Kiwis hold their ground in the ISAF rankings
by ISAF and Sail-World on 9 Aug 2006
Sharon Ferris and Team Insipration racing in a light to moderate breeze in the European Yngling Championships Dwight Rompas
New Zealand has held its position in the latest ISAF World rankings with six sailors in the top ten, in the latest list announced in early August.
There has been little shift in the actual positions with Yngling Womens keel boat skipper Sharon Ferris and her Team Inspiration crew dropping to #2 from their previous #1 position. Similarly with Finn sailor Dan Salter who drops to #4 from #2. Andrew Murdoch drops one place to be #4 in the Laser class. The RS:X Mens board is the only class with two sailors ranked in the top ten with Tom Ashley retaining his fourth position and JP Tobin holding fifth position in the rankings.
Of all the NZ sailors ranked in the top ten in the world, Tobin is the only one not currently in the YNZ Olympic Squad. He just missed automatic qualification by one point in the RS:X Europeans last month and must be a serious contender for the 2007 Olympic Squad. Both he and Ashley will be competing in the RS:X World Championships in Italy.
By comparison, the Skandia GBR Olympic Team has six sailors/crews in the top three positions in the latest rankings, and has ten sailors/crews ranked in the top ten in ten of the 11 Olympic events. The missing class is the Star – where their top talent has America’s Cup commitments.
The Star class rankings have Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams making good progress, lifting from 18th to 13th in August - a remarkable feat for a crew in their first year in the class. They are another odds-on favorite for the YNZ Olympic Squad in 2007.
The commentary from ISAF on the movements in the latest rankings follows:
Paul GOODISON (GBR), Christina BASSADONE and Saskia CLARK (GBR) and Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) retain their top spots in the Laser, Women’s 470 and 49er Rankings respectively, and with three other top three places Britain are again the top performing nation in the Rankings. Spain remain their closest challengers and, thanks to a fantastic July for AZON, AZON and PISONERO, they join the Ukraine and the USA in holding two top spots. Italy and Denmark both hold on to their top spots, whilst Greece and Australia make an appearance amongst the nations holding crews in the top three Ranking positions.
DRAPER and HISCOCKS maintain the honour of the biggest points total across the eleven Olympic events, with a massive 5,524 points. Although the figure is slight skewed by the fact that the last two 49er World and European Champions have fallen within the last twelve months. Olga MASLIVETS’ (UKR) huge 514 point lead in the Women’s RS:X Rankings is also slightly misleading as the windsurfer Rankings are still in an early stage after the change in equipment at the start of this year. The 446 points separating George SZABO and Eric MONROE (USA) from their nearest challengers in the Star Rankings is however a very impressive lead indeed.
The Tornado Rankings are much tighter, but 2005 ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ (ESP) hang on by a mere five points to maintain their position as the longest consecutive leaders of a class, holding the top spot since 29 June 2005, now eleven consecutive releases.
All Eyes On Qingdao
After the conclusion of the Laser Radial Worlds and the Star Europeans, the Olympic Classes head to China and the first of two test events in Qingdao. The ISAF Grade 2 Qingdao International Regatta has attracted a fleet in excess of 300 boats, with 42 nations currently registered to take part.
With China a relatively new destination on the sailing map, Qingdao still holds plenty of mystery as a venue and the opportunity to test the waters before the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition has drawn some of the biggest names in the sport.
Double Olympic gold medallist Ben AINSLIE (GBR) missed the Finn Gold Cup (after winning the previous four) due to America’s Cup commitments, but will be making his return to the Olympic Classes in Qingdao. There will be plenty of interest to see how AINSLIE fares after being out of the Finn fleet for so long, although his past record shows a near invincibility in the class having not finished outside of the top two in any ISAF Graded event since the 2002 SPA Regatta.
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Qiubin CHEN is one of the big
home hopes for Qingdao
© Jeff CROW, Sport the Library
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Another focus in Qingdao will be the performance of the host nation. China’s only sailors Ranked in the top 30 come in the Women’s RS:X, and they have no sailors at all on the Star, Tornado and 49er Rankings. However, the Chinese have been managing to string together some impressive results over the last year. Lijia XU (CHN) took the ISAF Youth Worlds silver medal in the Laser Radial last year and has medalled at both Sail Melbourne and Hyères in 2006. Most impressively of all she currently lies tied in second after six races at the Worlds in the USA. Qiubin CHEN (CHN) has fared even better on the RS:X, winning at Sail Melbourne before going on to beat a fleet that included MASLIVETS and RS:X European Champion Blanca MANCHON (ESP) to win the ISAF World Sailing Games.
Looking Ahead
Following on from Qingdao the focus of the Olympic Classes remains in Asia for the 470 Worlds in Rizhao, quickly followed by the Laser Worlds in Korea. In a busy September, the first ever RS:X World Championships will then take place in Torbole, Italy before the Rankings are next released on 4 October.
The 4 October release of the Rankings is significant in that it will see the results from the Athens 2004 Olympic Games fall outside the 24 month maximum for inclusion in sailors’ points totals. This looks set to cause a significant shake up in the Rankings and should favour the sailors who have been posting strong results so far this year and particularly the younger stars who did not compete in Athens.
With the test event just around the corner, the memories of Athens fading and the 2007 ISAF Worlds less than a year away, the battle for Beijing is well and truly on.
About The Rankings
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings rate skippers based on their performances over the last two years. Skippers score points by competing in ISAF Graded events. The top finishers at all ISAF Graded events score Rankings points, with the highest points awarded to the event winner and then decreasing down relative to position. The most points are up for grabs at World Championship events, followed by ISAF Grade C1 events, Grade 1, Grade 2 etc. For more on how the Rankings work CLICK HERE.
The tables on the right hand side show the new events included in this Ranking release. The next Rankings release will be on 4 October, following the ISAF Grade W World Championships in the Laser Radial, 470, Laser and RS:X.
- Men's Windsurfer - RS:X
- Women's Windsurfer - RS:X
- Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser
- Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
- Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
- Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470
- Skiff - 49er
- Heavyweight Dinghy - Finn
- Multihull - Tornado
- Women's Keelboat - Yngling
- Men's Keelboat - Star
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Lukasz GRODZICKI Youth
Worlds Champion
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There is no change at the top for the men's windsurfer fleet as Maxim OBEREMKO (UKR) holds onto the top spot for the second consecutive Ranking release. With just two events added to sailors' points tallies, the ISAF Grade 2 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship and the ISAF Grade 3 Cascais International Sailing Week, there is little surprise that the top sailors remain as they were in June. At number two behind OBEREMKO is Ivan PASTOR (ESP) who claimed the bronze medal in Cascais but does not add the points from this Grade 3 event to his total.
Ahead of PASTOR were Olympic gold medallists Nikos KAKLAMANAKIS (GRE) and Gal FRIDMAN (ISR). For KAKLAMANAKIS this is only his second event in the RS:X to gain Ranking points and he moves up twelve places to number 18. It is a similar story for FRIDMAN who moves up 21 places to 105 having finished tenth at the ISAF Grade 2 Princess Sofia Trophy, compared to KAKLAMANAKIS' twelfth at the ISAF Grade C1 RS:X European Championships. Both these sailors were hugely successful in the Mistral class and can be expected to appear in the top ten of the RS:X Rankings before too long.
15 RS:X sailors who competed at the Youth Worlds in Weymouth claimed Ranking points from the event with four sailors joining the Men's RS:X ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the first time.
Gold medallist Lukas GRODZICKI continued the success of Polish windsurfers and is now just outside the top 20 with a climb of seven places up to number 21. Meanwhile silver medallist Fabien HEIDEGGER (ITA) climbs to the highest position, moving up four places to number 16 and now counts six of a possible seven events.
The highest new entry is Alejandro RIVERA (ESP) whose seventh place in Weymouth enters him at number 165 on the rankings. Next up is Ho Tsun LEUNG (HKG) who finished 13 to enter the Rankings at number 167, with Arthur LOPES DE CARVALHO (BRA) one place behind him at 168. Ake BOONSAWAD (THA) picked up the last slot to gain Ranking points and is also the first sailor from Thailand to join the RS:X rankings which he does at number 170.
There are now a total of 178 sailors on the RS:X rankings representing 43 nations.
Men's Windsurfer ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Laura LINARES climbs the
Rankings after an emphatic
Youth Worlds win
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As in the men's windsurfing, there are no changes to the top spots of the Women's RS:X Rankings. Olga MASLIVETS (UKR) continues to hold the top spot ahead of Marina ALABAU (ESP) and Bryony SHAW (GBR).
Sailors are counting points from the ISAF Grade 2 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship and the ISAF Grade 3 Cascais International Sailing Week. The only change in the top ten is the switch between Blanca MANCHON (ESP) and Wai Man CHAN (HKG). First place in Cascais gives MANCHON a total of six events and shifts her one place up to number six. Second behind MANCHON was Lee KORSITZ (ISR) and she climbs two places up to number 24 and now has four events on her scorecard.
Laura LINARES (ITA) claimed an emphatic victory at the Youth Worlds in Weymouth, Great Britain, winning the event twelve points clear of her nearest rival Maayan DAVIDOVICH (ISR) and completing her set of medals to one of each colour. Her Ranking position changes from 42 to 37 and she now has three events comprising her total. Stepping out of the 37 spot is DAVIDOVICH whose silver medal helps her move up nine places to 28. The bronze medal in Weymouth went to Malgorzata BIALECKA (POL) and with three events making up her Rankings position she moves up six places to number 35.
Just outside the medals in Weymouth but making the biggest splash in the Rankings is Wiebke SRADNICK (GER), who enters the top 20 for the first time at number 18. Pushed out to make way for SRADNICK is four-time Youth Worlds gold medallist Zofia KLEPACKA (POL) who slips to number 21.
Five girls join the RS:X Rankings for the first time: Hei Man CHAN (HKG) at number 60; Anastasia DAVROU (GRE) at number 61; Tatsiana KHALADZINSKAJA (BLR) at number 62; Beth WILLIAMSON (GBR) at number 63; and Justina SELLARS (NZL) at 64. These sailors finished from fifth to ninth respectively in Weymouth. The total number of sailors is now 65 representing 22 nations. Tatsiana KHALADZINSKAJA is the first sailor from Belarus on the Women's RS:X Rankings, whilst the biggest contingent is from China with nine sailors on the Rankings.
Women's Windsurfer ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Paul GOODISON is looking
dominant in the World number
one spot
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Paul GOODISON’s (GBR) successful defence of his ISAF Grade C1 Laser European Championship title keeps him comfortably clear at the top of the Laser Rankings, whilst below him the class’ established names are lining up.
Olympic bronze medallist Vasilij ZBOGAR (SLO) had a disappointing Europeans, and ended up 14th in Gdynia, Poland but still manages to hang on to the World number two slot. In contrast Olympic silver medallist Andreas GERITZER (AUT) fought back strongly after an indifferent start to take fourth place, bumping him up two Ranking places to number three. European bronze medallist Gustavo LIMA (POR) also climbs two places from seven to five.
The other major move in the top ten comes after Brendan CASEY (AUS) won the ISAF Grade C1 Laser North American Championship in Canada to move up from ten to eight in the Rankings.
Further down, newly crowned ISAF Grade 2 Laser Atlantic Coast Champion Michael KALIN (CAN) makes a big move up from 123 to 58. It was also a great month for fellow Canadian, 18 year old Luke RAMSAY who won both the ISAF Grade 2 Laser Canadian Championships followed by the ISAF Grade 2 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship to mark himself out as one of the hot young talents in the class. Another of the Youth Worlds stars from this month, Cy THOMPSON of the US Virgin Island also won gold for his country at the ISAF Grade 3 Central American And Caribbean Games. The win and a top 20 finish at the Youth Worlds helps push THOMPSON up to 152 from 176 in the World Rankings.
The Laser Rankings grow yet again this month, with 908 sailors now Ranked, up from 879 at this time last year.
Men's One Person Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Anna TUNNCLIFFE stays at
number two in the Rankings
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Paige RAILEY (USA) retains her the top spot in the Laser Radial for the tenth Ranking release in succession, making it an unbroken year for the 19 year old American as the World number one. Behind her the top 20 remain unchanged in this Ranking release, although the Worlds currently taking place in the USA are sure to produce some major changes next time around.
With no moves at the top, Anna TUNNICLIFFE (USA) stays in second place with Laura BALDWIN (GBR) third. Petra NIEMANN (GER) makes the most significant move in this release as she climbs from 27 to 22 with a fourth place at the ISAF Grade 2 Laser Europa Cup in Warnemuende, Germany. Wiebke SCHROEDER (GER) got the better of her team mate to win in Germany and also moves up from 43 to 38.
Since it became Olympic equipment at the start of 2005, the Laser Radial has seen a mass of young sailors come in and make a name for themselves. Tina MIHELIC (CRO) won the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship and will be aiming to follow in the footsteps of RAILEY, who won the Youth Worlds last year before going on to take the World title.
Meanwhile yet another young Canadian talent seems to be emerging in the shape of Danielle DUBE. She recorded her first ISAF Graded event victory at the ISAF Grade 3 Laser Radial North American Championship on her home waters to move up to 68 in the Rankings.
Women's One Person Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Christopher LORENZ and
Friedrich GEBERT impressed
in Germany
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The top 30 in the Men’s 470 Rankings remain completely unchanged, meaning Gabrio ZANDONÀ and Andrea TRANI (ITA) stay in the top spot for the third release in a row. Gidi KLIGER and Udi GAL (ISR) also stay in second place with Matthias SCHMID and Florien REICHSTAETTER (AUT) still third. The only move of any significance in the top 50 comes after Tobias ETTER and Felix STEIGER (SUI) won the ISAF Grade 2 Intervela in Italy, although they gain just one place up to 42.
Other victories in this Ranking release went to Christopher LORENZ and Friedrich GEBERT (GER) at the ISAF Grade 3 Warnemuender Week in Germany, and Álvaro MARINHO and Miguel NUNES (POR) at the ISAF Grade 3 Cascais International Sailing Week in Portugal. However both crew remain unmoved at 32 and 5 respectively.
LORENZ and GEBERT moved from Warnemuende to Travemuende to take part in the 470 Junior World Championship which concluded over the weekend. There the Germany team came in fifth, with the Israelis Eyal LEVINE and Amir YAM (ISR) taking gold after an incredibly tight Medal Race. The pair currently lie 69th in the Rankings, and are sure to be a team to watch in the future.
Next stop for the 470 fleets is China, where the Olympic Test event in Qingdao is shortly followed by the World Championships in Rizhao. Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE (AUS) will be going for their third World Championship in a row, although after a great start to their season, including victory at the ISAF World Sailing Games in Austria, the pair have suffered some indifferent results at the Europeans and in Kiel.
Men's Two Person Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Rankings
| ISAF Grade |
Nation |
Event |
| Grade 2 |
ITA |
Intervela |
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The 470s are heading to China
for their next major regattas
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Christina BASSADONE and Saskia CLARK (GBR) make it three consecutive releases in the top spot of the Women’s 470 Rankings, after a quiet month for the class as they prepare for a busy few weeks in China with the Olympic Test event in Qingdao quickly followed by the World Championships in Rizhao.
Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadege DOUROUX (FRA) and Sylvia VOGL and Carolina FLATSCHER (AUT) also remain unmoved in the World number two and three slots respectively, as do the remainder of the top ten.
The one change in the top 20 is Nike KORNECKI and Kanonich RAVID (ISR) moving up from 25 to 19 after a fifth place at the ISAF Grade 2 Intervela in Italy. The recently crowned European Champions Stefanie ROTHWEILER and Vivien KUSSATZ (GER) maintained their good form with their second win of the year at the Intervela, although the ISAF Grade 2 event points are not enough to lift them above their current World Ranking of 15.
Second place in Italy went to Elisabetta SACCHEGGIANI and Bianca SASSETTI (ITA), who move up from 34 to 29 in the Rankings.
Looking ahead, Wang XIAOLI and Huang XUFENG are currently the highest of four Chinese crews in the Rankings. They lie at 55, although they are only counting two events in their points' total, with their best result an impressive ninth at the ISAF Grade 1 Holland Regatta in May.
Women's Two Person Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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European Champions Stevie
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move up to fifth in the Rankings
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World Champions Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) remain firmly in the number one spot in the 49er Rankings, with Olympic silver medallists Rodion LUKA and George LEONCHUK (UKR) moving up to become their closest challengers in second place.
DRAPER and HISCOCKS finished fourth at the ISAF Grade C1 49er European Championship, a slightly disappointing result for the team who had won the previous two Europeans, were defending their title on their home waters and had just come off the back of World Championship glory in France. It was the Brits’ own Skandia Team GBR team mates Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES (GBR) who took the limelight at the Europeans in Weymouth. They stormed through the fleet with a terrific final series performance to wrap up victory with a cool display in the Medal Race.
Earlier in the year MORRISON and RHODES took bronze in the Worlds and already it is looking like being a battle royal for the British 49er slot for the Olympic Games in Qingdao. For the time being, DRAPER and HISCOCKS hold a definite advantage in the Rankings, although MORRISON and RHODES climb into the top five for the first time this year, moving from seven to five after their Europeans victory.
Denmark have also been consistently strong performers in the 49er and this Ranking release two of their crews break into the top ten. The European silver medal for Peter HANSEN and Soren HANSEN (DEN) gives them a boost from 13 to ten, whilst Jonas WARRER and Martin KIRKETERP (DEN) go from eleven to nine after finishing seventh in Weymouth.
European bronze medallists Iker MARTINEZ and Xabier FERNANDEZ (ESP) are unchanged in fourth place.
World number one crew DRAPER and HISCOCKS and amongst 22 crews currently entered for the forthcoming Olympic Test event in Qingdao. Of particular interest will be the performance of the three Chinese 49er crews entered, with China currently not having any sailors on the World Rankings.
Skiff ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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World number one and winner
of the 50th Gold Cup Jonas
HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN
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Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN (DEN) emphatically confirmed his position at the top of the Finn Rankings with victory at the 50th ISAF Grade W Finn Gold Cup in Split, Croatia. For the second year in a row Emilios PAPATHANASIOU (GRE) took the silver medal and moves up from four to two in the World Rankings.
Olympic silver medallist Rafael TRUJILLO (ESP) had a great start in Split, with three bullets from the opening six races marking him out as the fastest man in the fleet. However TRUJILLO suffered from a nightmare finish, posting 34,38 in the last two races to fall out of medal contention altogether. However a top five finish at the Worlds is certainly nothing to be ashamed of and TRUJILLO stays third in the Rankings.
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the Gold Cup was the performance of former World number two Dan SLATER (NZL). The Kiwi went to Split coming off the back of a victory at Kiel. He started strongly but from then was unable to post any scores in single figures to end in 18th place overall. Consequently he drops from two to four in the Rankings.
In contrast Gold Cup bronze medallist Ed WRIGHT (GBR) climbs two places up to seventh. The 28 year old is having a great season and looks set to give double Olympic gold medallist and four-time Gold Cup winner Ben AINSLIE (GBR) some stiff competition for the British Finn slot in Beijing.
Australia’s Anthony NOSSITER in the only new entry into the top 20, moving up eleven places from 31 after finishing 14th in Croatia. Another high finisher in Croatia, 2000 Olympic gold medallist Iain PERCY (GBR) is the highest entry at 86 as the Finn Rankings grow by nine sailors. However PERCY’s return was a self proclaimed 'holiday', and he will still be aiming to campaign a Star in Bejiing.
Heavyweight Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Fernando ECHAVARRI and
Anton PAZ just hang on to
the top spot
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Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ (ESP) just hang on to the top spot in the Tornado World Rankings, although the gap between them and second place Xavier REVIL and Christophe ESPAGNON (FRA) is now just a tiny five points. The leading Spanish duo are still struggling to find the form that won them the World and European title last year, along with the 2005 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award. They failed to make the top ten in defending their ISAF Grade C1 Tornado European Championship title in Travemuende, Germany, only twice managing to post single figure scores in the eight race series.
In contrast it seems that REVIL and ESPAGNON have been able to build on their form of last year (including a bronze medal at the Worlds) and hit new heights this season. The French pair already count three ISAF Grade 1 event victories and were once again amongst the leading challengers at the Europeans last week. A third place boosts them back up to second in the Rankings.
Moving up two spots to third are the Australians Darren BUNDOCK and Glenn ASHBY (AUS). The Aussie pair have also been amongst the form crews on the Tornado circuit this year, and have been particularly strong in the heavier winds. However, the Australians could not match the light wind performance of the eventual winners Roman HAGARA and Hans Peter STEINACHER (AUT), who found their double Olympic gold medal winning form in Germany to win in impressive style. Victory pushes them back up the Rankings from 16 to 13 and was a perfect demonstration of their prowess in the lighter breeze.
Also moving up after a strong Europeans performance are Olympic silver medallists from Athens John LOVELL and Charlie OGLETREE (USA). They climb from ten to four.
Breaking into the top 20 for the first time this release are Karl SUNESON and Victor SVENSSON (SWE), after posting 32nd place at the Europeans. Following ten years in the Laser, SUNESON made the switch to the multihull after finishing sixth in Athens, and the pair have made rapid progress up the Rankings.
Victory in the latest Rankings period also went to Tino MITTELMEIER and Niko MITTELMEIER (GER) at the ISAF Grade 3 Warnemuender Week, although it does not affect their Ranking of 24.
Multihull ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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The new World and European
Champions and World number
one crew from Spain
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There is little surprise at the change to the number one spot of the Yngling Rankings as the newly crowned World and European Champions, Monica AZON, Sandra AZON and Graciela PISONERO (ESP) reclaim the top spot from the Kiwi team of Sharon FERRIS, Raynor SMEAL and Karen LAMBERT.
Staying at three are Anne LE HELLEY, Marion DEPLANQUE and Catherine LEPESANT (FRA) with Sarah AYTON, Sarah WEBB and Victoria RAWLINSON (GBR) hanging on to number four. Moving up six places to the number five position, their highest ever in this class are Anne-Claire LE BERRE, Alice PONSAR and Julie GERECHT (FRA). Also on the rise is Ulrike SCHUMANN with Ute HOEPTNER (GER) and stand in crew member Lee ICYDA (USA), who took podium finishes at the Worlds and the Europeans to move up four places to number eight.
The USA's 2004 Olympic helm Carol CRONIN with crew Kimberly COURANZ and Margaret PODLICH moves back into the top 20 at number 21 after a seventh place finish at the Worlds. This team are only counting four events in their points' total.
Nine new teams and two new nations join the Yngling Rankings since the last release on 28 June and the highest is Kelly HAND, Deidre CEAMPTON and Chantal LEGER (CAN). A Europe sailor in the 1990s, HAND joins the Yngling Rankings at number 29 after finishing 21 at the Worlds. The first Yngling teams from China are now signalling their intent to raise a home challenge at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition and join the Rankings at numbers 35 and 37. Wang RU, Du FEI and Gao YANG ended 26 at the Worlds and enter at 35, whilst Xiagun SONG, Zhang CHUANSHUANG and Li XIAONI finished 33 to enter at 37. The other new nation to the Yngling Rankings is Poland with Karolina WOLNIEWICZ, Magda SZASZOR and Agata PIECH claiming 26 at the Europeans to join the Rankings at number 53.
Just a few days after victory at the 29er Worlds, Silja LEHTINEN (FIN) claims her first Ranking points in the Yngling, sailing with Maria KLEMETZ and Livia VARESMAA. The Finnish team join the Rankings at number 36 after finishing 29 at the Worlds.
Women's Keelboat ISAF World Sailing Rankings
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Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ
and Dominik ZYCKI continue
to climb up the Rankings
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Ranking points from three events are up for grabs for Star sailors in this Ranking release but the one Grade 2 and two Grade 3 events did not hold enough weight to shift the top five. George SZABO and Eric MONROE (USA) remain at the top with Fredrik LÖÖF and Anders EKSTRÖM (SWE) at number two and Xavier ROHART and Pascal RAMBEAU (FRA) at number three.
There is more activity further down the top 20 with two converts from other Olympic Classes continuing their climb up the Rankings. Olympic medallist in the Finn, Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ and crew Dominik ZYCKI (POL) move up one place to number six after winning the silver medal at the ISAF Grade 2 Travemunder Week. The gold medal in Travemunde was won by ex Laser sailor Hamish PEPPER and crew Carl WILLIAMS (NZL) and they move up five places to 13. Counting only six results from a possible seven, PEPPER and WILLIAMS only joined the Rankings in Feburary 2006 so their assault is even more impressive.
There is just one new entry to the Star Rankings. At number 270 are Tom LOFSTEDT and Martin LARSSON (SWE), who finished third at the ISAF Grade 3 Star District Championship in Sweden.
The gold medal at the ISAF Grade 3 Warnemuender Week went to Robert STANJEK and Frithjof KLEEN (GER). They move one place up to number 16 and become the highest ranked German Star team on the Rankings.
Men's Keelboat ISAF World Sailing Rankings
The next Rankings release will be on 4 October, following the ISAF Grade W World Championships in the Laser Radial, 470, Laser and RS:X. To take a look at all of the Rankings' releases of the past twelve months CLICK HERE.
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