Pilots qualified for Category 1 Events; WPRS and PG nation rankings update
Lausanne, 30 June 2000
Pilots qualified for category 1 events at 30 June 2000
With the forthcoming Category 1 Championships for hang gliding and paragliding taking place in July a definitive list of qualified pilots (as at 30th June 2000) is now available on the CIVL website. All pilots listed have qualified with an overall result in the top 2/3rd overall of a Category 1 or Category 2 event in the previous 3 years.
World Pilot Rankings Update 30/6/00
The latest WPRS sees changes to hang gliding, paragliding and speed gliding. There are no changes to Class 2 or Paragliding Accuracy.
Hang gliding sees the addition of the Finnish Open, the Slovenian Open and the Spanish Open and there have been no competitions deleted.
Andre Wolf (BRA) remains in 1st place on 273 points, having increased his lead to 21 points ahead of Betinho Schmitz (BRA) in 2nd place, Oleg Bondarchuk's (UKR) win at the Spanish Open has moved him up to 3rd (from
5th) pushing Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) to 4th (225 points) and Alan Barnes (GBR) to 5th. Richard Walbec (FRA), who has only 3 competitions counting maintains 6th place ahead of Joel Rebbechi (AUS) 7th and Jim Lee (USA) 8th. Steve Moyes (AUS), Nene Rotor (BRA) and Pedro Matos (BRA) are equal 9th. Francoise Mocellin (FRA) still leads the female rankings in 47th place overall (100 points), with Kari Castle (USA) 2nd and Kathleen Rigg (GBR) 3rd. There are 464 pilots ranked from 32 countries
In speed gliding the Red Bull Speed Run has been added and John Smith's (NZL) 3rd place extends his lead in the speed gliding rankings. 2nd to 6th positions are unchanged. Christian Ciech (ITA) moves into 7th with Callum fisher (NZL) and Robert Reisinger (AUT) and Max Weiner (GER) are equal 9th.
The paragliding rankings see the addition of the Pre-PWC Austria, German PG Open and the PWC Granada, Spain. Steve Cox (SUI) has maintained first place since March this year and has extended his lead to 11 points ahead of Christian Tammeger (AUT) who climbs to 2nd place (from 3rd). Kari Eisenhut (SUI) drops to 3rd (from 2nd) ahead of Martin Brunn (AUT) who has climbed from 10th to 4th. Michael Orolin (SVK) moves up to 5th (from 8th). Peter Von Kanel (SUI 6th), Kaspar Henny (SUI, 7th) and Stephan Stieglair (AUT,9th) and Bodo Genz (GER, 10th) all return to the top ten. Tibor Berki (SWE) has dropped from 4th to 8th. Petra Krausova (CZE) still leads the female rankings but has dropped to 42nd place overall, with Andrea Joubert (RSA) 2nd (86th overall) and Noriko Mizunuma (JPN) 3rd (99th overall). There are currently 591 pilots ranked from 34 countries.
Paragliding country rankings
Switzerland still dominate the paragliding country rankings (excluding precision events), ahead of Austria. Germany have moved up to 3rd place pushing Japan into 4th. The Czech Republic move up to 5th (from 7th) ahed
of Slovakia 6th (from 9th), Italy 7th from 10th. France maintain 8th place ahead of south Africa who have dropped from 6th to 9th. The USA complete the top ten moving from 13th to 10th. Full details of the nations rankings can be found on the World Pilot Ranking System website. Pilots should check that their personal record shows the correct nationality, particularly as there are a few pilots of unknown nationality. All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer (paula@fai.org).
Full details of the rankings can be found on the FAI/CIVL website at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/.
Results not received yet, and therefore not included:
Women's World HG Championships, Greece
Forthcoming hang gliding competitions (class 1 unless otherwise indicated) that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: European Championships, Austria (class 1 & 2); World Speed gliding Championships, Greece.
Category 2: Icelandic HG Open; German Open (class 1 & 2); British HG Open, France (class 1 & 2); Dutch HG Championships, Italy (class 1 & 2); German HG Open; Norwegian HG Open; Brasilian Masters; Podbrezova Cup, Slovakia; Pan American Cup(class 1 & 2).
Forthcoming paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: European Championships, Germany.
Category 2: PWC's - Portugal, Mieussy and Chamonix; Nordic Open, France; British PG Open, Spain; Aeolia Open, Greece; Finnish PG Open; Canadian Nationals; Norwegian Cup.
Accuracy (precision events):
Category 1: World Accuracy Championships, UK
Category 2: Nantanya, Israel
Details of these competitions can be found at http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp.
Any queries/questions regarding the World Pilot Ranking Scheme should be sent to Paula Bowyer, e-mail paula@fai.org.
Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are available on the CIVL website at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/ or from Paula Bowyer.
