Retain the Olympic Women's Keelboat Event for Brazil 2016

1:50 AM Thu 5 May 2011 GMT

'Womens Match Racing - Day 8 42 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre' Jesus Renedo ?

In November 2008 when ISAF Executive Council selected the Elliott 6m as the supplied keelboat for the Women's keelboat match racing event at the 2012 Olympic Games they catapulted women's sailing into the 21st century. The Elliott 6m is modern, faster than any previous women's Olympic keel yacht and exciting to sail with at the 204 kg crew weight. The new boat has been welcomed by women sailors throughout the world. Coming from a variety of different sailing disciplines the athletes learned quickly that they needed to embrace the Olympic philosophy of human performance to sail Faster, Higher and Stronger ...

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