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It's not often team building exercises will involve a parachute, but if you're in the
military it's certainly one way to make new friends thanks to the World Military Parachuting
Championship.
And this year, china got to host the event for the first time. Making it a real success
when a Chinese jumper won the first gold medal. Beating jumpers from Poland and Belarus, Ye
Xiaoli won gold for the women fixed point parachuting.
Well, I was really nervous. I did every step according to the plan during the process of
skydiving trying not to make any mistake.
370 athletes from 31 countries competed in the annual games now in its 37th year. Promoting
the military sports as a part of the International Military Sports Council, the championship
aims to contribute to world peace by uniting armed forces through sports.