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The withdrawal came after a tragic landing accident of Lions member Salem Al Marri on July 21st during the last training camp. Gary Smith was coaching the Lions in Qatar when it happened, and he brought the sad news to the attention of the NSL News.
He has been working with the Lions and Salem Al Marri since he and Luc Verstrepen started the two 4-way teams in their new lineups at the beginning of 2023. Salem Al Marri was already training and competing with the Lions in 2022, and he was still in the lineup that has been on the way to become a new medal contender for the Qatar delegation. The Lions had taken the slot of the Tigers as the national team in 4-way Open, when the Tigers were assigned to only military CISM competition. The Qatar delegation decided to withdraw both 4-way Open Class teams from the upcoming outdoor world cup, who had witnessed the accident, while the Falcons 8-way team, with coach Jeremie Rollett, have not changed their plans and will compete at the event as planned.
FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | 4-way Open Power Rankings | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | Total | Avg | |
1 | Aethers | FR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | Golden Knights | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | BE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | SDC Rhythm XP | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | Echochamber | SE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | XPG4 | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4 | Skywalkers Junior | CZ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8 | Agera | NO | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8 | Out Of The Blue | NL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8 | Papea | ES | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11 | RhEvolution XP | US | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11 | Ayro | BE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | Chop Chop! | AU | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | British Army Volt4ge | UK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | Axis | UK | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
13 | Les Hermines | FR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He suggested to split the group of seven teams behind the medal positions into four and three teams. He thinks that SDC Rhythm XP (US), Echochamber (SE), XPG4 (US) and Skywalkers Most (CZ) will have their own battle for the 4th place. He said that the first outdoor scores of Skywalkers Most this year do not represent the real potential of the team, and the performance was effected by illness. He said that indoor and outdoor results of the Czech team this year were out of proportion.
The split of the seven teams means that Dutch home team Out Of The Blue, Spain's Papea and Norway's Agera would have to defend the three remaining Top 10 positions. U.S. team RhEvolution XP and Belgium's second team Ayro have a lot of work to do if they plan to get to a Top 10 position ahead of any of the three national teams from the Netherlands, Spain and Norway. Gary Smith did not suggest any changes in the 4-way Woman and 8-way power rankings. He will be live in Teuge, as least a few times. NSL News and audience will have the pleasure of getting his updates in the NSL Coaches Corner whenever he is available in Teuge.
FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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Rank | 4-way Open | D,4,17 | C,22,10 | 5,P,Q,18 | 1,M,J,O | 16,6,19 | H,8,21 | 12,13,A | L,G,K,9 | 15,F,7 | E,2,N,B | Total | Avg | |||||||||||
1 | Aethers Medjay | FR | 32 | 23 | -1 | 35 | 41 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 45 | 32 | 37 | -2 | 329 | 32.9 | ||||||||
2 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 27 | -2 | 24 | 31 | 34 | 26 | 26 | -1 | 27 | 49 | 34 | 36 | 314 | 31.4 | ||||||||
3 | NMP PCH HayaBusa | BE | 29 | -1 | 22 | -2 | 33 | 40 | -1 | 24 | -3 | 23 | -4 | 26 | 43 | -4 | 28 | -3 | 38 | -3 | 306 | 30.6 | ||
4 | Skywalkers Junior | CZ | 28 | 22 | -2 | 30 | 39 | 25 | 23 | -4 | 25 | 38 | -2 | 27 | -3 | 33 | 290 | 29.0 | ||||||
5 | NFTO | UK | 24 | -1 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 28 | -4 | 22 | -1 | 22 | 22 | -1 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 261 | 26.1 | |||||
5 | Fly X Amnesya | IT | 26 | 19 | 25 | -2 | 32 | -1 | 23 | 22 | -2 | 23 | 32 | -5 | 27 | -4 | 32 | 261 | 26.1 | |||||
7 | Qatar Lions | QA | 26 | -1 | 19 | -3 | 28 | -1 | 31 | -5 | 24 | 21 | -2 | 22 | -1 | 34 | 24 | -4 | 31 | 260 | 26.0 | |||
8 | Echochamber | SE | 23 | -1 | 17 | -2 | 27 | -1 | 32 | -2 | 22 | -1 | 22 | 25 | -1 | 34 | -3 | 27 | -2 | 28 | -4 | 257 | 25.7 | |
9 | Papea | ES | 26 | -1 | 18 | -3 | 25 | 35 | -2 | 19 | -2 | 21 | -3 | 21 | -2 | 33 | -3 | 28 | -2 | 29 | -3 | 255 | 25.5 | |
10 | Out Of The Blue | NL | 22 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 29 | -2 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 20 | -1 | 28 | -3 | 25 | -1 | 24 | -2 | 229 | 22.9 | |||
11 | Realfly Fire | CH | 22 | 14 | -3 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 18 | -1 | 26 | -4 | 21 | -3 | 25 | -1 | 217 | 21.7 | ||||
12 | Netunos | BR | 20 | -1 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 26 | -2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 18 | 27 | 21 | -1 | 19 | -3 | 203 | 20.3 | ||||
13 | Singapore | SG | 16 | 10 | -4 | 11 | -4 | 17 | -5 | 14 | -1 | 15 | -2 | 11 | -4 | 15 | -3 | 15 | -2 | 19 | -1 | 143 | 14.3 | |
14 | Thailand | TH | 8 | -1 | 7 | -2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 5 | -3 | 8 | -4 | 11 | 8 | -3 | 79 | 7.9 |