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Paragliding: Two Perlis Air Sports Club members die in paraglidng accident

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Party in the air! Wingsuit flyer @EspenFadnes meets paraglider up in sky at Mt Tianmen in Zhangjiajie, C China

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CNN International ‏@cnni 3h3 hours ago

Will paragliding fly into the Olympic Games? http://cnn.it/1hveOUt  #Rio2016

Traditional Brazilian sports bidding for Olympic limelight

(CNN)In less than one year, Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. It will also shine the spotlight on some uniquely Brazilian sports and athletes who wouldn’t mind a bit of the Olympic glory themselves.
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Visitors to Rio are also sure to spot the paragliders, as well as hangliders, who swoop down from some of the city’s highest points to pristine beaches below.

And yes, they too have Olympic ambitions.

“We have put in an official proposal so that paragliding would be tested to become an Olympic sport,” says paragliding pilot Erico Oliveira, of Action Fly.

“It works a lot like a sailing regatta,” he explains. “There is a starting point and then you fly to a series of cities over say 50, 80, 150 kilometers and the first to the finish wins.”

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/11/sport/one-year-rio-olympics?sr=cnnitw

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Had a great time watching paragliding while, Out West, was filming. Host, @CatchCarri, seemed to have a good time!

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We watched paragliding today while, Out West, was filming. Host, @CatchCarri, had a great experience doing it.

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PIC OF THE DAY: Adam Gerber took this picture of him feeding an Egyptian vulture while paragliding over Nepal.

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