Sailing News - Athens 2003 Regatta

Dress rehearsal concludes for sailors at 2003 Athens Regatta

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. USA-(28-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - US Sailing Team

Portsmouth, R.I. USA - The completion of today’s lone race in each of six events on the Saronic Gulf has brought down the curtain for athletes participating in sailing’s final rehearsal prior to the 2004 Olympic Games.

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Athletes` flash quotes from Sailing Sport Event

ATHENS, GREECE-(28-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - ;“We’ve done all the work we needed to do. Now we know the type of conditions to expect next year. We assume that we’ll be here for the Athens 2004 Olympics, but we still have to qualify in the World Championships in Spain and in January back in Australia in our Regatta. The venue here is superb, and I believe that next year you’ll have a great sailing event here.”

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Sydney Olympics 2000 470 Women Medallists report their experiences at Athens 2003 Pre Olympic Test Event

ATHENS, GREECE-(28-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - Less than a year to go to the Olympics and we have learnt many lessons from this test event. With a mix of breezes, both in strength and direction, we also saw a mix in our results! We had a slow start to the regatta, with our first race being a disqualification for being over the line, followed by some low scores.

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USA wins two silver medals at 2003 Athens Regatta

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. USA-(27-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - US Sailing Team

Portsmouth, R.I. USA - Sailing’s second and final test event in preparation for the 2004 Olympic Games has just about concluded in Athens, as medals were determined today in five of the 11 events.

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470 Women Sophia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa win Gold again

ATHENS, GREECE-(27-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

The ‘golden girls’ of Greek sailing, Sophia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfa, added another Gold medal to their collection, finishing first in the 470 women class of the Athens 2003 Regatta Sport Event. In today’s 11^th race, the last one in the series, the Greek champions finished in 5^th place and claimed victory with 47 penalty points, repeating their success in last year’s Athens 2002 Regatta, where they also won the Gold medal.

	Sofia Bekatorou and Emilia Tsoulfas win Gold Medal

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Two gold medals and one silver for Great Britain in Athens

ATHENS, GREECE-(27-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - On the penultimate day of the Pre-Olympic Test Event, Great Britain has won three medals, two gold and one silver, and are guaranteed one more medal, although the colour is yet to be decided.

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Brits move into medals in four classes at Pre-Olympics

ATHENS, GREECE-(26-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - Going into the final few days of the Pre-Olympic Test Event, Team GBR sailors are currently lying in medal positions in four classes. Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie is sitting in first place in the Finn class, fellow Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson and crew of Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton are second in the Yngling, Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield are second in the 470 and Paul Bortherton and Mark Asquith are in bronze medal position in the 49er class.

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Light winds and NZL sailors get flooded off the water

ATHENS, GREECE-(26-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - There was very little racing held on day 6 of the Athens 2003 Regatta, due to the fickle weather conditions which featured a shifty onshore breeze which died completely when a thunderstorm appeared early in the afternoon.

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Light winds cause mayhem on Olympic sailing waters

ATHENS, GREECE-(25-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - Only two classes managed to get racing in at the Pre-Olympic Test Event due to light and shifty winds with many of the other Olympic classes forced to abandon racing for the day.

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Daily Review of Athens 2003 Regatta at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Center

ATHENS, GREECE-(25-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - The weather’s gone berserk! At a time when the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre was in the doldrums, with hardly any wind blowing and the competitors in the Athens 2003 Regatta praying in vain for a little wind, suddenly there were flashes of lightning and bolts of thunder tearing the sky, with a storm approaching threatening.

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Daily review of ATHENS 2003 Regatta

ATHENS, GREECE-(24-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - Today’s relative calm in the sea area of the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre caused delays in the competition schedule of the Athens 2003 Regatta. The races began on time for the 470 (men’s and women’s) and Star classes, but it was not the same for the Finn and Yngling classes, as Aiolos was …lazy and was barely breathing, let alone blowing strongly to fill the athletes’ sails with wind.

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Brits move into medal positions nearing halfway mark

ATHENS, GREECE-(23-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - The fourth day of racing at the Pre-Olympic test event proved fruitful for RYA Team GBR. Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie continues to lead the Finn class, fellow Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson moved up into silver medal position in the Yngling class and young guns Leigh McMillan and Mark Bulkeley are currently in bronze medal position in the Tornado class.

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Thomas Miller pays a visit to Aghios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(22-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - US Ambassador to Athens, Thomas Miller paid a visit today to the Olympic Sailing Centre. The US Ambassador toured Venue facilities and showed great interest in the organisation of the Sailing Sport Event.

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Broken mast costly for Olympic gold medallist

ATHENS, GREECE-(22-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - Six classes took to the Olympic waters on day three of the Pre-Olympic test event and the day was not without drama for Team GBR. Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell were forced to retire from the first race and miss the second race due to breaking their mast on the last leg of the morning's race.

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Thomas Miller pays a visit to Aghios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(22-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - Fair play at its best. The Greek Gold Olympic medallist at Atlanta, Nikos Kaklamanakis, proved today that top athletes are top in everything and will sacrifice a win and distinction in their sport to go to the assistance of a fellow human being and a fellow athlete.

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Ainslie dominates Finn Class on second day of Olympic test event

ATHENS, GREECE-(21-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie blew away the competition on the Olympic sailing waters today in the Finn class, after scoring two race wins he leads the class after two days of racing.

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Generation gap, but the same passion for sailing

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(21-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - Gabriella Hatzidamianou is one of the youngest competitors taking part in the Athens 2003 Regatta, having just turned seventeen. But her youth doesn’t scare her, for (as she says) “I’m not afraid to compete with the big names in my class”.

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A panoramic view of the Athens 2003 Regatta

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(21-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - There are always facts and figures of special interest to the press and electronic media representatives and, naturally, to sports fans in an international-calibre Sport Event such as the Athens 2003 Regatta. Such facts include the youngest and oldest athletes, the tallest and shortest, those weighing the most and the least, and those who will be celebrating their birthday on one of the competition days.

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IOC appoints new Sports Director

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(21-8-2003) Olympic Games

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has the pleasure to announce the appointment of Mr Kelly Fairweather to the position of Sports Director.

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Battling with the wind

AGIOS KOSMAS, ATHENS, GREECE-(21-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Agios Kosmas, Athens, Greece - The god of the winds was in high spirits today, playing with the nerves of those racing at the Olympic Sailing Centre at Agios Kosmas. The wind changed direction constantly, making it difficult for the sailors taking part in the Athens 2003 Regatta.

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Paul Henderson: Agios Kosmas venue: a source of wealth for Greeks

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - International Sailing Federation president Paul Henderson expressed his complete satisfaction today with the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre after a tour of the site and a meeting with Greek Minister of Culture Evangelos Venizelos and ATHENS 2004 President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.

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Flying start for Team Percy/Mitchell in Athens

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - Team GBR

Athens, Greece - The Athens Olympic sailing venue was in full flow this morning when all eleven disciplines left the dock to test the Olympic sailing waters. Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crewman Steve Mitchell liked their first taste of the Olympic waters and returned to shore as early event leaders.

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TeamCoster (470 NED1) fights back on 1st day of Athens Pre Olympic event.

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - TeamCoster 470 NED 1

With 10-18 knots of wind today and tropical temperatures that predict the heat of competition of next year’s Olympic Games, the first two races have been completed as a start of the final Athens Test event.
	Courtesy of Teamcoster
	Aghios Kosmas Sailing Centre

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Athletes full of enthusiasm for the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece -

The sailors who unfurled their sails this afternoon for the Sailing Sport Event were full of enthusiasm for the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre and highly satisfied with the Sailing field of play whose particular features are, they said, a challenge.

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New Zealand Sailors Ready for Athens Test Event

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - NZL Team

Athens, Greece - The countdown is on with the 2004 Olympics now only 360 days away and the world's top sailors are gathered at the sailing venue, the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre in the Saronic Gulf, waiting for the first day of racing in the second test event, officially called the Athens 2003 Regatta.

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Team GBR ready to test Olympic sailing waters

ATHENS, GREECE-(20-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta - GBR Team

Athens, Greece - Just less than a year out from the 2004 Olympic Games, 410 sailors, including Team GBR Olympic gold medallists Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy and Shirley Robertson, are lining up to test the Olympic sailing waters in Athens.

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IOC praises Athens Organisers for success of sports events

ATHENS, GREECE-(19-8-2003) Athens 2003 Test Event

Athens, Greece - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today praised the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 (ATHOC) for the successful running of the test events held over the past few days.

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Athens 2003 REGATTA to unfurl its sails

ATHENS, GREECE-(19-8-2003) Athens 2003 Regatta

Athens, Greece - Sailing will take over tomorrow (Wednesday) and will close the series of August Sport Events.
The necessary preparations before the start were completed yesterday. After the counting of the crafts, test races were held and tomorrow the curtain rises on the official competition schedule for the “Athens 2003 Regatta”.

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