Bib presentation opens World Cup Series Miami

The World Cup Series Miami opened at the Coral Reef Yacht Club with the presentation of coloured bibs to the highest ranked sailors in attendance across the ten Olympic classes.

Wearing Yellow (first), Blue (second) and Red (third) bibs on the first day of racing will be the sailors who are placed highest in the World Sailing Fleet Racing Rankings.

The bibs are worn to represent the long-running, continued good form at Olympic Sailing events with sailors aiming take the podium spots throughout the week and finish the regatta in the coveted coloured bibs.

Sailors starting in colours are:
 
470 Men
Yellow – Stu McNay & Dave Hughes (USA)
Blue – Jordi Xammar & Nicolas Rodriguez Garcia-Paz (ESP)
Red – Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis (GRE)
 
470 Women
Yellow – Afrodite Zegers & Anneloes Van Veen (NED)
Blue – Barbara Cornudella Ravetllat & Sara Lopez Ravetllat (ESP)
Red – Sophie Weguelin & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR)
 
49er
Yellow – Dylan Fletcher & Stu Bithell (GBR)
Blue – Diego Botin & Iago Lopez Marra (ESP)
Red – Carl P Sylvan & Marcus Anjemark (SWE)
 
49erFX
Yellow – Charlotte Dobson & Saskia Tidey (GBR)
Blue – Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA)
Red – Ragna Agerup & Maia Agerup (NOR)
 
Nacra 17
Yellow – Ben Saxton & Nicola Groves (GBR)
Blue – John Gimson & Anna Burnet (GBR)
Red – Bora Gulari & Anna Weis (USA)
 
Laser
Yellow – Nick Thompson (GBR)
Blue – Tonci Stipanovic (CRO)
Red – Lorenzo Chiavarini (GBR)
 
Laser Radial
Yellow – Emma Plasschaert (BEL)
Blue – Evi Van Acker (BEL)
Red – Mathilde de Kerangat (FRA)
 
Finn
Yellow – Jorge Zarif (BRA)
Blue – Anders Pedersen (NOR)
Red – Ben Cornish (GBR)
 
RS:X Women
Yellow – Stefania Elfutina (RUS)
Blue – Marina Alabau (ESP)
Red – Ingrid Puusta (EST)
 
RS:X Men
Yellow – Kieran Badloe (NED)
Blue – Chunzhuang Liu (CHN)
Red – Kieran Martin (GBR)

Information on how to follow the event is below:

RESULTS / ENTRIES
A full list of sailors registered to sail in Miami is available to view here – http://manage2sail.com/en-US/eventonly/f61c409e-4fad-49a6-baa6-f9287b804645/style/worldcup#!/entries?classId=e2d355cc-1d5b-4dfb-b6b9-58c9d28c0cfa  
Results will be available from Tuesday 24 January via the Manage2Sail results centre here – http://manage2sail.com/en-US/eventonly/f61c409e-4fad-49a6-baa6-f9287b804645/style/worldcup#!/results?classId=e2d355cc-1d5b-4dfb-b6b9-58c9d28c0cfa

TRACKING
Live tracking and competitor’s analytics will be available via SAP Sailing Analytics throughout the event here – https://swc2017-miami.sapsailing.com/gwt/Home.html#/event/:eventId=b82f9012-47d8-4e9e-b3b2-a690c1db0fe3

PRESS RELEASES
World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of World Cup Miami. 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 28 and Sunday 29 January will be streamed live on World Sailing’s Facebook and YouTube Channel.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks and get involved in the conversation using #SWCMiami17
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing
Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter – @worldsailing
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SAILING WORLD CUP
The Sailing World Cup is a World-class, annual series of Olympic sailing for elite and professional sailors. Over 2,000 of the World’s leading sailors, representing over 75 nations have competed in the Sailing World Cup which offers a definitive guide to the best-of-the-best in the Olympic sailing world.