A crowd of 40,000 fans were treated to thrilling displays of skilled manoeuvres as crews battled to win a place on the podium in the fourth and final stage of the Helicopter World Cup 2018.

After 3 stages of the Helicopter World Cup 2018, this final competition was a challenging showdown with 27 crews from 5 countries - Austria, Belarus, Poland, Russia and Ukraine – competing in General and Masters classes.

The competition was held in Minsk’s Borovaya Airfield, Belarus, as part of the air sports festival, ‘ProNebo 2018’, which was opened by a fantastic aerobatic display by the national Belarus team and included flyovers by a range of aircraft and displays of skydiving and parachuting.

The crowd was delighted to see Belarus’ Uladzimir Buhayeu and Andrei Rogonov take 1st place in the 4th stage General Class Slalom, meaning a bronze in the overall HWC 2018 General Class.

The invincible partnership of Yury Yablokov and Konstantin Podoinitsyn (RUS) showed awe-inspiring technical ability and gained a gold as overall HWC 2018 winners.

Results of the HWC 4th stage

Slalom GENERAL class:

1. Buhayeu Uladzimir -Rogonov Andrei (BLR)
2. Deregus Mykola -Dovzhenko Oleksandr (UKR)
3. Korotaev Viktor - Ziablikov Vladimir (RUS)

Slalom MASTERS class:

1. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (RUS)
2. Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh (RUS)
3. Zhuperina Elena - Rodionov Nikolay (RUS)

Fender GENERAL class:

1. Machanski Aliaksei - Danchanka Anton (BLR)
2. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)
3. Mus Maria - Malec Jacub (POL)

Fender MASTERS class:

1. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)
2. Degtyar Viсtor - Vasiliev Petr (RUS)
3. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (RUS)

Overall final results of the World Cup 2018

Individual outright - GENERAL CLASS

Slalom Overall winners

1. Buhayeu Uladzimir -Rogonov Andrei (BLR)
2. Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal (POL)
3. Mus Maria - Malec Jacub (POL)

Fender Overall winners

1. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)
2. Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal (POL)
3. Sotnikov Aleksandr - Zamula Evgeniya (RUS)

Overall World Cup Winners (Slalom + Fender)

1. Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal (POL)
2. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)
3. Buhayeu Uladzimir -Rogonov Andrei (BLR)

Individual outright - MASTERS CLASS

Slalom Overall winners

1. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (RUS)
2. Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh (RUS)
3. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)

Fender Overall winners

1. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (RUS)
2. Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh (RUS)
3. Degtyar Viсtor - Vasiliev Petr (RUS)

Overall World Cup Winners (Slalom + Fender)

1. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (Russia)
2. Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh (Russia)
3. Degtyar Viсtor - Vasiliev Petr (Russia)

Nations Cups Champions 

General Class

SLALOM - Poland (Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal, Mus Maria - Malec Jacub)

FENDER - Russia (Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey, Sotnikov Aleksandr - Zamula Evgeniya)

OVERALL - Poland (Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal, Mus Maria - Malec Jacub)

Masters Class

All 3 Nation Cups went to Russia: 

SLALOM - Russia (Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin, Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh)

FENDER - Russia (Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin, Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh)

OVERALL - Russia (Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin, Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh)

HWC 2019

The seven best crews (places 1-6 in Masters class + 1 place in General class) will be able to compete in the Masters class only during the 2019 Helicopter World Cup.

1. Yablokov Yury - Podoinitsyn Konstantin (RUS)
2. Sotnikov Maxim - Puajukas Aleh (RUS)
3. Degtyar Viсtor - Vasiliev Petr (RUS)
4. Tupikov Sergei - Pintelin Aleksey (RUS)
5. Zhuperina Elena - Rodionov Nikolay (RUS)
6. Laptseu Mikita - Kurs Uladzislau (BLR)
7. Szamborski Marcin - Szamborski Michal (POL)
   
    

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• HWC 2018 Stage 4 (BLR)

Image credit: Natalia Sotnikova, Russia