Second ISAF submission announced for Kiteboarding Olympic Event

7:46 AM Tue 15 Mar 2011 GMT

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Yachting New Zealand has announced a second submission made to the International Sailing Federation regarding the 2016 Olympic Events. Last November, the ISAF announced a proposed slate of ten events for the 2016 Olympic regatta in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. The events, which included two new Mixed Events were approved by the ISAF pending confirmation at its May Mid-Year Meeting. Part of the Events slate was the bracketing of two disciplines - Windsurfing and Kiteboarding. It was not known at the time whether the ISAF intended competitors to compete in both discipline to win a single medal, or if one ...

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by Richard Gladwell