First Pre-Olympics

Competitors are preparing to race from the future Olympic venue for the first time

Dinghy sailing’s elite are gathering in China this week for the Qingdao International Regatta, otherwise known as the Olympic test event. This represents the first opportunity for most Olympic sailors to race on the waters and experience the venue to be used at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Perhaps the most exciting thing about this event will be how the venue behaves. There has been a great deal of conversation about the light winds off Qingdao and although a great event will not silence this debate, an extremely light wind in fog will effectively condemn the venue to another two years of solid slating. Currently the weather at the venue is light but not as light as expected with around a force three a little way offshore from the race area.



It is clear from the entry list many of the potential 2008 Olympians are keen to attend the event and get a feel for the venue. All the ISAF number one ranked sailors have entered with the exception of Ukrainians Maxim Oberemko and Olga Maslivets, ranked number one in the RS:X Men’s and women’s class respectively.

Although many of the toped ranked sailors are turning out for the event it is a slightly disappointing turnout overall this year. If the entry list (at the bottom of the page) is absolutely final there are only 311 entries this year compared to 358 two years out from Athens. In addition to the Star fleet the 470 and and the Laser all have big events coming up potential causing competitors to stay away. However, the 470 World Championships are in China and the Laser World Championships in Korea neither a particular stretch to get to from Qingdao. So were have the additional competitors gone?

Ben Ainslie is set to make his return to the Finn class after a long time away from the boat. Ainslie, who is spending the majority of his time as Dean Barker’s sparring partner at Emirates Team New Zealand in the build up to the 2007 America’s Cup, admits he has only sailed his Finn twice since he won the Finn Gold Cup in 2005. Following Ainslie’s absence from the Finn class so the top of the fleet has opened up with a number of different sailors medalling at the various big events so far this year.

Jonas Hoegh-Christensen took victory at the Finn Gold Cup by a small margin and is now also ranked number one in the World leaving him as the firm favourite for a victory in the event depending upon the form Ainslie shows. Also representing a threat is Ainslie’s British team mate Ed Wright. Wright has had a very impressive season so far and will surely want to take victory at the event to prove he is capable of winning irrespective of Ainslie’s presence. Finally Athens silver medallist, Spain’s Rafael Trujillo, has consistently taken top five results throughout the year and will be a threatening presence out on the water.

There will, no doubt, be a great deal of hope pinned on the newly crowned Laser Radial World Champion, Chinese sailor Lijia Xu (below.) A modest sailor and new to the Laser Radial, Xu is not stranger to winning, especially on home turf having won one of her two Optimist World Championship titles at the World Championship in Qingdao in 2001. Considered by many at the start of this year as a light wind specialist Xu could be a great threat at the venue she knows so well. Aside from Xu there are scores of potential victors in the Laser Radial class and it is clear the competitors are still all struggling to find consistent form.



Generally considered favourite to win a medal at the 2008 Olympics, American sailor Paige Railey has had, by her standards, a bad year. Although she took victories in both the ISAF World Sailing Games and Hyeres regatta she has matched these with some terrible scores. A string of poor results at the light wind European Championship in Riccione, Italy saw Railey finish a disappointing 18th overall but worse was to come. At the World Championship, while Xu was showing exactly what she was made of in a variety of conditions, Railey managed to incur three yellow flags from the on-the-water Jury leaving her disqualified from every race in the finals series and last overall in the gold fleet.

The British Laser Radial sailors come as something of a surprise as both Penny Clark and Andrea Brewster are entered to compete in the test event. This decision based on a poor result at the recent World Championship leaves World number three ranked Laura Baldwin at home. Although this may seem a surprising choice the RYA stated at the beginning of this year representatives for the Pre-Olympics would be based solely on results at the European Championship, where Clark and Brewster were top Brits.

In comparison to the Laser Radial class, the Laser fleet is not nearly as uncertain. There are still a number of on form sailors in the fleet but the likelihood is one of five sailors will walk away with a Gold Medal. Britain’s Paul Goodison has been the man to beat since Robert Scheidt left the class. Although not nearly as dominant as Schiedt, Goodison has certainly been on form in the last couple of months coming away from Kiel Week and the Laser European Championship with two first places. He has also been number one in the ISAF world rankings for a long time and is not showing much sign of giving this position up. However, hot on his heels is Australian sailor Tom Slingsby who has taken victory in three ISAF Grade 1 events this year - Hyeres, Spa and the ISAF World Sailing Games. Aside from these two Gustavo Lima (POR), Maciej Grabowski (POL) and Andreas Geritzer could all take home a medal in the ultimate one-design fleet.

As well as the Laser, Britain will be hoping to put in a good showing in the 49er class with both World Champions, Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks, and European Champions, Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes, entered in the event. It will not be easy for them, however, as current Gold Medallists, Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez, have returned to the class following their participation in the Volvo Ocean Race and will be looking for a top position after dropping out of the top three in the ISAF rankings following a disappointing tenth overall at the World Championships in Aix-les-Bains, France. The Italian Sibello brothers have also proved a consistent threat over the course of the season although they are certainly stronger in windy conditions leaving them with a potential struggle at this event. Also likely to put in a strong performance is long time 49er sailor and current Olympic silver medallist Rodion Luka and his crew George Leonchuk (UKR.) This fleet is not as wide open as some but the fight for gold is definitely on.

Returning to the 470 class after an extended absence are Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield. Following their Silver Medal at Athens the pairing took some time away from 470 sailing and were all set to come back at the start of this year when disaster struck. While out riding his bike Rogers had a serious crash just a couple of days before their first event of the year, the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma. The Olympic Test event is the first time they get back into the boat together and they will certainly be worth watching to see how much, if any, of their pace they have lost.

There are three favourites to win the event in the 470, Nathan Wilmot and Malcom Page (AUS) go into the Championship as current World Champions and must be feeling confident of a good result. Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal (ISR) have been a dominant force over the last year. Consistently at the top end of the fleet ,it would be a surprise if they finish outside of the top few. Long term 470 sailor Gabrio Zandona and crew Andrea Trani (ITA) currently lead the ranking and although they have only taken victory in one ISAF Grade 1 event this year they are very rarely outside the top five.

Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark (GBR) will have a hard fight with Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux (FRA) as these two favourites battle it out for top spot on the leader board in the women’s 470. Sylvia Vogl and Carolina Flatscher (AUT) and Marcelien De Koning and Lobke Berkhout (NED) are also big threats in the fleet leaving this class very close to call.

In the Tornado fleet Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby (AUS) can always be relied on to sail a consistently good series and look like they will represent a big challenge out on the water. They face stiff competition in the form of Athens Gold Medallists, Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher (AUT,) who have a habit of hitting their form exactly when it is needed and have already taken victory at the European Championships this season. A pairing who will be hoping to prove they have not lost their edge will be 2005 ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz (ESP) who have had a poor season this year not even making the top ten at the European Championship.

The Yngling is once again likely to churn out some close fought racing. Newly crowned World Champions, Monica Azon, Sandra Azon and Graciela Pisonero (ESP,) will be out to maintain their dominant form. Sally Barkow, Carrie Howe and Debbie Capozzi (USA) will be looking to claim back their control of the fleet with a victory at the test event which will make up for a couple of slight wobbles this year. Gold Medalists, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb, will be in China with another new crew, 2004 Olympic 470 representative Katherine Hopson. The new team will be hoping to show they can take decent results even with little time out on the water.

In the newly introduced RS:X windsurfer Nick Dempsey looks like the man to beat. Victory at the Rolex Miami OCR, the Princess Sophia Trophy, SPA regatta and the European Championship, combined with a second place at Hyeres means it is Dempsey’s event to lose at the moment. His closest competition is likely to come from Athens gold medallist Gal Fridman. The Israeli has only made two appearances at ISAF Graded events on the new RS:X board, and none at an ISAF Grade 1 regatta but continues to be a force to be reckoned with. Many of the RS:X sailors still seem to be struggling to find their feet on the new Olympic equipment leaving a number of competitors with erratic results.



In addition to the challenge presented by Xu in the Laser Radial there is a strong home challenge from the Chinese in the women’s RS:X class. There are a number of Chinese sailors doing well in the class but principally Qiubin Chen looks to be the biggest hope for a medal, but it will not be easy for the Chinese sailor by any means in this hotly contested class. Britain’s Bryony Shaw had an impressive start to the season, winning both the Princess Sofia Regatta and the Rolex Miami OCR but has since lost her way a little failing to finish on the podium in any further events. The interestingly named Frey Frey (GRE) has been steadily improving on the new equipment managing to stay in the top ten in all events this year and taking second place at the European Championship.

One class looking decidedly thin on the ground for the test event is the Star. This is almost certainly due to the expense of getting boats from Europe and US to the venue so far in advance of the Games themselves as well as the proximity to last week’s Europeans and the Worlds in San Francisco at the end of September. Despite only eight boats being entered competition still should be good. Britain is represented of course by Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell who’s credentials are strong with a win in last year’s Europeans and a third at the Worlds. However through Percy’s Cup commitments they have spent considerably less time on the water this year posting a lacklustre 16th at the only event they have sailed this year - Rolex Miami OCR. They will be up against Andy Horton and Brad Nichol fresh from their third place at the Europeans, world no.1 George Szabo and Eric Monroe, while former Cup helm and Star veteran Iain Murray and crew Andrew Palfrey can never be discounted. But where are Loof, Rohart, Kusznierewicz, Scheidt, Mendelblatt, Pepper, etc?

Sailing is the only sport to hold two effective Pre-Olympic Championships the first of which is totally unique as it allows more than one person from each country to compete. This in effect makes the event technically more difficult to win than the Olympics itself, although it could be argued the sailors do not have the same drive at this stage in the Olympic cycle and have yet to peak. The test event promises not only to give us a glimpse of what the Olympics will be like in 2008 but also a chance to see the best sailors in the world competing against one another for victory in one of the toughest competitions going.

Entry Lists:

470 Men

1	IND 17	Farokh TARAPORE	Vikas KAPILA
2	IND 18	Pushparajan MUTTU	Nijeesh BHASKARAN
3	IRL	Owens GERALD	Hunt SAM
4	ISR 7	Gidon KLIGER	Ehud (UDI) GAL
5	ARG	Javier CONTE	Juan DE LA FUENTE
6	AUS 311	Nathan WILMOT	Malcolm PAGE
7	AUS 361	Mathew BELCHER	Nick BEHRENS
8	AUS 359	Dylan CLARKE	Ayden MENZIES
9	AUT 3	Matthias SCHMID	Florian REICHSTADTER
10	CAN 606	Stephania LOCAS	Oliver BONE
11	CHI	Alberto GONZALEZ	Diego GONZALEZ
12	CRO 111	Pavle KOSTOV	Petar CUPAC
13	CRO 69	Ante CESIC	Ante KUJUNDZIC
14	FRA	Benjamin BONNAUD	Romain BONNAUD
15	FRA	Ronan DREANO	Ronan FLOCH
16	FRA	Nicolas CHARBONNIER	Olivier BAUSSET
17	GBR 817	Nick ROGERS	Joe GLANFIELD
18	GBR 828	Nic ASHER	Elliot WILLIS
19	GRE 165	Panagiotis KABOURIDIS	Gerasimos OROLOGAS
20	GRE 131	Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS	Andreas PAPADOPOULOS
21	ITA 2	Gabrio ZANDONA'	Andrea TRANI
22	ITA	Enrico FONDA	Marco GUERRA
23	JPN 4207	Tetsuya MATSUNAGA	Taro UENO
24	JPN 4181	Kazuto SEKI	Shoichi YANAGAWA
25	KOR 81	Daeyoung KIM	Sungahn JUNG
26	KOR 86	Cheul YOON	Hyeongtae KIM
27	MYA 001	Aung Myin THU	Sai Pyae Song HEIN
28	NZL201	Stephen KEEN	Philip KEEN
29	NZL 198	Geoffrey WOOLLEY	Mark OVERINGTON
30	CHN	Weidong WANG	Daokun DENG
31	CHN	Hechi CHEN	Yongdong ZHANG
32	CHN	Feng ZHEN	Zhiqiang FU
33	RUS 4	Dmitriy BEREZKIN	Alexandr ZYBRN
34	SIN 6	Roy Junhao TAY	Pei Ming CHUNG
35	SIN 7	Yuan Zhen XU	Terence KOH
36	SLO 141	Tomaz COPI	Aljaz JADEK
37	SLO 16	Karlo HMELJAK	Luka VERZEL
38	ESP 1	Francisco SANCHEZ	Alejandro RAMOS
39	SUI 51	Tobias ETTER	Felix STEIGER
40	UKR 7	Vitaliy MOSHKOVSKYY	Igor MATVIENKO
41	USA 1734	Michael ANDERSON-MITTERLING	David HUGHES
42	USA 1713	Stuart MCNAY	Graham BIEHL

470 Women

1	ISR 118	Nike KORNECKI	Ravid KANONICH
2	ISR 13	Adi GILBOA	Vered BOUSKILA
3	ISR 6	Noa BOTZER	Laja TRAJTENBERG
4	AUS 357	Elise RECHICHI	Tessa PARKINSON
5	AUS 360	Lauren JEFFRIES	Friederike ZIEGELMAYER
6	AUT 431	Sylvia VOGL	Carolina FLATSCHER
7	BRA 177	Fernanda OLIVEIRA	Isabel SWAN
8	BRA 187	Isabel FICKER	Laura ZANNI
9	CAN 630	Jennifer PROVAN	Carol LUTHNER
10	CZE 1	Lenka SMIDOVA	Elizabeth KRATZIG
11	DEN 143	Henriette KOCH	Lene SOMMER
12	FRA	Ingrid PETITJEAN	NadEGe DOUROUX
13	FRA	Camille LECOINTRE	Gwendolyn LEMAITRE
14	GER 4918	Stefanie ROTHWEILER	Vivien KUSSATZ
15	GER 4951	Kathrin KADELBACH	Saskia SCHROEDER
16	GBR 833	Christina BASSADONE	Saskia CLARK
17	GBR 824	Pippa WILSON	Sheena CRAIG
18	GRE 185	Maria SAMPATI	Mirto CHIONA
19	ITA	Giulia CONTI	Giovanna MICOL
20	JPN 4177	Wakako TABATA	Naomi KURITA
21	JPN 4152	Yuka YOSHISAKO	Noriko OKUMA
22	KOR 79	Sukkyong KIM	Semi LEE
23	MYA 002	Chit SU	Nwe Nwe SAN
24	NZL 202	Shelley HESSON	Bianca BARBARICH-BACHER
25	CHN	Xiaoli WANG	Xufeng HUANG
26	CHN	Yimei WEN	Chunyan YU
27	CHN	Yinjuan SHEN	Yineng HUANG
28	RUS 700	Vladelina ILIENKO	Nataliya GAPONOVICH
29	SIN 11	Liying TOH	Elizabeth TAN
30	TBA	Dawn LIU	Deborah ONG
31	SLO 148	Teja CERNE	Alja CERNE
32	ESP 1833	Marina GALLEGO	Laia TUTZO
33	SWE	Therese TORGERSSON	Vendela ZACHRISSON
34	SWE	Karin ALMQUIST	Karin BERG
35	UKR 1	Ruslana TARAN	Olena PAKHOLCHYK
36	UKR 70	Anastasiia KOLOMIIETS	Taisiia BORODINA
37	USA 1736	Amanda CLARK	Sara MERGENTHALER
38	USA 1743	Evan BROWN	Caroline YOUNG

49er

1	AUS 875	Nathan OUTTERIDGE	Ben AUSTIN
2	AUT	Nico DELLE KARTH	Niko RESCH
3	AUT	Christoph SIEBER	Clemens KRUSE
4	CAN 836	Rob DALE	Hunter LOWDEN
5	DEN 877	Jonas WARRE	Martin KIRKETERP
6	DEN 851	Peter HANSEN	Soren HANSEN
7	FRA	Emmanuel DYEN	Yann ROCHERIEUX
8	FRA	Alexandre MONTEAU	Damien GUILLOU
9	GER 6	Jan-Peter PECKOLT	Hannes PECKOLT
10	GBR 1	Chris DRAPER	Simon HISCOCKS
11	GBR 3	Stevie MORRISON	Ben RHODES
12	GRE 882	Athanasios PACHOUMAS	Athanasios SIOUZIOS
13	ITA 3	Piero SIBELLO	Gianfarcnco SIBELLO
14	JPN 971	Akira ISHIBRSHI	Yukio MAKINO
15	JPN 37	Kenjiro TODOROKI	Kenji TAKAHASHI
16	NOR 939	Christopher GUNDSERSEN	Frode BOVIM
17	CHN	Wuzhi LIN	Boxiong ZHOU
18	CHN	Lu ZHAO	Xiangjun WAN
19	CHN	Fei LI	Xianqiang HU
20	ESP 99	Iker MARTINEZ	Xabier FERNANDEZ
21	UKR 1	Rodion LUKA	Georgiy LEONCHUK
22	USA 7	Dalton BERGAN	Zachary MAXAM

Tornado

1	AUS 8	Darren BUNDOCK	Glenn ASHBY
2	AUT 3	Roman HAGARA	Hans Peter STEINACHER
3	AUT 381	Thomas ZAJAC	Thomas CZAJKA
4	FRA	Xavier REVIL	Christophe ESPAGNON
5	FRA	Olivier BACKES	Paul Ambroise SEVESTRE
6	FRA	Yann GUICHARD	Alexandre GUYADER
7	GER 1101	Johannes POLGAR	Florian SPALTEHOLZ
8	GER 1094	Roland GAEBLER	Gunnar STRUCKMANN
9	GBR 436	Leigh MCMILLAN	Will HOWDEN
10	GBR 441	Rob WILSON	Mark BULKELEY
11	GRE 7	Iordanis PASHALIDES	Konstantinos TRIGKONIS
12	ITA	Francesco MARCOLINI	Edoardo BIANCHI
13	ITA 5	Vincenzo SORRENTINO	Giorgio COLOMBO
14	CHN	Bo LIN	Sanfeng YANG
15	CHN	Anjie LU	Xuehai ZHUANG
16	CHN	Youjia LUO	Xiuke CHEN
17	PUR	Enrique FIGUEROA	Jorge HERNANDEE
18	RUS 97	Andrey KIRILYUK	Valeriy USHKOF
19	ESP 1	Fernando ECHAVARRI	Anton PAZ
20	USA 808	John LOVELL	Charles OGLETREE
21	USA 804	Robert DANIEL	Enrique RODRIGUEZ

Star

1	AUS 7836	Iain MURRAY	Andrew PALFREY
2	AUS 8234	Peter CONDE	Andrew HUNN
3	GBR 8261	Iain PERCY	Steve MITCHELL
4	ITA 8075	Diego NEGRI	Luigi VIALE
5	CHN	Shaojun WANG	He WANG
6	CHN	Baixue SUN	Fei XUE
7	USA 8156	Andrew HORTON	J. Brad NICHOL
8	USA 8129	George SZABO	Eric MONROE

Laser

1	AUS 184675	Tom SLINGSBY
2	AUS 185822	Michael BLACKBURN
3	AUT 183177	Andreas GERITZER
4	CAN 178598	Bernard LUTTMER
5	CAN 186629	Mike LEIGH
6	DEN 180749	Anders NYHOLM
7	DEN 184977	Kristian KJAERGAARD
8	FIN	Roope SUOMALAINEN
9	FRA	Thomas LEBRETON
10	FRA	Felix PRUVOT
11	FRA	Jean Baptiste BERNAZ
12	GBR 186101	Paul GOODISON
13	GBR 185370	Mark HOWARD
14	GBR 185652	Nick THOMPSON
15	GRE 181018	Evagelos CHEMONAS
16	IND183055	Ns JOHAL
17	IND163077	Amit ARVIND
18	IRL	Roger CRAIG
19	ITA 181307	Giacomo BOTTOLI
20	KOR 184069	Hokon KIM
21	KOR 180155	Junggon KIM
22	NZL 184682	Andrew MURDOCH
23	POL184167	Maciej GRABOWSKI
24	CHN	Sheng SHEN
25	CHN	Xiaojing LI
26	CHN	Qiang CHI
27	RUS 171936	Igor LISOVENKO
28	183387	Allan JULIE
29	TBA	Maximilian SOH
30	SLO 182672	Vasilij ZBOGAR
31	ESP 182153	Javier HERNANDEZ
32	SWE	Arvid CLAESON
33	SWE	Johan WIGFORSS
34	182110	Steven LE FEVRE
35	USA 170817	Andrew CAMPBELL
36	USA	Bradley FUNK

Laser Radial

1	AUS 184233	Sarah BLANCK
2	AUS 185828	Krystal WEIR
3	AUT 176578	Veronika HAID
4	CAN 182095	Jen SPALDING
5	CAN 182352	Keamia RASA
6	CAN	Lisa ROSS
7	DEN 183374	Trine ABRAHAMSEN
8	DEN 182249	Maiken SCHUTT
9	FIN	Sari MULTALA
10	FRA	Sophie DE TURCKHEIM
11	FRA	Sarah STEYAERT
12	FRA	Solenne BRAIN
13	GER 185232	Petra NIEMANN
14	GER 181621	Hanne JANSCH
15	GBR 184298	Penny CLARK
16	GBR 182213	Andrea BREWSTER
17	GRE 181568	Virginia KRAVARIOTI
18	IRL	Ciara PEELO
19	ISR185054	Nufar EDELMAN
20	ITA	Larissa NEVIEROV
21	ITA	Matilde FABBRI
22	KOR 163224	Minjeong KIM
23	MEX 183137	Tania ELIAS CALLES WOLF
24	NZL 185811	Jo ALEH
25	NOR 181510	Elin Maria SAMDAL
26	POL182208	Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA
27	CHN	Lijia XU
28	CHN	Xiaoying SHEN
29	CHN	Huanqi SHEN
30	RUS183070	Natalia IVANOVA
31	TBA	Manyi LO
32	ESP 182149	Alicia CEBRIAN
33	SWE	Karin SODERSTROM
34	USA 184454	Anna TUNNICLIFFE
35	USA 183275	Paige RAILEY

Finn

1	tbc	Brendan CASEY
2	DEN 2	Jonas HOGH-CHRISTENSEN
3	DEN 7	Thomas LAURSEN
4	FIN216	Tapio NIRKKO
5	GBR 3	Ben AINSLIE
6	GBR 111	Ed WRIGHT
7	GRE 7	Emilios PAPATHANASIOU
8	ITA 117	Giorgio POGGI
9	NZL 1	Dan SLATER
10	POL12	Waclaw SZUKIEL
11	CHN	Peng ZHANG
12	CHN	Lei GONG
13	CHN	Hongquan LI
14	SLO 5	Gasper VINCEC
15	ESP 100	Rafael TRUJILLO
16	SWE 736	Johan TILLANDER
17	USA 4	Zachary RAILEY
18	USA 81	Darrell PECK

Yngling

1	AUS 57	Nicky BETHWAITE	Karyn GOJNICH	Angela FARRELL
2	FRA	Anne LE HELLEY	Marion DEPLANQUE	Catherine LE PESANT
3	FRA	Anne Claire LE BERRE	Julie GERECHT	Alice PONSAR
4	GER 261	Ulrike SCHUEMANN	Ute HOEPFNER	Julia BLECK
5	GBR 12	Sarah AYTON	Sarah WEBB	Katherrine HOPSON
6	GBR 11	Helena LUCAS	Annie LUSH	Lucy MACGREGOR
7	GRE 1	Ekaterini GIAKOUMIDOU	Marina PAPAPANAGIOTOU	Helena DIMITRAKOPOULOU
8	JPN 1	Yumiko SHIGE	Mayumi HORIUCHI	Eri EGUCHI
9	NZL 4	Sharon FERRIS	Ashley HOLTUM	Raynor SMEAL
10	CHN	Xiaqun SONG	Fei DU	Chuanshuang ZHANG
11	CHN	Ru WANG	Xiaoni LI	Yang GAO
12	RUS 8	Ekaterina SKUDINA	Alexandra SOKOLOVA	Diana KRUTSKIKH
13	ESP 3	Monica AZON	Sandra AZON	Graciela PISONERO
14	NED 1	Mandy MULDER	Brechije VAN DERWERF	Janneke HIN
15	USA 337	Sally BARKOW	Debra CAPOZZI	Carolyn HOWE
16	USA 341	Carol CRONIN	Kimberly COURANZ	Margaret PODLICH

RS:X Men

1	BRA 1	Ricardo SANTOS
2	CAN 33	Zac PLASVIC
3	CAN 0	Alain BOLDUC
4	CAN	David HAYES
5	CYP 13	Andreas CARIOLOU
6	FRA	Julien BONTEMPS
7	FRA	Nicolas HUGUET
8	GBR 21	Nick DEMPSEY
9	GBR 20	Leo MCCALLIN
10	GRE 22	Georgios FRAGOS
11	HKG 6	Chi Ho HO
12	HKG 12	King Yin CHAN
13	HKG 18	Kwok Fai CHENG
14	ISR18	Gal FRIDMAN
15	ITA 110	Fabian HEIDEGGER
16	JPN 11	Makoto TOMIZAWA
17	JPN 20	Yuji SUGIHARA
18	KOR 115	Jaecheol LEE
19	KOR 62	Byunggun LEE
20	KOR 71	Taehoon LEE
21	NOR 11	Eivind SINDING-LARSEN
22	POL 729	Lukasz GRODZICKI
23	CHN	Aichen WANG
24	CHN	Feng HE
25	CHN	Zhennan FANG
26	ESP 7	Ivan PASTOR
27	THA 30	Ek BOONSAWAD
28	THA 1	Natthaphong PHONOPPHARAT
29	NED 1	Joeri VAN DIJK (PASSCHIER)
30	NED 2	Casper BOUMAN
31	USA 1	Benjamin BARGER
32	USA 64	Seth BESSE
33	NZL 181	Tom ASHLEY

RS:X Women

1	AUS 911	Allison SHREEVE
2	AUS 004	Anna DAVIS
3	BRA 95	Carolina BORGES
4	BUL 14	Irina KONSTANTINOVA
5	CAN 5	Dominique VALLEE
6	CAN 17	Nikola GIRKE
7	FRA	Faustine MERRET
8	FRA	Pauline PERRIN
9	FRA	Charline PICON
10	GBR 94	Bryony SHAW
11	GBR 95	Lucy HORWOOD
12	GRE 1	Antonia FREY
13	HKG 8	Wai Kei CHAN
14	HKG 26	Wai Man CHAN
15	ISL	Maayan DAVIDOVICH
16	ISR1111	Lee El KORZITS
17	ITA	Flavia TARTAGLINI
18	ITA 11	Laura LINARES
19	ITA	Alessandra SENSINI
20	JPN 9	Yasuko KOSUGE
21	JPN 470	Yuki KANAI
22	KOR 115	Joyeong PARK
23	NZL 3	Steffanie WILLIAMS
24	NOR 3	Jannicke STALSTROM
25	TBC	Malgorzata BIALECKA
26	CHN	Peina CHEN
27	CHN	Limei SUN
28	CHN	Jian YIN
29	ESP 5	Marina ALABAU
30	THA 4	Napalai TANSAI
31	USA 323	Nancy RIOS
32	USA 3	Farrah HALL