{"id":145456,"date":"2018-06-23T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/dancers-compete-in-world-cup-despite-24-hour-flight-delay\/"},"modified":"2018-06-23T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T18:07:07","slug":"dancers-compete-in-world-cup-despite-24-hour-flight-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/dancers-compete-in-world-cup-despite-24-hour-flight-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancers compete in World Cup despite 24-hour flight delay"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"TheImage copyright Eirian Thomas
Image caption The girls were stuck at Birmingham Airport for nearly 24 hours <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A group of dancers delayed for almost 24 hours have made it to the second part of the "biggest competition of their lives".<\/p>\n

The girls, aged between 10 and 13, missed the first part of the Dance World Cup event in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

But the team, who are from a Cardiff club and representing Wales, made it to the display on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n

Airline Vueling blamed technical issues with an aircraft and an air traffic control strike in France for the delay. <\/p>\n

The Planet Gymnastics acro dance team's 13:30 BST flight on Friday was cancelled but, after a day at Birmingham Airport, they took off at about 14:00 BST on Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n

The dancers have accused the Spanish budget airline of "not keeping them in the loop" although Vueling did put them up in a hotel at Birmingham Airport overnight.<\/p>\n

The girls missed Friday's World Cup opening ceremony and their first event on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Image copyright Eirian Thomas
Image caption The club made it to Barcelona in time to perform <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Team organiser Eirian Thomas admitted there had been "some tears".<\/p>\n

"It's so disappointing for the girls, they've been gearing up for this for more than six months," said Ms Thomas, whose daughter Mairwen, 10, is in the group.<\/p>\n

The club have raised more than \u00a33,000 to help to pay for the trip to compete against 50 nations and 5,000 other competitors.<\/p>\n

"This is all their world has been about for months," Ms Thomas added. <\/p>\n

"The girls were disappointed to miss the opening ceremony as we were meant to take part," added Ms Thomas.<\/p>\n

"So we sang the Welsh anthem in the departure lounge and the girls did some moves."<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for Vueling confirmed there had been "technical issues" with the plane meaning it could not fly. <\/p>\n

She added that sending another plane would have taken longer and the company understood it had been a "painful situation for the clients".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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