Di Marco And Polyansky Top 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon

Following the second leg of the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series the rankings table is starting to take shape with Switzerland's Magali Di Marco Messmer and Dmitry Polyansky from Russia rising to the top.

For the first time this year athletes can utilise one of their early season ITU World Cup race results, from either Mooloolaba, Australia or Ishigaki, Japan, to increase their points total.

Women's Ranking

View the full women's rankings here.

Di Marco's sixth place finish in Madrid, coupled with seventh in Tongyeong makes up her first place points total, whilst Harrison's third in Madrid is added to her twelfth from Korea and places her in second. Emma Moffatt makes the most of her second position at the early season Mooloolaba World Cup as she adds those points to her second place in Tongyeong to retain a top three overall ranking as compatriot, Emma Snowsill, drops seven places from first to eighth following her no-show in Madrid. Despite a poor result in Spain, Juri Ide's win at the Ishigaki World Cup gives her a valuable 300 points to add to her third place finish in Tongyeong which keeps her towards the top of the standings. 2008 World Cup Series Champion, Samantha Warriner, starts to make her move as she gains three places and moves into the top five.

Men's Ranking

Polyansky's consistent start the season, with third in Tongyeong and seventh in Madrid, takes him to the top of the men's rankings following the opening two races. Brad Kahlefeldt holds on to second position despite a ninth place finish in Madrid as New Zealand's Bevan Docherty slips from the top slot as he missed the Spanish race. Courtney Atkinson moves up to third and has two World Cup wins, and 300 points, still in the bank should he slip up in any future World Series events. Alistair Brownlee's victory in the Spanish capital lifts him up to eighth as he now looks forward to the next leg of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in Washington DC on 21 June.

How the rankings are compiled

Athletes score points across three levels of events:

• Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Grand Final
• Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series (7 races)
• ITU Triathlon World Cups (5 events)

The Grand Final allocates 1200 points to the race winners with 800 at World Series events and 300 for World Cup wins. Each position after first receives a 7.5% drop in points, and scoring rolls down to the 50th place finisher at the Grand Final, the 40th place finisher in the World Series and 30th place finisher at World Cup level.

The final score will be obtained by adding the four best scores in the ITU World Championship Series events and the ITU Triathlon World Cup events, plus the points gained in the ITU World Championships Grand Final. A maximum of two ITU Triathlon World Cup events scores will count for the final rankings.

Following the second and third rounds of the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series just one World Cup race result can be added to an athlete's score, if it carries more points than one of their World Championship results. After race four in Kitzbühel a further World Cup point allocation can be added to assist an athlete in reaching their best overall total.

For more information on the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series, please visit www.triathlon.org.