Below is the start list for the women’s race.

The start positions were randomly drawn at yesterday’s technical meeting.

The women will line up at the start in these positions at 12 noon GMT today.

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1. Angela Maurer (GER)
2. Erika Villaecija (ESP)
3. Jana Pechanova (CZE)
4. Yumi Kida (JPN)
5. Jessica Roux (RSA)
6. DNS – did not start – Yanqiao Fang (CHN)
7. Melissa Gorman (AUS)
8. Anna Guseva (RUS)
9. Yanel Pinto (VEN)
10. Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
11. Ophelie Aspord (FRA)
12. Karla Sitic (CRO)
13. Haley Anderson (USA)
14. Zsofia Balazs (CAN)
15. Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)
16. Olga Beresnyeva (UKR)
17. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang (HKG)
18. Heidi Gan (MAS)
19. Natalia Charlos (POL)
20. Swann Oberson (SUI)
21. Lizeth Rueda Santos (MEX)
22. Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
23. Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
24. Cecilia Biagioli (ARG)
25. Eva Risztov (HUN)

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