Olympic Test Event: Finns and RS:X first to start competition
Racing kicked off at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014 with the Finn and RS:X fleets taking to two race courses on Guanabara Bay. The day began with a press briefing that saw over 120...
View ArticleNZL Sailing Team: racing in Rio for Olympic Test Event underway
Natalia Kosinska has made a solid start in the Women’s RS:X racing to lie 6th overall at the end of the first day of competition. The Takapuna Boating Club representative placed 13th and 2nd in today’s...
View ArticleOlympic Test Event: light air forces Aquece Rio postponements
For Rio de Janeiro’s thousands of tourists Monday 4 August was the perfect day with a beating Brazilian sun, clear South American skies and the occasional gust of light breeze to cool down bathers on...
View ArticleAustralian Sailing Team: two years to go to start of Rio Olympics
With two years to go to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, selected crews of the Australian Sailing Team are currently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Olympic Sailing venue of Guanabara Bay for Rio’s first...
View ArticleOlympic Test Event: racing recommences as two year milestone is reached
The two years to go until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games milestone was celebrated at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014 as the 324 sailors from 34 nations experienced a mixed bag of...
View ArticleOlympic Test Event: leaderboards take shape at Aquece Rio
The leaderboards across the ten events on show at the Aquece Rio – International Sailing Regatta 2014 are starting to take shape following four days of competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Medal Race...
View ArticleNZL Sailing Team: three crews lying top two in Rio
New Zealand also holds second place in both the men’s and women’s skiff events with World Champion crews Peter Burling and Blair Tuke moving up in the 49er ranks and Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech...
View ArticleAustralian Sailing Team: Tesch and Fitzgibbon kick off 2016 campaign
London 2012 Paralympic Champions Liesl Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon will kick-off their 2016 Paralympic Games campaign at the International Federation of Disabled Sailors (IFDS) World Championships next...
View ArticleWorld Disabled Sailing Championship: first RIo qualification window
The first round of qualifiers for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will emerge from the water following the World Sailing Championships in Halifax, Canada. Beginning Tuesday (19 August), the competition...
View ArticleIFDS Worlds: Australia qualifies all three boats for the Rio 2016 Paralympic
London 2012 Paralympic Gold medallists Daniel Fitzgibbon (NSW) and Liesl Tesch have won the 2014 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships in Halifax, NS, Canada over night. The Australian Sonar Team...
View ArticleOlympics 2016: IOC Coordination Commission leaves Rio satisfied with progress
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission brought to a close its seventh visit (29 September to 1 October) to the South American host city today: it follows a successful winter...
View ArticleParalympics: Australia has qualified in all three 2016 Paralympic disciplines
The 2014 IFDS World Championships in Halifax, Canada acted as the first qualification regatta for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Sailing Competition. Eight Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR) spots, five...
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