ISAF World Match Race Rankings

Ben Ainslie (GBR) and Lucy Macgregor (GBR) retain the number one positions in the ISAF World Rankings but there are plenty of changes below them as the 2011 season continues.

Women’s Rankings

Lucy Macgregor (GBR) stays at #1 in the Women’s Rankings but with three ISAF Grade 1 regattas counting to this release it’s all change through the rest of the top ten. Nicky Souter (AUS) moves up three places to #2 ahead of Renee Groeneveld (NED) at #3. Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) moves back up to #4 while Ekaterina Skudina (RUS) completes the top five.

Skudina’s move to a lifetime best ranking of #5 is due to her gold medal at Kieler Woche and the silver medal at the European Championship in Helsinki, Finland. The new European champion who defeated Skudina in the final is Tamara Echegoyen (ESP) who moves up three places to a career best at #10.

Olivia Price (AUS), previously crew to Nicky Souter, continues her march up the rankings to sit at #25 in this release. Only counting five regatta scores her successes have been remarkable and rewarded by Yachting Australia with a place at the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta.

Katarzyna Pic (POL) climbs 50 places to enters the top 50 for the first time at #43 after a string of podium finishes at the Open Spring Cup and Polish Open events in Zlota Gora. China’s Ru Wang gave the more experienced teams a run for their money at the Delta Lloyd Regatta, just missing out on a medal. She now counts six regatta scores and continues her climb up the rankings by 32 places to sit at #45.

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The next release of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings will be 3 August 2011.

ISAF World Match Race Rankings - www.sailing.org/mrrankings

(From the ISAF website: www.sailing.org)