http://www.piedrahita2011.com/

http://www.piedrahita2011.com/piedrahita2011/news/en

...a different type of tasks are proposed in which cross country
will prevail over pure speed. In this way, pilots will not have to hang around
the ridge after taking off and big gaggles close to the ridge waiting for the
start gate to open can be avoided. And by setting a goal which is far away
enough to have them flying at least till 19:00 hours, flying too fast to goal
with strong thermal activity can be avoided as well. In order that pilots don’t
fly fast near the ground, the arrival time of each pilot will be taken from
his/her instrument’s altitude at 300 metres above the ground.

http://www.piedrahita2011.com/piedrahita2011/safety_briefing

http://www.xcmag.com/2011/07/paragliding-world-championships-stopped-by-the-fai/

Asked for clarification, an FAI spokesman told us: “The Jury
President, Vitor Pinto, has temporarily stopped the championship under Rule
2.9.5 of Section 7B of the FAI Sporting Code while the safety aspects of the
championship are reviewed. We have also noted that the Local Authority in
Piedrahita has declared two days of mourning and understand the organiser would
suspend flying for that period.”

Pilots in Piedrahita will hold a memorial gathering at 8.30pm this evening
Friday 8 July for the two pilots who died on Wednesday. The memorial gathering in Piedrahita town
square will also commemorate Xavier Murillo, who has been missing for a week in
Peru and is now presumed dead after his glider was
spotted by a plane
high on Huascaran Norte.

The top twenty finishers on the first day animated (with the play
button in Google Earth), found
here.