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WASZP Global Rankings 2023 - Gruet and Rogers claim top spot

by WASZP Class 20 Dec 2023 21:53 AEDT
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The 2023 Global Rankings for the WASZP Class reached new heights this year. With nine lead changes throughout the calendar year, Hippolyte Gruet held off a fast finishing Magnus Overbeck to claim top spot in the overall and men's rankings battle.

Gruet and Overbeck both attended 14 WASZP events for the year including all majors, underlying their commitment to the class. Overbeck did everything to claim top spot and finished 2nd at the recent WASZP Games overtaking Gruet on the final day who finished 3rd overall.

In the women's side of the draw, Hattie Rogers stormed home to overtake Pearl Lattanzi from the USA in the year's final event. An impressive 61 women competed in WASZP sanctioned events this year in and claimed rankings points.

STATS THAT MATTER:

  • TOTAL RANKED COMPETITORS - 431
  • TOTAL COUNTRIES REPRESENTED - 29
  • TOTAL WOMEN - 61
  • TOTAL EVENTS - 119
  • TOTAL WASZP ACCOUNTS ON RACEHUB - 1,229
These statistics further underly the health of the class globally.

View the full WASZP Global Rankings here.

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