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Lausanne, 10 April 2000 World Pilot Ranking System update -The latest World Pilot Rankings only see changes to hang gliding and paragliding as there have been no Class 2 or speed gliding events. The Hang Gliding WPRS has been republished due to an error in the press release published on 02 April. There were two hang gliding competitions in Brasil at the end of March, but only one had category 2 sanctioning. Unfortunately the wrong results were entered into WPRS. This has now been corrected, the results of the non-sanctioned event (Governador Valadares International Open) have been deleted and the results of the Brasilian National Open Hang Glider Championships are now included, resulting in some changes amongst the top 10 places (from placings at 9/3/00). Brasilians Betinho Schmitz and Andre Wolf are in 1st and 2nd respectively with only one point separating them. Allan Barnes (GBR) is 25 points behind in third place with Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) 4th. Richard Walbec (FRA) has climbed from 13th to 5th place. Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) moves up to 6th with Joel Rebbechi dropping to 7th (from 4th), Jim Lee (USA) dropping to 8th (from 6th), Steve Moyes to 9th (from 7th) and Attila Bertok (HUN) dropping to 10th (from 9th). Francoise Mocellin (FRA) still heads the females and is in 40th place overall on 100 points, with Kathleen Rigg (GBR) 2nd and Tove Heaney (AUS) 3rd. There are 398 hang gliding pilots ranked. Two well attended paragliding competitions in Brasil, both with over 100 competitors (Pan-American Open and PWC) have led to some changes in the paragliding rankings and newcomers to the top ten (no events have been deleted). Steve Cox (SUI) is still in first place on 214 points ahead of Kari Eisenhut (SUI) who has moved into second place, with Tibor Berki (SWE) in third. Christian Tamegger (AUT) has dropped to 4th ahead of Hans Bollinger (SUI) who maintains 5th, Jimmy Pacher (ITA) 6th. Newcomers to the top 10 are Michal Orolin (SVK) in 7th place (from 37th) and Matthew Taggart (GBR) 9th (from 20th). Petra Krausova (CZE) heads the female rankings in 31st place overall, with Noriko Mizunum (JPN) 2nd (50th overall) and Kazuko Kamiyama (JPN) 3rd (105 overall). There are 484 pilots ranked. As paragliding nation rankings will be critical for determining team sizes in 2001 Championships (for details see the press release recently published on the subject), the top 15 nation rankings will be published with each WPRS update (complete list available on CIVL website). Nation rankings at 2 April 2000 are:
Pilots should check that their personal record shows the correct nationality, particularly as there are a few pilots of unknown nationality. All amendements should be e-mailed to Sarah Fenwick (civl@ntlworld.com). Full rankings can be found on FAI/CIVL website at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/.
Results not yet received :
Forthcoming hang gliding competitions (class 1 only unless otherwise indicated) that qualify for WPRS points are:
Future paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are: Details on these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page at http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp
Cancelled events: Any queries/questions regarding the World Pilot Ranking SCheme should be sent to Sarah Fenwick, e-mail civl@ntlworld.com, tel/fax +44 1983 523003 or +44 1248 681755 Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are available on the CIVL website (www.fai.org/hang_gliding/) or from Sarah Fenwick (e-mail civl@ntlworld.com). |
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