ISAF World Sailing Rankings – 27 July 2015

by ISAF on 28 Jul 2015 The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 27 July 2015 have been released.

Finn

It's as you were in the Finn with the top three of Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic at World number one sitting above the British pair of Edward Wright at World number two, and Giles Scott World number three.

A big mover in the class is Germany's Andreas Christiansen who moves into the top 100 at World #74, with a ninth place finish in the 100-point Kieler Woche Regatta.

Winner of the Kieler Woche, Estonia's Deniss Karpak is a non-mover at World #14.

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Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) remain in the World number one position helped by a second place finish in the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

New Zealand's Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech move up a place to second with a sixth place finish in the European Championships.

Jena Mai Hansen and Katja Salskov-iversen (DEN) also move up a place into third with a second place finish in the European Championships, with compatriots Ida Marie Bad Nielsen and Marie Thusgaard Olsen pushed down from World number two to World number four with the movement of the duos.

49er

John Pink and Stuart Bithell (GBR) retain World number one ranking sitting ahead of New Zealand's Peter Turling and Blair Tuke.

Despite only registering five ranking events, Australia's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen move up a place to World three, taking the place of Nico Delle-Karth and Nikolaus Resch who move down to World number four.

With a seventh place finish in Kieler Woche and a top 25 finish in the European Championships, Italy's Uberto Crivelli Visconti and Gianmarco Togni make the move from World #61 to break into the top 50 at World #46.

Men's 470

Third place in the European Championships help Australia's Mathew Belcher and William Ryan retain their World number one ranking ahead of an unchanged top six.

The movers within the 470 are Sweden's Johan Molund and Sebastian Östling who move up from World #31 to World #21, mainly thanks to a 12th place finish at the European Championships.

Women's 470

A first place finish at the European Championships cements Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) World number one ranking with no movement within the top ten.

Sitting behind the pair from New Zealand are Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark and Japan's Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka in World number two and World three respectively.

Laser

The World Championships have impacted the Laser rankings with winner Nick Thompson (GBR) moving up to World number three and Pavlos Kontides up to World number four with a ninth place finish.

Still holding on to World number one and World number two are the Australian's Tom Burton and Matthew Wearn. Burton holds on to top ranking with a third place finish in the World Championships, while Wearn is just a single point ahead of Great Britain's Thompson thanks to his fifth place at the Worlds.

With a 15th place finish in the Worlds and a second at the Pan American Games, Brazil's Robert Scheidt climbs up to World #12 from World #28.

Laser Radial

There is no change in the Laser Radial until you hit the World #15 ranking where Croatia's Tina Mihelic moves up from World #19 due to a second place in Kieler Woche.

Winner of Kieler Woche, USA's Erika Reineke moves from World #58 to World #41.

Still top of the rankings is World number one Evi Van Acker (BEL).

Women's RS:X

Winning the European Championships has helped Great Britain's Bryony Shaw retain the World number one spot ahead of Lilian De Geus (NED) who stays in World number two.

The European Championships also helped Hadar Heller (ISR), Saskia Sills (GBR) and Megumi Komine (JPN) move up into the top 50. Heller now sits at World #48, her best ever ranking.

Men's RS:X

Taking a first place in the Pan American Games saw Brazil's Ricardo Santos climb from World number seven to World number two, pushing Russia's Max Oberemko down into World three.

Santos and Oberemko sit behind World number one Byron Kokkalanis (GRE).

Following each other up the rankings are French pair Louis Giard and Pierre Le Coq who move from World #18 and World #19 respectively, to World nine and World number ten.

Giard remains above his compatriot thanks to a stronger finish in the European Championships.

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The top five remains the same with Australia's Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin World number one, helped by a second place finish in the World Championships.

A sixth place finish in the Worlds keep Italy's Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri at World number two, with the World Championship winners Billy Beeson and Marie Riou rounding out the top three.

With Rio 2016 qualification fast approaching for the Asian hopefuls, Hiroki Goto and Wakako Tabata (JPN) and Justin Liu and Denise Lim (SIN) move back up in to the top 50. Also breaking in to the top 50 with a personal best ranking are Olivia Mackay and Micah Wilkinson (NZL) at World #44 and John Casey and Kristen Lane (USA) at World #48.

Men's and Women's Formula Kite

The World Championships reflected the top three for the Women as World number one Elena Kalinina (RUS) came first, World number two Stephanie Bridge (GBR) came second and World number three Anastasia Akopova came third.

For the Men, the top three remain the same with Florian Gruber (GER) at World number one, level on points with World number two Alejandro Climent Hernandez (ESP).

Outside the top 25 there are some big movers with Axel Mazella (FRA) up from World #51 to World #27, Connor Bainbridge (GBR) up from World #68 to World #29 and Dor Zarka (ISR) up from World #86 to World #38 to name a few.