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Team GB – Thinking the Unthinkable!

Some confusion regarding the selection of athletes for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games seems to have been caused by IOC/BOA reports that qualified athletes will not have to re-qualify

Giles Scott . . . Have Finn – Will Travel

Giles Scott will take his Finn dinghy to Auckland, as he did to Cagliari, to maintain his chance of a gold medal at the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games

World Sailing cancel Enoshima World Cup Series Final

World Sailing has confirmed cancellation of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series Final, that was due to be held in Enoshima, Japan from 14-21 June 2020

Shirley Robertson talking with Iain Percy

This month Shirley Robertson sits down for another two part edition – this time talking to her one time Team GB team mate Iain Percy.

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International sports bodies make way for delayed Tokyo Games

International sports bodies have begun rescheduling next year’s competitions to make way for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics

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Tokyo Olympics heading for 23 July 2021 opening

The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee has agreed to the opening of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games on 23 July 2021

Tokyo 2020 postponement task force launched

The task force to oversee the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games held its first meeting on Thursday 26 March

Finn Gold Cup postponed

The International Finn Association has announced that a number of events have been postponed/cancelled due to the coronavirus COVID-19

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UK Sport statement on Tokyo 2020 postponement

With the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo to be rescheduled to a date in 2021, UK Sport has announced adjustments to Team GB’s funding model

Latest World Sailing Rankings – March 2020

Latest World Sailing Rankings of 2020 included the recent 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 Worlds, the RS:X Worlds, Laser and Radial World Championships.

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Selected for Tokyo 2020 . . . but for 2021?

The postponement  of the Tokyo Olympic Games to – no later than summer 2021 – because of the coronavirus pandemic raises a number of questions for the RYA and Team GB

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Tokyo Olympic Games postponed to 2021 . . . World Sailing responds

The IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Tokyo Olympics must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021