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ISAF Annual Conference

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ISAF Annual Conference
For the next 10 days representatives of the whole sailing world will be discussing and deciding on the matters of sailing future during ISAF Annual Conference held in Estoril, Portugal.The "crucial point" of this year's meeting will be the selection of events for the Olympic Games 2012. Due to the IOC requirement, sailing was deprived of 1 event and instead of 11 as run so far we will be able to have only 10 sailing events in London.Such a serious decision of IOC caused a huge concern about sailing presence in the Games in general as well as vision of peril for many International Class Associations. The big question is now which event will be thrown away???Nevertheless, despite hard decisions to be taken there is also a chance for match racing to return as the olympic format. Number of submissions have been issued to ISAF supporting the keelboat for women as one of the 10 olympic events followed by the change of format from fleet racing to match racing. A lot of MNAs stand at the position that women match racing can help our discipline to become more media friendly and show sailing as the sport full of passion, excitment, adrenaline and high performance. Will this attitude convince ISAF to include match racing as the new olympic format? First steps will be taken by ISAF Committees reporting to Events Committee about their recommendations. On November 7, second step will take place during Events Committee meeting which is one of the most important committees on deciding the events and equipment used at the Olympic Games. Recommendation of Events Committee will be then strongly considered by ISAF Council who will decide if at least women match racing will face the olympic challenge in 2012.Stay with us for more up-dates on this issue.Best regards,Sofia Full Story »

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