France hits the front in the national standings as there are two new leaders in the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings on 29 April 2009.
The French teams came to the fore on the final day of their home ISAF Sailing World Cup event, the Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres. After a series of spectacular Medal Race performances from the home teams, France was propelled to the top of the leaderboard at Hyeres and has now hit the top of the national standings in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings, with two crews holding world #1 spots. The Spanish also continue their strong start to this Olympic quadrennial with four crews holding world top-three rankings.
Helping France to the top of the Rankings are 470 stars Ingrid PETITJEAN and Nadège DOUROUX (FRA), whose typically consistent fifth place finish at Hyeres moves them up to the top spot in the Women’s 470 Rankings. The other new leaders are the 49er team of Pietro SIBELLO and Gianfranco SIBELLO (ITA). After the heartbreak of a fourth place finish at Beijing, the Italian brothers have made a storming start to their 2009 season, winning both World Cup events at Palma and Hyeres to hit the top spot in the World Rankings.
The next release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings will be on 3 June 2009 following on the Delta Lloyd Regatta, event five 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.
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