On June 1, the 6th Anyang Aviation Sports Culture Tourism Festival Linlv Mountain Paragliding Open and the 4th "Cross-Strait Cup" Paragliding Exchange Event concluded successfully. The closing ceremony was attended by Wu Yingcheng, former chairman of the Hang Gliding Committee of the Chinese Aeronautical Sports Association, Chang Chi-shan, honorary chairman of the Chinese Taipei Aviation Sports Federation, Fan Zengren, chairman of the Taipei Yilan Flight Sports Promotion Association, and Song Jiansheng, vice-chairman of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference.
More than 90 athletes from 8 countries and regions participated in the competition. After six days of contests, Yang Aiping and Zhu Yanhua from the VAUDE Paragliding Team won the women’s championship and runner-up respectively, while Wang Jianwei, Ma Lei, Ma Qiang, Han Yongming, Zhu Zhifeng, and Yuan Huaqing secured the top six spots among men. Jiang Qiaoyu, Chen Hanqing, and Zhang Ciai claimed the top three individual spots for Chinese Taipei. The Linzhou Team, Pig and Sheep Team, and Anyang Team took the top three team honors. The top five male and top two female participants of this competition will form the Anyang Paragliding Team to prepare for the 2015 Cross-Strait Cup Paragliding Open in Taiwan. Extreme Tracker Network (www.xzzcn.com) provided GPS tracking and live broadcast services for the event.
The organizing committee of this paragliding competition awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to Chang Chi-shan, honorary chairman of the Chinese Taipei Aviation Sports Federation, and Wu Yingcheng, former chairman of the Hang Gliding Committee of the Chinese Aeronautical Sports Association, for their outstanding contributions to the "Cross-Strait Cup" Paragliding Exchange Event. Additionally, the 5th "Cross-Strait Cup" Paragliding Exchange Event is scheduled to take place in Yilan, Taiwan in June 2015. Fan Zengren, chairman of the hosting association Taipei Yilan Flight Sports Promotion Association, extended a warm invitation to paragliding athletes.