(Da sinistra) prima runner-up Espen Fadnes di Norvegia, campione Julian Boulle del Sud Africa e la seconda runner-up James Boole della Gran Bretagna tenere il loro programma MEDA
(From left) First runner-up Espen Fadnes of Norway, champion Julian Boulle of South Africa and second runner-up James Boole of Britain hold their medals during the award ceremony for the first Wingsuit Flying World Championship on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central Chinas Hunan province, 18 October 2012. A wingsuit flier from South Africa won the first Wingsuit Flying World Championship in Hunan province on Thursday (18 October 2012). South African Julian Boulle won the championship with a result of 23.49 seconds after completing an obstacle course on Tianmen Mountain, a tourist attraction in Zhangjiajie city. The contest on Tianmen Mountain was the first of its kind and featured 15 athletes wearing wingsuits jumping off a cliff and then completing a 1.2-km-long obstacle course while flying, according to the World Wingsuit League, one of the organizers of the contest. Boulle also set a world record with 23.01 seconds in the preliminary contest on Wednesday. Eight people took part in the final contest on Thursday.
