1st June update sees changes to all rankings except Class 2.
PARAGLIDING
Competitions added were the Raimund Wieser Cup, Dutch Flatlands, Pre PG World Cup Abtenau, X-Max, Guarnieri Trophy. Deleted were the Canungra Cup and Ruitoque Open. Results not received, so NOT added are Jaen Open, British Open Mid Wales, Stranik Open, Canadian Nationals. The Berchtesgarten Open was received just too late to be included. The Ukrainian Open was not valid.
There is no change to the top 10, Alex Hofer (SUI) leads 5 points ahead of Norman Lausch (GER) 2nd. Steve Cox (SUI) stays 3rd, Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) is 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.
47 nations are ranked, Switzerland lead, Germany is 2nd and France 3rd.
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 British Nationals were added and created quite some changes.
Matjaz Feraric (SLO) still leads, but Tone Svoljsak (SLO) rises another 2 places to take 2nd from Matjaz Sluga (SLO) in 3rd. Tomaz Gorisek (SLO) takes 4th pushing Simeon Klocovnik (SLO) to 5th . Jaka Gorenc (SLO) gains 3 places to be joined by Brit And Shaw (GBR) who jumps 6 places to be 6th. Franc Unuk (SLO) drops a place to 8th, Mitja Omahna (SLO) drops another 3 to 9th, and Neil Slinger (GBR) stays 10th.
There are no changes to the 8 ranked nations, Slovenia still dominate with GBR in 2nd and Serbia and Montenegro in 3rd. Ireland join for the first time.
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 X-Max and the Ukrainian Open were added. Results from the Canadian Nationals and the Polish Nationals were not received and the Eva Menyhart results were received after the update so all were NOT added.
There is no change to the top 10 placings. Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) still leads, Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) stays 2nd only 1 point ahead of Gordon Rigg (GBR) in 3rd who is only 1 point ahead of Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) in 4th. Mario Alonzi (FRA) remains 5th with Antoine Boisselier (FRA), Richard Walbec (FRA) is 7th, with Jean-Francois Gerard (FRA) in 8th. Andreas Olsson stays 9th and Paris Williams (USA) completes the top 10.
There are now 42 countries, France lead, USA stays 2nd, Australia is 3rd 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 X Max comp was added.
Christian Ciech (ITA) still leads but only 4 points ahead of Alessandro Ploner (ITA) while David Chaumet (FRA) rises 2 to 3rd. Johan Posch (AUT) slips a place to 4th, Bruce Barmakian (USA) stays 5th, Davis Straub (USA) 6th. Heiner Biesel (USA) is 7th, Toni Raumauf (AUT) 8th, Hansjoerg Truttmann (SUI) 9th and Jim Yocum (USA) 10th.
12 nations are ranked and there are no changes to the order, USA still dominate 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
There are no changes. Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) shares his lead with Brian Porter (USA), Robin Hamilton (UK) in 3rd.
GBR is in the nations top spot, USA is 2nd, Germany 3rd with Austria 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 http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/ or from Paula Howitt, paula@fai.org
All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer (paula@fai.org)
