World Sailing has confirmed it will bid to get Para sailing restored to the Paralympic Games programme at Los Angeles 2028 after missing out on Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Fabrizio Olmi and Davide Di Maria of Italy dethroned defending champions Will Street and Johnny Currell of Britain in a winner-takes-all medal race in the RS Venture Connect event at the Para World Sailing Championships in Spain.
Home favourite Violeta Del Reino maintained her lead after the fourth and final day of racing ahead of the medal competitions in the Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry in the Spanish city of Cádiz.
After a third day of racing, new leaders emerged in two of the four classes being raced at the Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry in the Spanish city of Cádiz.
Poland's Olga Górnaś-Grudzień is the new leader in the women's Hansa 303 standings after winning all three races held today at the Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry in Spanish city Cádiz.
Two-times Paralympic gold medallist Damien Seguin of France leads the way in the 2.4mR event after the opening day of competition at the Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry in Spanish city Cádiz.
Almost 100 sailors from 28 nations are set to compete at the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships in Puerto Sherry in Spanish city Cádiz, where racing is due to start tomorrow.
World Sailing has partnered with the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) to jointly promote and grow the sport for people with intellectual impairments globally.
Australian, British and Brazilian competitors secured gold medals at the Para World Sailing Championships as the regatta drew to a close at Sheboygan in Wisconsin.
Olga Górnas-Grudzien, strong favourite in the women’s Hansa 303 event at the Para World Sailing Championships at Sheboygan in the United States, has dropped dramatically from contention after being ruled to have used illegal equipment.
Will Street and Jonathan Currell of Britain went through to the RS Venture Connect final on Saturday (September 22) on appeal at the the Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan in Wisconsin.
British and Canadian teams booked their spot in the RS Venture Connect winner-takes-all final on Saturday (September 22) as the Para World Sailing Championships continued in Sheboygan in Wisconsin.
Damien Seguin of France and Heiko Kroger of Germany jointly lead the 38-boat 2.4 Norlin OD fleet at the Para World Sailing Championship in Sheboygan in the United States.
The World Sailing Para World Championships will begin tomorrow featuring more than 100 sailors from 39 nations, in Lake Michigan in the United States.
Puerto Sherry in Spanish city Cádiz has been selected to host the 2019 Para World Sailing Championships.
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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