RS:X Has Been Confirmed To The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games!

The President, Carlo Croce, with the support of all Board members, has decided, following his most recent communications with the IOC, that he, as President, shall not propose an alternative Olympic slate to Council in February 2017.  This means that World Sailing would propose the existing 10 Events and Equipment for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.

In addition, World Sailing will continue to pursue the possibility of an 11th Medal in 2020 with the IOC on the basis that the total number of athletes remains at 380.  Furthermore, World Sailing is also exploring the possibility of a showcase sailing event in Tokyo which if agreed would be over and above the existing athlete quota. The Board believes this strategy best protects existing investments and programmes, whilst enabling World Sailing to demonstrate innovation to the IOC.

The Board will continue to support changes in format and fleet sizes to best meet the objectives of the IOC’s Agenda 2020.  These decisions will be made in accordance with normal World Sailing processes.

Regarding gender equity, the IOC has confirmed that gender equity in 2020 may be assessed at a “sport level” (i.e. on the basis of total number of athletes in each sport).  Hence World Sailing can meet IOC’s gender equity requirements in 2020 with appropriate fleet quota changes, within sailing’s current 10 Events and can seek to achieve gender equity at an event level by 2024.

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Enoshima Olympic Week 2016 Winners Are Tuuli Petäja and Kiran Badloe

Enoshima, the 2020 Olympic regatta venue hosted successfully the 2016 JSAF Enoshima Olympic Week, held from 13th to 16th October 2016.

The winners in Women fleet:

1. Tuuli Petäja FIN
2. Isobel Hamilton GBR
3. Megumi Komine

See full Women’s results

The winners in Men fleet:
1. Kiran Badloe NED
2. Kieran Holmes-Martin GBR
3. Tom Squires GBR

See full Men’s results

Congratulations to winners of Enoshima Olympic Week 2016!

Photos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eow1964/

Even website: http://www.jeow.org/

RSX Class

The Estonian Olympic Windsurfer Ingrid Puusta Sailed Alone 185 km Across The Baltic Sea With RS:X Board

TALLINN, Sep 26, BNS – The Estonian Olympic windsurfer Ingrid Puusta (EST 215) sailed alone 100 nautical miles (185 km) when crossing the Baltic Sea by using the RS:X Olympic windsurfing equipment.

Ingrid started from Swedish island Farö near Gotland on Sunday morning 0737 UTC+3 and finished 2125 UTC+3 at Türju in Saaremaa, Estonia.

Weak wind extended her crossing time to nearly 14 hours. The Yellow Brick global Iridium satellite tracking system allowed viewers to follow the Baltic Sea crossing via the web link http://yb.tl/bsc-rsx

The last hours were extremely hard,” Puusta’s coach Jaak Lukk told to Baltic News Service. “Due to overstrain, Ingrid wanted to break off the crossing. However, we managed to keep her motivated and she surpassed the deadlock. We are thrice happy.

Ingrid Trip 05To ensure the long journey will be safe, the windsurfer was escorted by a safety boat with coaches Ainar Annus, her personal coach Matthew Rickard and Jaak Lukk  from the Noblessner Yacht Club Sailing School, who were also behind that idea.

Having to stand in one position for a long time and big waves are the main factors which make my trip really hard. I take this cool challenge to help people with disabilities and benefit society,” Puusta commented on the oncoming crossing a few days before the start.

With this act, Ingrid attempted to bring attention to handicapped athletes and raise money, so that disabled sailors would be able to start regular sail trainings for the first time in Estonia.

The Baltic Sea crossing was supported by Rand & Tuulberg Grupp, Alexela, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Paralympic Committee, Rae district, YellowBrick Tracking, Sportland, Haljastuskeskus and Telia Eesti.

Baltic News Service /RS:X Class   

2016 RS:X Class Youth Scholarship – Available Now!

Like last two years the International RS:X Class Association will provide also on this year the Youth Scholarship for the countries who’s RS:X sailor will participate on the RS:X Youth World Championships (this year in Limassol, Cyprus – from 19 to 26 November 2016) for the first time since 2013.

The RS:X Class Youth Scholarship covers 500 EUR (~50%) of the cost of the charter equipment at the RS:X Youth Worlds with maximum of six sets total and one set per country.

The applications (simple email is enough) shall be sent to the RS:X Class ([email protected]by 1st October 2016 and will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis. The final decision will be made by the RS:X Class Executive Committee by 10th of October 2016.

2016 RS:X Youth World Championship will be held in Limassol, Cyprus between 19th-26th November 2016.

Notice of Race (amended on 14th September 2016)

Event website: https://rsxclass.com/youthworlds2016/

Fair Winds,

The Executive Committee
International RS:X Class Association

2016, Rio De Janeiro, the Olympic Champions and the Grand Finale

Four years of training, four years of dedication, four years of relentless hard work and it all came down to arguably one of the best medal races in history.  The men’s final reach separated bronze from fifth by barely a few board lengths whilst on the women’s course, the podium continuously shuffled throughout the entire race.

France have emerged as the top nation from the Men’s and Women’s Windsurfing at Rio 2016. It all came good for the French on the final,critical day of Medal Races on the notoriously tricky Sugarloaf Mountain race course.

For Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) and Nick Dempsey (GBR) the men’s Medal Race was a formality. The gold and silver medallists from London 2012 turned it on again for Rio and were another level above the rest of the fleet. In the early stages of the regatta, the British sailor had the legs on his Dutch rival, but gradually van Rijsselberghe found his form and stepped up another gear.

 

Looking back to the start of the RS:X competition, van Rijsselberghe commented, “I was very fortunate that Nick went off like a cannon in the first couple of races because it really showed me like, ‘okay, it’s not going to be easy.’ We never thought it was going to be easy but he really showed me that if I wanted this, I had to work for it. I tried, worked for it and I got it. It’s great when you’re sailing against guys that are really pushing you and challenging you. If you don’t have that it would be very boring.”

 

Watching van Rijsselberghe was not boring and even his competitors acknowledge that it is a privilege to compete against such a talent. João Rodrigues (POR), competing at his seventh and final Olympics, commented, “Dorian is like an artist, he has taken things to a new level the way he sails the RS:X and he do
es it with a smile on his face. Dorian is very popular in the fleet. He really loves what he does and he loves to share that with other people.”

 

Van Rijsselberghe celebrated his Olympic title with the Dutch royal family who watched him win the Medal Race. “It’s very nice that they came out here to watch the races and actually know what’s going on. They’re talking about me saying, ‘you did this, you did that, how come the Spanish guy came to the front.’ It’s nice, not just shaking hands but to have a proper conversation.”

 

Although he knew he’d secured gold two days earlier it wasn’t until Sunday evening that the bald Dutchman finally let his proverbial hair down, not fully able to celebrate the gold until he had completed the Medal Race. “We are professional athletes and wait until the final moments. We had a wonderful week of sailing. We had crazy wind, everything went well and we didn’t wait on the beach for days so we have had a good competition.”

 

For Dempsey, Rio 2016 was his Olympic swan song. The Briton has won three medals from five Games, so he knows what it’s like to miss out and he wasn’t taking his silver for granted. It has been a life of sacrifice dating back to his first Games in Sydney 2000. He hadn’t drunk a beer for five months before the Games, but the evening he knew the silver was secure, he celebrated with three small beers. “I had a hangover the next morning,” he smiled.

 

While the gold looked possible for a while, Dempsey is very happy with the silver. “A year ago, I didn’t know where I’d finish. At the Olympic Test event last year I wasn’t anywhere near the podium so I had a lot of work to do. The last 12 months have gone really well and I’ve worked bloody hard, so it’s nice to come here and have a chance of winning. To have the silver medal is pretty awesome.” Dempsey, who turned 36 during the competition, promises this really is the end of his career as a professional athlete. Now he intends to turn his passion for photography into a career.

Pierre Le Coq took the bronze medal after sailing his way past the reigning World Champion Piotr Myszka (POL) in the Medal Race. “The sensation of crossing the line knowing that I secured third place was amazing,” said Le Coq. “I had a difficult week and I never thought I could catch up to this point, so it’s an amazing feeling to finish third at the Olympics. It’s my first Olympics, all my family is here, all my friends are here, I just want to celebrate it with them. I really want to congratulate the two first, Dorian and Nick, they were very impressive this week.”

 

Perhaps Le Coq’s performance was the inspiration that Charline Picon (FRA) needed for her even tougher assignment in the Women’s Medal Race. With seven of the ten competitors in the hunt for gold, the final test would require nerves of steel.

 

One of the leading contenders, Stefania Elfutina (RUS), had a shocking start, being given a penalty turn for infringing Bryony Shaw (GBR) at the start line. Meanwhile Picon had not made the best of starts either, although she soon found a click of speed to move through the fleet to second by the first mark. However, Picon had to be careful because Peina Chen (CHN) had another gear downwind and shot up from sixth to second by the bottom of the first lap. China looked set to take the gold from France, but Picon held on in the light winds to the finish to secure the Olympic title, with Chen settling for silver. Despite her poor start Elfutina rallied to finish in seventh place and the 19-year-old just edged out the Medal Race winner Lillian de Geus (NED) for the bronze.

 

For the 31-year-old Picon, the Olympic title is the culmination of a long campaign in the RS:X class. Eighth at London 2012, she won the 2014 World Championships and had marked herself out as one of the favourites for gold in Rio. She dominated the first day of competition and was always in the hunt. A trained physiotherapist, she competes for the French Navy’s Armee des Champions [Champions’ Army] team.

There was no doubting what the victory meant to Picon. “So many feelings and emotions at the finish line! It has been a really difficult week. Yesterday I counted all the points I lost because things didn’t go as I wanted, I had some complicated moments. So winning the gold medal like this in this exciting Medal Race and with this Hollywood scenario, it’s just incredible.

 

“After London, it has been four years of preparation, and we were fighting for three medals. Here I knew it could be my time, I believed it from the beginning but this morning I was absolutely stressed. I worked with my psychologist on making the stress work in my favour. I have come a long way since London. Winning the gold medal in the Medal Race on the finish line is….” Words failed her.

 

Chen commented, “We were seven women fighting, but I tried not to think too much about that, I just wanted to do my race. I am not disappointed at finishing just two points behind the gold medal. I feel that I’ve given my best and am happy with the silver.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elfutina said, “Before the start of the race I understood that it was going to be a crazy race, with seven girls fighting for three medals, and we also had the postponement flag so we had to wait ashore. It has been a really close battle, very interesting and unforgettable.

 

“Before the race I was thinking about how great it would be to be on the podium, but after the start and my 360º penalty I thought that everything was lost. I thought that the only way to get a medal was to pump, and that was what I did. I pumped and a few metres before the finish I realised I could get a medal. I am not disappointed with bronze, the bronze medal is great.”

 

The six Windsurfers were presented their medals by multiple Olympic Windsurfing medallist, New Zealand’s Barbara Kendall and World Sailing Vice-President, Nazli Imre.
It couldn’t have been a more dramatic finish to the event, a huge congratulations are in order to all of the athletes and people that made it such a beautiful spectacle.

 

Find information below on how to follow the Rio 2016 Olympic medal Race

 

PHOTOGRAPHY  
http://worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery/RS-X-Men-Windsurfer/G0000ZgS1HKD9Rjs/C0000AhgfJzMhRSA

Contact – [email protected] – for the password and editorial rights

 

RESULTS / ENTRIES

A full list of sailors racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is available to view here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/qualification/sailors.php#.V6ZHvo6BLqM. Results will be available on World Sailing’s Olympic Website when racing starts on Monday 8 August here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/index.php#.V6ZH_Y6BLqM

 

LIVE TRACKING

 

The racing will be available to watch in 2D and 3D via the live tracking. Live tracking will be available when racing commences via – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

Live Tracking via the Sailviewer-3D Tablet App will be available for devices with 7″ or greater screens.

Click here to download the iOS Application – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sailviewer-3d/id912801278

Click here to download the Android Application – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stsportservice.sailviewer

 

COMPETITION STATUS

 

The Competition Status Screen feeds in straight from the Race Committee boats with the teams inputting data such as race times, course type, the status of each race and the plan moving forward. The competition status screen will be available when racing commences via -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

 

LIVE BLOGGING

Sailing journalist Craig Leweck will be following the racing LIVE on World Sailing’s Olympic Blog throughout Rio 2016. Follow LIVE here – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_blog.php#.V6dUbY6BLqM

 

PRESS RELEASES

World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

 

TELEVISION

To find out who your Olympic broadcaster is, click here – https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/broadcasters. The following link – http://go.olympic.org/WS – will redirect you to the Rights Holding Broadcaster in your country.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing

Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/

Twitter – @worldsailing

Snapchat – Follow our Story on Snapchat, search for worldsailing

 

RS:X SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RSXOlympicWindsurfing/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rsxwindsurfingclass/

Twitter – @RSXCLASS

 

USEFUL LINKS

World Sailing Olympic Website – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/home.php

Competition Schedule – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/schedule.php

Latest Olympic Sailing news – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

Online Notice Board – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/notices/notices.php

Social Wall – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/social_wall.php#.V6ZteY6BLqM

 

Text World Sailing / Photography Sailing Energy

 

RS:X Class Media

 

Sam Sills

NEWSFLASH – France wins gold in Women’s Windsurfer, China silver, Russia bronze

NEWSFLASH – France wins bronze in Men’s Windsurfer behind Dutch gold and British silver

How to follow the RS:X Olympic Medal Races

1300
RS:X Men : Race for the Bronze Podium
Piotr Myszka, Pierre Le Coq, Byron Kokkalanis and Toni Wilhelm
 
1400
RS:X Women : Race for Gold, Silver and Bronze
Flavia Tartaglini, Stefania Elfutina, Peina Chen, Charline Picon, Maayan Davidovich, Marina Alabau, Lilian De Geus, Bryony Shaw, Patricia Freitas
 
Follow the action LIVE!

Find information below on how to follow the Rio 2016 Olympic medal Race

PHOTOGRAPHY   http://worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery/RS-X-Men-Windsurfer/G0000ZgS1HKD9Rjs/C0000AhgfJzMhRSA

Contact – [email protected] – for the password and editorial rights

RESULTS / ENTRIES

A full list of sailors racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is available to view here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/qualification/sailors.php#.V6ZHvo6BLqM. Results will be available on World Sailing’s Olympic Website when racing starts on Monday 8 August here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/index.php#.V6ZH_Y6BLqM

LIVE TRACKING

The racing will be available to watch in 2D and 3D via the live tracking. Live tracking will be available when racing commences via – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

Live Tracking via the Sailviewer-3D Tablet App will be available for devices with 7″ or greater screens.

Click here to download the iOS Application – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sailviewer-3d/id912801278

Click here to download the Android Application – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stsportservice.sailviewer

COMPETITION STATUS

The Competition Status Screen feeds in straight from the Race Committee boats with the teams inputting data such as race times, course type, the status of each race and the plan moving forward. The competition status screen will be available when racing commences via -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

LIVE BLOGGING

Sailing journalist Craig Leweck will be following the racing LIVE on World Sailing’s Olympic Blog throughout Rio 2016. Follow LIVE here – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_blog.php#.V6dUbY6BLqM

PRESS RELEASES

World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

TELEVISION

To find out who your Olympic broadcaster is, click here – https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/broadcasters. The following link – http://go.olympic.org/WS – will redirect you to the Rights Holding Broadcaster in your country.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing

Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/

Twitter – @worldsailing

Snapchat – Follow our Story on Snapchat, search for worldsailing

RS:X SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RSXOlympicWindsurfing/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rsxwindsurfingclass/

Twitter – @RSXCLASS

USEFUL LINKS

World Sailing Olympic Website – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/home.php

Competition Schedule – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/schedule.php

Latest Olympic Sailing news – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

Online Notice Board – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/notices/notices.php

Social Wall – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/social_wall.php#.V6ZteY6BLqM

Text World Sailing / Photography Sailing Energy

RS:X Class Media

Sam Sills

Netherlands and Great Britain wrap up gold and silver in Men’s Windsurfer, Medal Races set to be epic tomorrow

It was a light and frustrating day for many in the Olympic sailing competition, but not for the London 2012 gold and silver medallists in the Men’s Windsurfer, with the Dutch and the British wrapping up Rio 2016 gold and silver before the Medal Race on Sunday.

 

Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X

Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) has won the gold medal in the Men’s Windsurfer and Nick Dempsey (GBR) has won the silver, both without having to contest the Medal Race on Sunday. It’s a carbon copy repeat of London 2012 when the Dutchman took gold ahead of the Briton four years ago. The result is subject to protest, and both sailors will still have to sail the Medal Race, but van Rijsselberghe and Dempsey were already congratulating each other after crossing the finish line of the 12th race of their series. These two athletes have dominated the Olympic competition, with van Rijsselberghe winning seven of the 12 races and Dempsey winning three. Sunday’s battle for bronze will still be close fought between current World ChamMedal pion Piotr Myszka (POL), Pierre Le Coq (FRA) and Byron Kokkalanis (GRE).

 

Looking back to the start of the RS:X competition, van Rijsselberghe commented, “I was very fortunate that Nick went off like a cannon in the first couple of races because it really showed me like, ‘okay, it’s not going to be easy.’ We never thought it was going to be easy but he really showed me that if I wanted this, I had to work for it. I tried, worked for it and I got it. It’s great when you’re sailing against guys that are really pushing you and challenging you. If you don’t have that, it would be very boring.”

 

Even though the Dutchman dominated four years ago to win his first Olympic title, he was still taken aback at his performance this time. “It’s unreal. I did it in London and I never expected it to happen again. Now that it’s happened again, it’s unreal. It’s never easy, if it was easy everybody would be doing it. It was an amazing week and having the guys push me really helped a lot. Coming out with a score like this is pretty special.”

 

Van Rijsselberghe paid tribute to the people that helped him to his second Olympic title saying, “The majority of it will be from Aaron, my coach. He keeps pushing me and of course my training partner Kiran Badloe and the others that have helped me bust my balls and blaze along.” He also thanked his wife for allowing him to shave his head specially for the Games, just as he had done when he won four years ago in London.

 

Dempsey almost had a tear in his eye as he sealed his third Olympic windsurfing medal, the first sailor ever to have done so. “I was consistent but not quite consistently good enough today. I just had to really try and stay in touch with Dorian and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had an eye on the two people behind me. Dorian was too good today. He won it today rather than me losing it and I feel very happy to have won a silver medal.”

 

The Briton has won three medals from five Games, so he knows what it’s like to miss out and he wasn’t taking his silver for granted. It has been a life of sacrifice dating back to his first Games in Sydney 2000. This evening he was enjoying his first beer in five months. “A year ago, I didn’t know where I’d finish. At the Olympic Test event last year I wasn’t anywhere near the podium so I had a lot of work to do. The last 12 months have gone really well and I’ve worked bloody hard, so it’s nice to come here and have a chance of winning. To have the silver medal is pretty awesome.”

 

On his strategy, Dempsey was happy to have taken a conservative approach. “I didn’t want to be too aggressive. I wanted to stay pretty safe as it was pretty unstable out there. The last thing I wanted to do was have a day like the Polish guy. He had some horrendous scores, and then all of a sudden you’re out of the medals and fighting to get back. I had to be quite careful. I was pretty close to Dorian but he was slightly ahead of me. Unfortunately, he was ahead all of the time but when somebody is out winning there is not a lot you can do apart from limit the damage. He was too good today. It’s been an amazing week with great racing.”

 

Dempsey will celebrate his 36th birthday tomorrow with a rest day before Sunday’s Medal Race, and he wants to go out on a high. “Sunday is my last race ever so I want to do well and win.”

 

Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X

 

Star performer of the day was Peina Chen (CHN) who won the last three races of the qualifying series. Just five points separate the top six sailors going into Sunday’s Women’s Windsurfer Medal Race this Sunday. Bearing in mind the final race is worth double points, Stefania Elfutina’s (RUS) one-point lead over Flavia Tartaglini (ITA) effectively puts them tied for first. Breathing down their necks are reigning Olympic Champion Marina Alabau (ESP), Peina Chen (CHN), Charline Picon (FRA) and Maayan Davidovich (ISR). A few points further back but still with an outside shot at the podium is Lillian de Geus (NED).

 

Alabau is going to have fight hard to keep her Olympic title, but she’s relishing the challenge. “It hasn’t been a bad day for me but I really think that I could have done it a bit better. It has been a difficult day, with difficult conditions, very changing winds in direction and intensity. Some girls have done it quite bad, not me, but I haven’t shone either. Now I have a protest with the Israeli and let’s see how it finishes.” As to the grand finale on Sunday, “It’s going to be the most interesting Medal Race in history. We are seven women to win three medals. Crazy.”

 

Tartaglini led earlier in the week and was a little envious at the ease with which the gold and silver medals have been won in the Men’s Windsurfer. “I would have liked to do it as Dorian or Nick, but we are going to keep the suspense until the end. Women are so pig-headed, so we have to suffer till the end. It’s a nonsense to work out the points. I have to do my own race, and I hope to win a medal.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find information below on how to follow the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY   http://worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery/RS-X-Men-Windsurfer/G0000ZgS1HKD9Rjs/C0000AhgfJzMhRSA

Contact – [email protected] – for the password and editorial rights

RESULTS / ENTRIES

A full list of sailors racing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is available to view here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/qualification/sailors.php#.V6ZHvo6BLqM. Results will be available on World Sailing’s Olympic Website when racing starts on Monday 8 August here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/index.php#.V6ZH_Y6BLqM

 

LIVE TRACKING

The racing will be available to watch in 2D and 3D via the live tracking. Live tracking will be available when racing commences via – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

 

Live Tracking via the Sailviewer-3D Tablet App will be available for devices with 7″ or greater screens.

Click here to download the iOS Application – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sailviewer-3d/id912801278

Click here to download the Android Application – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stsportservice.sailviewer

 

COMPETITION STATUS

The Competition Status Screen feeds in straight from the Race Committee boats with the teams inputting data such as race times, course type, the status of each race and the plan moving forward. The competition status screen will be available when racing commences via -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

 

LIVE BLOGGING

Sailing journalist Craig Leweck will be following the racing LIVE on World Sailing’s Olympic Blog throughout Rio 2016. Follow LIVE here – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_blog.php#.V6dUbY6BLqM

 

PRESS RELEASES

World Sailing will be releasing international press releases after racing throughout the duration of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. All the latest news and reports will be available to read here -http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

 

TELEVISION

To find out who your Olympic broadcaster is, click here – https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/broadcasters. The following link – http://go.olympic.org/WS – will redirect you to the Rights Holding Broadcaster in your country.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow the event on World Sailing’s social networks:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing

Instagram – https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/

Twitter – @worldsailing

Snapchat – Follow our Story on Snapchat, search for worldsailing

 

RS:X SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RSXOlympicWindsurfing/

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rsxwindsurfingclass/

Twitter – @RSXCLASS

 

USEFUL LINKS

World Sailing Olympic Website – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/home.php

Competition Schedule – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/schedule.php

Latest Olympic Sailing news – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/news/index.php

Online Notice Board – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/notices/notices.php

Social Wall – http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/social_wall.php#.V6ZteY6BLqM

 

Text World Sailing / Photography Sailing Energy

 

RS:X Class Media

Sam Sills