	20	-3	15		22	-1	19		18		38	-2	18		17		19		16		202	20.2
3	Team X	SE	17	-3	10	-3	18		16		14		36	-3	15	-3	13		18		12	-1	169	16.9
4	Phoenix XP	US	17	-2	12		17		14		15	-1	37		16	-1	12	-2	14	-2	13		167	16.7
4	Boomerang Betty	AU	19	-1	11	-1	18		14		15		32	-2	15		13		17		13		167	16.7
6	Fuzion Voltige	CA	17	-1	9	-2	18		14		15	-1	34	-2	14	-2	13	-2	14	-2	13		161	16.1
7	Skynamite	DE	19		12		16	-1	14		14	-1	27	-1	13	-3	12	-1	15		12	-1	154	15.4

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