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Central Asia’s first Paragliding World Cup is taking place in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Zhetysu region is hosting the first Paragliding World Cup in Central Asia, bringing together around 150 pilots from 33 countries. The main discipline of the World Cup is cross-country flying.

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00:00Kazakhstan's Jethusu region is hosting the first paragliding World Cup in Central Asia,
00:05bringing together around 150 pilots from 33 countries.
00:09The main discipline of this World Cup is cross-country flying.
00:13And it was always my dream to have such event in my local site as well,
00:17because I'm local from the city Tal Dikorgan.
00:18This is our advantage that we have, because our nature is very pristine,
00:24it's very wild, especially in Jethusu region.
00:26And this is what pilots are telling me,
00:29this is the key elements that they don't have in Europe,
00:32because Europe, European nature is very civilized, I would say.
00:36This is what brings them to see something like this,
00:39which is untouched by the human civilization yet.
00:43And to fly above such mountains with such good view, it's amazing.
00:49Jethusu is among the first regions in Central Asia where paragliding started to develop as a sport.
00:54The areas mountains, wide valleys and the stable thermals create perfect conditions for the flights.
00:58We can observe that there are participants from Canada,
01:04from Australia, from America, from almost all Europe and Asia.
01:09We are in general ready and plan to develop this kind of sport
01:13as one of the iconic events in Kazakhstan.
01:18This is a pretty big evidence that the area of Jethusu is the magnet of
01:25doing such good and massive events as the World Cup for this type of sport.
01:33In 2028 Kazakhstan is set to host the Asian Championship in cross-country paragliding for the first time.
01:40So does this mean that the best performing arts high school systems can be shot in a way of being
01:40shot?
01:40It's a pretty big time, as I think it's about the present.
01:41So does this shape a lot of the world?
01:44So does this shape a lot of the Congratulations have a lot of the people doing?
01:44This is a pretty big question.
01:45So I really think I've missed the class with this to some extent.
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