Starting in colours

The top sailors racing across the ten Olympic classes at the Sailing World Cup Melbourne Final presented by Land Rover will start Tuesday’s opening day of racing wearing coloured bibs to reflect their ranking.

Sailors who are placed highest in the World Sailing Fleet Racing Rankings were handed Yellow (first), Blue (second) and Red (third) bibs at the event opening ceremony at the St Kilda Sailing Precinct.
 
They will wear them on the first day to highlight their long-running, continued good form at Olympic Sailing events but their rivals will be aiming to capture the bibs and take hold as the week progresses.
 
Sailors starting in colours are:
 
Men’s 470
Yellow – Mat Belcher Belcher / Will Ryan (AUS)
Blue – Alexander Conway / Patrick Conway (AUS)
Red – Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura (JPN)
 
Women’s 470
Yellow – Lara Vadlau / Jolanta Ogar (AUT)
Blue – Carrie Smith / Jaime Ryan (AUS)
Red – Nan Zhang / Yixiao LV (CHN)
 
49er
Yellow – Diego Botin / Iago Lopez Marra (ESP)
Blue – David Gilmour / Joel Turner (AUS)
Red – Will Phillips / Sam Phillips (AUS)
 
49erFX
Yellow – Tess Lloyd / Eliza Solly (AUS)
Blue – Helene Naess / Marie Ronningen (NOR)
Red – Haylee Outteridge / Nina Curtis (AUS)
 
Finn
Yellow – Jake Lilley (AUS)
Blue – Oli Tweddell (AUS)
Red – Caleb Paine (USA)
 
Laser
Yellow – Lorenzo Chiavarini (GBR)
Blue – Tonci Stipanovic (CRO)
Red – Pavlos Kontides (CYP)
 
Laser Radial
Yellow – Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
Blue – Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
Red – Emma Plasschaert (BEL)
 
Nacra 17
Yellow – Jason Waterhouse / Lisa Darmanin (AUS)
Blue – Olivia Mackay / Micah Wilkinson (NZL)
Red – John Gimson / Anna Burnet (GBR)
 
Men’s RS:X
Yellow – Chunzhuang Liu (CHN)
Blue – Tom Squires (GBR)
Red – Mateo Sanz Lanz (SUI)
 
Women’s RS:X
Yellow – Stefania Elfutina (RUS)
Blue – Marina Alabau (ESP)
Red – Joanna Sterling (AUS)
 
Racing across all classes will commence at 12:00 local time on Tuesday 6 December with bragging rights heading into the new Olympic quadrennial as well as a share of the $200,000 AUD prize pot up for grabs. Medal Races on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 will draw the competition to a close.
 
Information on how to follow the event is below:
 
RESULTS / ENTRIES
A full list of sailors registered to sail in Melbourne is available to view here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/sailorinfo/melbournefinal_entries.php. Results will be available via from Tuesday 6 December via the Manage2Sail results centre here – http://manage2sail.com/en-US/eventonly/bf593da8-bbe7-4a41-b482-014e216c7603/style/worldcup#!/results?classId=2742c355-f9a2-4232-abb1-fc03b2053196
 
TRACKING
Live tracking and competitor’s analytics will be available via SAP Sailing Analytics throughout the event here – https://swc2016-melbourne.sapsailing.com/
 
PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of World Cup Final. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here – http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/index.php
 
TELEVISION
Medal Races on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December will be streamed live on World Sailing’s Facebook and YouTube Channel. URLs and embed codes are available below:
 
SWC Final – Medal Races – RS:X, 49er, Nacra 17, Kiteboarding
URL – https://youtu.be/RBU8xjyN-lw
Embed –
 
SWC Final – Medal Races – 470, Finn, Laser
URL – https://youtu.be/UJ-iZRAcWZI
Embed –
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks and get involved in the conversation using #SWCMelb
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – @worldsailing
Snapchat – Follow our Story on Snapchat, search for worldsailing

SAILING WORLD CUP
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