There are changes to all rankings.

PARAGLIDING
The Korean Open was deleted, added were the PG World Cups in Ibaraki and Crans Montana, La Victoria Loma Lisa and Emberger Alm Cup competitions.

Alex Hofer (SUI) continues to lead with Norman Lausch (GER) 2nd but Steve Cox (SUI) jumps 6 places to be 3rd after his strong showing in Crans. The rest of the top 10 move down 1 place - Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) to 4th, Oliver Rossel (GER) and Torsten Siegel (GER) =5th, Achim Joos (GER) 7th, Stephane Andre (FRA) 8th, Helmut Eicholzer (AUT) 9th and Tomas Brauner (CZE Rep) 10th.

In the nations rankings, Switzerland regain the lead, Germany is 2nd and France
3rd. Italy start their climb up the rankings, moving up 5 slots to make 10th place.

More details are on the FAI website -
http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/

Paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are listed on the FAI site;
http://events.fai.org/paragliding/calendar.asp

PARAGLIDING ACCURACY
The Yugoslavian Comp was deleted. The Slovenian Nationals were cancelled but the NIS Open was added.

Matjaz Feraric (SLO) still leads, Matjaz Sluga (SLO) stays 2nd, Simeon Klocovnik (SLO) remains 3rd. Tone Svoljsak (SLO) gains a place to 4th, Tomaz Gorisek (SLO) stays 5th. Mitja Omahna (SLO) drops 2 to 6th, Franc Unuk (SLO) regains 7th place Stojan Klenovsek (SLO) drops another place to 8th, but Jaka Gorenc (SLO) and Neil Slinger (GBR) stay 9th and 10th.

Slovenia still leads with GBR in 2nd and Serbia and Montenegro in 3rd. Bulgaria take 4th from the Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia, Greece and Austria stay 6th and 7th.

Full details of the PG Accuracy rankings can be found on the FAI
website- http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/precision/

Paragliding Accuracy competitions that qualify for WPRS points are listed on the FAI site;
http://events.fai.org/paragliding/calendar.asp

HANG GLIDING (Class 1)
The Korean Open and the Canungra Cup were deleted.

Results from the Raimund Wieser cup were not received in time so were not included.
Added were the SA Karoo Aerotow Nationals, Governador Valadares, Flytec Champs and Wallaby Competitions.

Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) still leads by a good 7 points, but Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) climbs 4 places to be 2nd. Gordon Rigg (GBR) drops to 3rd and Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) slides to 4th. Mario Alonzi (FRA) remains 5th= with Antoine Boisselier (FRA) who dropped a place. Richard Walbec (FRA) rises a place to 7th, swapping places with Jean-Francois Gerard (FRA) in 8th. Andreas Olsson regains his top 10 place by climbing 21 places to 9th and Paris Williams (USA) completes the top 10.

France overtake USA to be number 1. Australia & Germany are 3rd & 4th in the Nations ranking.

Full details of the HG rankings can be found on the FAI website:
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class1/

Hang Gliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are listed on the FAI site;
http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp

CLASS 5
The Governador Valadares and Flytec competitions were added.

Christian Ciech (ITA) still leads but only 4 points ahead of Alessandro Ploner (ITA) while David Chaumet (FRA) rises 2 after his US flying. Johan Posch (AUT) slips a place to 4th, Bruce Barmakian (USA) gains a place to overtake Davis Straub (USA) who slides to 6th. Heiner Biesel (USA) also gains a place to 7th, Toni Raumauf (AUT) drops a place to 8th, Hansjoerg Truttmann (SUI) gains 4 places to 9th but Jim Yocum (USA) makes the best gain, making up 11 places to be 10th.

Obviously, USA still dominate the Nations rankings with Switzerland 2nd and Germany 3rd.

Full details of the Class 5 rankings can be found on the FAI website -
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class5/

Class 5 competitions that qualify for WPRS points are listed on the FAI site;
http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp

CLASS 2
The Flytec competition was added.

Brian Porter (USA) snatches the lead from Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) and deposes Robin Hamilton (UK) to 3rd. The rest of the top 10 remain the same but with the addition of new pilot Junko Nakamura (JPN) entering at =9th and Mark Mullholland re-enters competition flying at =7th.

USA moves into top spot, relegating GBR to 2nd and Germany to 3rd. Austria stays 4th, France 5th, Japan 6th.

Full details at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class2/

Class 2 competitions that qualify for WPRS points are listed on the FAI site;
http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp

Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are
available on the CIVL website ftp://fai.org/hang_gliding/ or from Paula
Bowyer, paula@fai.org

All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer (paula@fai.org)