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Omkar, Shahid qualify for paper plane national finals

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Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Goawitnessed the return of the 5th edition of Red Bull Paper Wings 2019- the largest paper plane competition after a gap of 4 years. The tournament saw around 160 enthusiastic participants from across Goa in both the categories - long distance and long airtime. The participants prepared artistically designed paper planes to vie for a place in the national finals.   

Omkar Rai and Shahid Langde, students of Goa College of Engineering, who were triumphant in the Longest Distance and Longest Airtime categories respectively, now get an exciting opportunity of competing in the National Finals in April.  

All national final winners will then move on to represent India at the World Final in Austria in the iconic Hangar-7, where the world champions will be crowned.

Red Bull Paper Wings invites students from around the world to a global paper plane championship which is now the largest Red Bull student participatory event.  

Goa Qualifier Results:

Longest distance- Omkar Rai (25.2 meters)

Longest airtime- Shahid Langde (5.49 meters)

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