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lee@pastyadventures.co.ukbelow is the official statement from the ISAF council meeting-
The International Sailing
Federation (ISAF) has confirmed
the final event and equipment selections
for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing
Competition.
The ISAF Council voted
that Kiteboarding will replace
windsurfing for the men's and women's board
events and confirmed the equipment
that will be used for the Women's Skiff
and Mixed Multihull Events.
The
Mackay FX, referred to as the 49er
FX, was selected yesterday as the two person
women's skiff and today the
Nacra 17 joins the Olympic equipment family after
being selected for the
two person mixed multihull event.
The 49er FX
received the majority
of votes from the ISAF Council in the first round after
the six evaluation
trial entries were narrowed down to just three; the 29erXX,
the RS900 and
the 49er FX.
There was an equally animated debate on the
final
morning of the Council meeting at this year's ISAF Mid-Year Meeting to
decide the equipment to be selected for the mixed multihull event. After
discussing the recommendations from the Evaluation Panel, the Equipment
Committee and the Events Committee, Council voted between the Nacra 17 and the
Viper with the Nacra 17 securing the majority.
The final discussion
on
the events and equipment for the 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition was
about the
men's and women's board events with Council voting in favour or
kiteboarding.
In November 2011 an evaluation group was appointed to
examine kiteboarding formats with the board events for Rio 2016 defined as
'windsurfing and/or kiteboarding'. The Evaluation Group recommended that
kiteboarding be included in the ISAF Event family including the ISAF
Sailing
World Cup and the ISAF Sailing World Championships but Council went
one step
further and selected Kiteboarding for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing
Competition
as well.
The ISAF Windsurfing and Kiteboarding Committee
will consider
and make further recommendations to Council on the
implementation of the
inclusion of kiteboarding at their meeting in
November 2012 at the ISAF Annual
Conference.
ISAF President Göran
Petersson said, "These announcements
mark a new era for sailing and we
welcome the new classes into the ISAF family.
The equipment selections have
fulfilled the criteria set out by the Evaluation
Panel and we look forward
to seeing the boats not only at the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games, but the ISAF
Sailing World Cup and ISAF Sailing World
Championships.
"Kiteboarding has proven to us that it is ready to be
included into the list of prestigious ISAF Events and it is a fantastic addition
to the sailing programme for the 2016 Olympic Games."
The events to
be
contested at the 2016 Olympic Games are confirmed as:
Men's
Kiteboarding
Women's Kiteboarding
Men's One Person Dinghy -
Laser
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Men's One Person Dinghy
(heavy) - Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Women's Two Person
Dinghy -
470
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's skiff - 49er FX
Mixed Two
Person
Multihull - Nacra 17
These ten events will be featured in the
2012-2013
ISAF Sailing World Cup which kicks off in Melbourne in December
and will come
together in Santander, Spain in 2014 for the ISAF Sailing
World
Championships.
ISAF Council also approved applications from
Kosovo (Group
C) and Vietnam (Group K) for full member status.
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