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Sailing is competed in by both men and women at the Olympic games. Tehre are four classes for men, four for women and three mixed classes, open to both men and women. The format of the sailing competition is a fleet racing format. Contestants race around the course in a group, each boat earns a score equat to its finishing position, the scores are added up over the series of races, the lowest total score is the winner. Contestants may drop their worst score. As far as qualification, 75 percent of the spaces in each sailing class are awarded to top finishers at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships. The remaining spaces are given to top finishers at the 2008 World Championships. The host nation is awarded one boat for each event.
Events
Men & Women:
Windsurfer
One Person Dinghy
Two Person Dinghy
Keelboat
Open:
Heavyweight Dinghy
Skiff
Multihull
Their chief domestic rivals, Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty, finished eighth at the worlds and second at January's World Cup event in Miami. National selectors deferred a decision about which team to pick for London but Price, Curtis and ...
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The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in its ancient birthplace, Athens, Greece. Sailing was planned for the programme but owing to bad weather the events were not staged.
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Compass Marketing-sponsored women’s windsurfer Farrah Hall has been selected as one of five athletes nominated to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. The athletes—who each compete in different sailing classes—were selected after the ISAF Sailing ...
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Ben Ainslie, Finn - ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth 2011' © Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR Click Here to view large photo In an incident that grabbed headlines worldwide, Britain’s King of Sailing - Ben Ainslie reacted poorly to perceived ...
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Triple Olympian RS:X sailboarder Jessica Crisp was the sixth athlete named in the squad and will go as a medal chance. Slingsby, 26, is determined to enjoy the Olympics, despite the pressure of being one of Australia's best gold medal hopes in any sport.
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With 177 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the International Sailing Federation has launched their Olympic website. The website will be the home of Olympic Sailing during London 2012 with all the information, stories, results and multimedia that ...
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Overview
The sailing competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will be held form August 9 to 21 at the Qingdao International Marina.
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