Frenchman Fabien Pianazza will bid to defend his RS:X World Youth Championship title when the competition gets underway in Saint Petersburg tomorrow.
Light winds forced the cancellation of the entire day's racing at the 470 World Championships in Enoshima, the venue for sailing at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The venue for sailing at next year's Olympic Games is set to host the 470 World Championships from tomorrow as athletes battle it out for gold medals and, for some, a place at Tokyo 2020.
Turkey's Yiğit Yalçın Çitak pipped Greece's Emilios Monos to the boys' title on the final day of the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.
Greece's Emilios Monos and Great Britain's Matilda Nicholls kept hold of their leads in the boys' and girls' fleet on the penultimate day of action at the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.
Matilda Nicholls claimed a pair of race victories to strengthen her lead in the girls' fleet at the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.
World Sailing is introducing new quality control processes for Olympic racing classes after complaints about the consistency of equipment.
Turkey's Yigit Yalcin Citak moved ahead of Greek rival Emilios Monos to take the lead in the boys' event at the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.
Emilios Monos of Greece and Ireland's Eve McMahon took the lead in the boys' and girls' events, respectively, after the second day of racing at the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Canada.
Ireland’s Tom Higgins made the strongest start to the International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships in the boys’ division.
The 2019 International Laser Class Association Laser Radial Youth World Championships are due to begin tomorrow in Canadian city Kingston, where more than 200 sailors from 32 countries are set to compete across six days.
Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom held on to her overnight lead to win gold at the Laser Radial Women's World Championship in Japan.
Olympic bronze medallist Anne-Marie Rindom has regained the lead at the Laser Radial Women's World Championship after the penultimate day of racing in Japan.
Ecem Güzel of Turkey is the new leader at the Laser Radial Women's World Championship after the fourth day of action in Japan.
Sweden's Josefin Olsson kept hold of her lead after day three of the Laser Radial Women's World Championship in Japan.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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