Australian Munroe wins air racing title at Wingsuit World Championship

Australian wingsuiter Tahi Munroe won the air racing title in 24.703 seconds at the tenth World Wingsuit League (WWL) Wingsuit World Championship at Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province on Wednesday.　

The final eight competitors jumped in turns from the 1,458-meter-high mountain. The vertical distance between the takeoff and landing points is 990 meters, and the straight-line distance through the air is about 1.3 kilometers. All eight participants completed the final race within 26 seconds.　

Munroe, who entered the final with the best result in the preliminaries, took first place with an outstanding performance after two rounds of fierce competition.　

South African athlete Jean Jacques Wallis and Norwegian athlete Joakim Lerhaugen won second and third place, respectively.　

(Reported by Li Ying, Ding Yunjuan; Edited by Liu Yinghan)