19 May 2019 – London, England ILCA is pleased to report that the World Sailing Council voted to re-select the Laser class and Laser Radial class sailing dinghies as Equipment for the Men’s and Women’s singlehanded competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The World Sailing Council, which represents sailing in every region of the […]
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(Aarhus, Denmark) Two more races were completed in the Laser Standard and Radial fleets of the Hempel Sailing World Championships. The third day of racing brought breeze, chop, and changes to the leaderboards. In the Laser Radial fleet, the same names remain atop the leaderboard, but they are rearranged after the third day of racing. Two
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Marit Bouwmeester upgrades her silver medal from London 2012 to a gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics! – Interview by Heather Jones Congratulations on your success at Rio. How are you feeling post Olympics? It’s a great feeling to achieve what I always wanted. It has been an incredible journey with my coach Jaap
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Florence Allan, aged 18 years old, talks about how it felt to represent the Cayman Islands at the Rio 2016 Olympics! – Interview by Heather Jones How did you get into sailing? I started sailing when I was 7 through the summer camps at my local club. I didn’t get into competitive sailing until 2011.
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Olympic gold medalist Tom Burton talks about his success at Rio and his plans for the future. – Interview by Heather Jones How tough was it out there on the water? It was very tough. Different conditions every day together with different race courses – meaning different wave patterns / tides / skills required –
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Jeff Martin looks at how the new country qualification criteria for the 2016 Olympic Games has led to two successful events! The International Olympic Committee introduced a new country qualification criteria for sailing at the 2016 Olympic Games – one of the three qualification events must be a continental qualifier. In the Laser and Laser
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