News Summary:
On February 5, 2026, the CIVL Bureau approved and published the Local Regulations for the 7th FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championships in Castelo, Brazil. These regulations cap pilot participation at 130 and limit national teams to 5 members, with a maximum of 4 of the same gender, ahead of the first allocation round scheduled for February 10, 2026. Previously, on February 3, 2026, the Test Event for the 14th FAI World Paragliding Accuracy Championships and 10th Thailand Paragliding Accuracy ASEAN Friendships Open concluded successfully in Pha Tak Suea, Nongkhai, Thailand, after running from January 31 to February 4, 2026. Earlier, on January 26, 2026, FAI thanked supporters of Japanese pilot Yuki Hashimoto for The World Games Athlete of the Year award, despite Hashimoto not advancing to the second round. On January 17, 2026, FAI released FS 2025 R1.4, which fixed a bug related to the propagation of discipline (HG or PG) within the FSDB file, particularly after switching disciplines. This followed the January 15, 2026, publication of Version 1 of the Agenda for the CIVL Plenary meeting in the FAI Cloud, with the meeting scheduled for March 5-8, 2026, in Porto, Portugal, aiming for more discussion time on proposals.
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