29th August, 2007. ISAF World Sailing Rankings have been released. Australia continue their reign as the nation with the most sailors at a #1 position on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, holding three of the top spots but Great Britain and Germany each have four sailors in top three positions. Three classes witness a change to the #1 team and 40 new skippers join the Rankings today.
Great Britain cleaned up in Qingdao and they are still a dominant force on the Rankings. Whilst gold medallists Sarah AYTON, Sarah WEBB and Pippa WILSON hit the #1 position for the first time, Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES dip down to #2 to make way for the German training partners Jan-Peter and Hannes PECKOLT at #1.
Tom SLINGSBY (AUS) in the Laser and Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE (AUS) in the Men’s 470, and 2006 World title winners Darren BUNDOCK and Glenn ASHBY (AUS) in the Tornado continue to hold the torch for Australia, holding on to their #1 positions for another Ranking release. The Netherlands lose their only #1 spot in the Women’s 470 to Italy as Giulia CONTI and Giovanna MICOL conclude their steady march up the rankings.
For the full story with charts and photos visit ISAF World Sailing Rankings August 2007.