Competition in Thalgau – Rookie wins only medal at home world championship

Three days of skydiving action in Thalgau are over, the home World Cup of HSV Red Bull Salzburg is over again. Perfect weather, a great atmosphere and the best skydivers in the world made for a successful competition. What Salzburg missed, however, were the medals. Only Michael Urban could celebrate a precious metal. The Innsbruck native, who competes for Salzburg, defended his victory in last year’s junior competition. With a total distance of just 12 centimeters (the athletes have to hit a target the size of a ten cent coin after a jump from 1,000 meters), the 22-year-old was unbeatable: “I was very nervous before the competition, because it was about defending my title, and of course I really wanted to do that.”