April 15, 2009
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ISAF World Sailing Rankings - 15 April 2009
The leading sailors and top nations all consolidate their positions in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings on 15 April 2009.
The leading sailors and top nations all consolidate their positions in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings on 15 April 2009.
Following on from the European debut of the ISAF Sailing World Cup at the Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE in Palma, the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings puts Spain on top of the national standings. The Spanish team put in a strong performance on their home waters, winning four ISAF Sailing World Cup medals including a gold for Blanca MANCHON in the Women’s RS:X. With no changes amongst any of the top-three crews in this Ranking release, Spain maintain their position at the top of the national standings with two crews ranked at #1 and two at #2 across the nine Olympic fleet racing events.
Along with the Spanish team, Australia continues to impress and also hold four top-three positions in the World Rankings. After topping the sailing medal table at the 2008 Olympic Games, Skandia Team GBR have continued where they left off in Beijing, winning 16 medals across the three ISAF Sailing World Cup events held to date. The USA have also a very strong start to the ISAF Sailing World Cup season with 15 medals won, although 12 of those came at their home event, US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR.
The next release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings will be on 29 April 2009 following on the Semaine Olympique Francaise, event four of the ISAF Sailing World Cup.
Visit the ISAF World Sailing Rankings homepage at www.sailing.org/rankings for more on the latest Ranking release and dates for all 2009 Ranking releases.
World Ranking Leaders – 15 April 2009
Heavyweight Dinghy – Finn
Gasper VINCEC (SLO)
Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Anna TUNNICLIFFE (USA)
Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser
Tom SLINGSBY (AUS)
Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
Sven COSTER and Kalle COSTER (NED)
Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
Ai KONDO and Naoko KAMATA (JPN)
Skiff – 49er
Iker MARTINEZ and Xabier FERNANDEZ (ESP)
Men’s Keelboat – Star
Robert SCHEIDT and Bruno PRADA (BRA)
Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X
Julien BONTEMPS (FRA)
Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X
Marina ALABAU (ESP)
Events Included
Results from the following events have been included in the rankings since their last issue (4 February 2009):
| Class | Event (Grade) |
|---|---|
| Star | Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2) |
| Laser | Athens Eurolymp Week (3); United 4 (1) (3); Laser Midwinters West (2); Laser Europa Cup – Italy (2); Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2); IZOLA Spring Cup (3) |
| Finn | Athens Eurolymp Week (3); Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2) |
| Laser Radial | Athens Eurolymp Week (3); United 4 (1) (3); Laser Midwinters West (2); Laser Europa Cup – Italy (2); Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2); IZOLA Spring Cup (3) |
| 49er | Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2) |
| Men’s & Women’s 470 | Athens Eurolymp Week M-470 (2); Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2); IZOLA Spring Cup M-470 (2) |
| Men’s & Women’s RS:X | Athens Eurolymp Week M- RS:X (2); Trofeo SAR Princess Sofia MAPFRE (2) |
The results of the above regattas, full ISAF World Sailing Rankings, lists of graded events throughout the year and the method of calculation for the rankings may be found on the ISAF website.
Graded events which have not been included are:
| Event | Classes not included: | Reason: |
|---|---|---|
| Athens Eurolymp Week | W-470 (2); W-RS:X (2); 49er (2); Star (3) | Not enough entrants |
| United 4 (1) | W-470 (3); M-470 (3) | Not enough entrants |
| IZOLA Spring Cup | W-470 (2) | Not enough entrants |
| South French Laser – Mediterranean Championship | Laser (3); W-Laser (3) | Not eligible to enter – Did not compete in enough races |
ISAF World Sailing Rankings – www.sailing.org/rankings