World Rankings
- Men’s World Ranking
- Women’s World Ranking
- Men’s Individual Entry Ranking
- Women’s Individual Entry Ranking
- Men’s Team Entry Ranking
- Women’s Team Entry Ranking
Rankings are as of March 20, 2017
After competing two seasons with Rachel Cockrell, Camille Saxton decided to switch things up and partner with Julie Gordon.
The Canadian pair have been rocking the World Tour since they paired up at the start of the 2017 season. In the first World Tour event of the season, Fort Lauderdale, the pair faced great competition, and placed 33rd overall, gaining 120 points towards the Tour. In the last two events in Australia, the duo has taken the top slot. First in Shepparton, earning 200 points, and lastly Sydney, gaining 400 points for a total of 720 points on the year.
Saxton/Gordon have not played in enough matches as a pair to make any sort of rankings, but if they keep up at the pace they are, they will surely crack the top-100 or 50 before the end of the season.
This years five star system puts weight on the size of the event that is being held, with Fort Lauderdale kicking off the year as a Five Star event, while Shepparton was a One Star and Sydney a Two Star event. This meaning that the past two events in Australia haven’t been able to pull much weight into the female rankings.
On the men’s side of things, Nikita Liamin and newly formed partner Viacheslav Krasilnikov have made a mark on the 2017 season, having placed ninth at Fort Lauderdale, earning 360 World Tour points and first at the Kish Island’s three start event gaining another 600 points. They are such a new squad, such as Saxton/Gordon that they are not yet ranked as a team.
In a little over a year from now, Gold Coast, Australia will be hosting another big event in the 2018 Commonwealth Games – where teams from across the globe will come together to compete in a mini-Olympic style competition setting from April 4-15, 2018.
Not many countries have designated how they will make their selections for the 2018 Games, but Scotland has already provided their General Selection Standards. Scotland will choose their athletes based off a minimum performance level of being able to show a top six or top half of the field performance and have a track record that shows a top-level performer.
If Saxton/Gordon continue their level of play, they could become short-list candidates to represent Canada at the Commonwealth Games.
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