Arlou wins air racing title at Wingsuit World Championship
STORY: Arlou wins air racing title at Wingsuit World Championship
DATELINE: Sept. 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:05:03
LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China
CATEGORY: SPORTS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of wingsuit flying competition
2. SOUNDBITE (English): YAHOR ARLOU, American wingsuiter
STORYLINE:
American wingsuiter Yahor Arlou won the air racing title in 25.041 seconds at the ninth World Wingsuit League (WWL) Wingsuit World Championship at Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province on Sunday.
The final eight competitors jumped in turns from the nearly 1,400-meter-high mountain. Arlou took first place with a nearly flawless performance after two rounds of competition.
SOUNDBITE (English): YAHOR ARLOU, American wingsuiter
"This is the group of the world's best wingsuit pilots. So I think it's a tough competition and my goal is to have fun and be safe and definitely do my best. And at the very least try to improve my own time."
This is Arlou's fourth appearance at the World Championship, after 2017, 2018 and
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- 2023/9/18 00:00:00
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