Princesa Sofia Mapfre Trophy - High stakes in Palma

11:31 PM Wed 30 Mar 2011 GMT

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Princesa Sofia Mapfre trophy -This year will be the first European Sailing World Cup event and will bring fierce competition to Palma with many teams in contention for Olympic test event and Olympic Games selections. The Italian team who has chosen Palma to select its representatives for London; hasentered 63 teams across all Olympic events. The Princesa Sofia regatta is the first of three selection events for the OlympicGames.' explains, Italian team manager, Valentin Mankin. Many other countries will also use the Spanish regatta to select their athletes for the Olympic test event next August in Weymouth. All 10 Olympic ...

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by Corinne Rolland-McKenzie