| Italy fetches the 470 WorldsTitle at the Men, Greece at the Women |
| ROTA, SPAIN-(24-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - 470 Class |
| Rota, Spain - Today, the last races took place as conclusion of the 470 Men and 470 Women’s Worlds as part of the ISAF World Sailing Championship 2003. Lots of pressure was on the “to date” overall leaders who had to defend their positions. |
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| 470 Women`s Gold for Greece, `Sail Off` for the 470 Men tomorrow |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ-(23-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship - 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz - Such an exciting day today in the final phase of the 470 Worlds as part of the ISAF World Sailing Championships in Cadiz. Some very close racing and change of results swapped many predictions on the outcome of this Championship. |
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| Ainslie moves in on sixth world title |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(22-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - GBR Team |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Ben Ainslie, Olympic gold medallist from Sydney and defending
world champion, moved closer to defending his title and potential Olympic
team selection today as he moved five points clear of his nearest rival at
the Finn class world championships in Cadiz. |
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| Magnificent waves, strong breeze and performance at highest level pushes 470 Worlds into final phase |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(22-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - In a glorious westerly sea breeze, the Poniente, which steadily built as the day progressed, the 470 men and women sailed the first two races of their five race final today off the venue at Rota, in the Bay of Cadiz. |
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| The calm `Poniente` wind means no competition in the race areas this morning |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(21-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Sunday morning there was scarcely any wind, the calm of the Poniente obliged the Race Committee to postpone the fleets of the Mistral M & W, Finn, Star, 470 M & W and the Tornado until 11:30, while the rest of the Classes have a rest or reserve day. |
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| Gold Fleet set for 470 Men and Women |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(21-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships- 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - At the 470 Men, two races were sailed today in approx. 5-6 kts. of wind in the morning, increasing to a 6-8 kts. NE wind in the afternoon, as a conclusion of the six qualifying races. The Race Committee at course Beta, the course of the 470 Women, managed to conclude the qualifiers yesterday already, being a little more lucky with local winds at the Bay of Cadiz, the Arena of the ISAF World Sailing Championships.< |
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| 470 sailors enjoy party with Flamenco and paella at Rota |
| ROTA, SPAIN-(21-9-2003) ISAF Worlds Sailing Championship |
| Rota, Spain - Last night the 470 Class party was held at the Feria ground in Rota. The
event was attended by over 100 people who were able to enjoy traditional
dishes such as paella and tortilla. The evening’s entertainment was a
Flamenco show. |
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| 470 Women complete qualifiers, 470 Men have two more races on reserve day |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(20-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - First Ladies that stepped onto the slipway were Therese Torgersson / Vendela Zachrisson from Sweden. They had a second flag from the Jury on their way to the upper mark after the start. and had to leave the race course. |
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| Daily wrap up - some classes have to catch up on lay day |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(20-9-2003) ISAF WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Lighter Conditions, and the final qualification series for most of the rest of the fleets were completed today, but the Tornados and 470 men will finish their six race qualification on their scheduled Lay-day tomorrow |
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| The Americans skippered by Swett have received their Gold medal in the Yngling Class this afternoon |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(20-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - The weather conditions meant that all the races scheduled for this afternoon were postponed until 17:50; the cause being the breeze shifting in different directions at around 14:00, when the majority of the fleets had to postpone their races and wait for new instructions. |
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| Racing postponed in final phase of Qualifiers |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN - 6PM-(20-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - 6pm - In the early afternoon, winds turned in direction half the clock and finally left the race courses Alpha and Beta, which are the courses for the 470 Men and Women Fleets. |
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| Leaders Emerge On Day Nine |
| ROTA, BAY OPF CADIZ, SPAIN-(19-9-2003) ISAF WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP - 470 CLASS |
| Rota, Bay opf Cadiz, Spain - On Day nine of the Championship, clear leaders and guaranteed medal winners emerged as every class but the Europes, who concluded yesterday, took to the water in a busy day for athletes and officials alike. |
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| Italy and Greece set pace at early stage of 470 Worlds |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(19-9-2003) ISAF WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP - 470 CLASS |
Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Today has been a very exciting day in both the 470 Men and 470 Womens Fleets.
As some team results came in unexpected yesterday, those who scored below average, recovered today. Two races were completed in both Ladies groups, and only one for all groups on the Mens course while wind conditions made racing impossible. |
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| Top ranked 470 sailors gather at the top |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN -3PM--(19-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain -3pm- - Racing gets even more exciting on the second day of qualifiers here at the 470 Worlds Championship on the Bay of Cadiz off Rota. |
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| Trujillo is Spain`s medal hope with a second place in the Finn |
| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(18-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Bay of Cadiz, Spain - The disqualification has been a notable occurence in the eighth day of competition, especially in the Europe Class and in their final at that. The Bronze medal which in principle was for the Czech Lenka Smidova, has now fallen into the hands of Mary Gaillard, the number 16 in the world ranking. |
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| Opening results predict an exiting progress of 470 Worlds |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(18-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - In a 10-12 knots shifty ES breeze and choppy seas, first two races have been completed in the both the 470 Men and 470 Women as start of the World Championship as part of the ISAF World Sailing Championships for Olympic Classes.on the Bay of Cadiz. |
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| Tornado practice race in windy conditions |
| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - Tornado |
| Bay of Cadiz, Spain - The moderate ESE winds, with average speeds between 18-22kt, forecasted for today did not let the Tornado fleet down. The Practice Race started just after 4pm in excellent conditions. |
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| 470 Sailors make final preparations in dream conditions |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship - 470 Class |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Sailors of the 470 class are making their final preparations for this year`s major battle hunting for the `Grand Title` at the ISAF World Sailing Championships for Olympic Classes on the Bay of Cadiz in Spain. Racing starts tomorrow. |
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| Olympic gold medallist takes early lead at sailing world championships |
| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - GBR Team |
| Bay of Cadiz, Spain - After the second day of racing at the ISAF world sailing
championship, defending world champions Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell of
Great Britain have taken an early lead in the 83 boat Star class. |
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| 470 Worlds starts tomorrow |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Today, 470 sailors had their first opportunity to experience the circumstances during racing on the Bay of Cadiz. A practice race took place as final preparation prior to tomorrow's 1st day of qualifying races. |
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| Courtesy of Annemiek van Kinderen Photography |
| 470 NED 1 Sven & Kalle Coster in Practice Race |
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| Olympic gold medallist on form at start of world championship |
| ROTA, BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(16-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship - GBR Team |
| Rota, Bay of Cadiz, Spain - Defending world champion and Olympic gold medallist Iain
Percy sailing with Steve Mitchell made a good start to the ISAF World
Sailing Championships scoring a thirteenth and two first places to finish
fifth overall at the end of day one. |
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| Windy conditions bring mixed results for Team GBR |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(15-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - GBR Team |
| Cadiz, Spain - Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson sailing with Sarah
Webb and Sarah Ayton, sailed a better day on day two of the ISAF World
Sailing Championships and despite an incident at the windward mark which
resulted in them doing penalty turns, they managed a sixth and a tenth which
saw them move up the scoreboard in the Yngling class. |
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| Pzmec Miarczynski (POL) wins the two first races in the Mistral Class Men. |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(15-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Cadiz, Spain - The Europe Class have a reserve day today, and the Ynglings have a second day of racing. The Mistral M & W and the Star have their first race of two scheduled today. |
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| Yngling worlds get underway in light conditions |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(14-9-2003) ISAF Sailing World Championships - GBR Team |
| Cadiz, Spain - After the breezy wind conditions yesterday when competitors
were postponed due to too much wind, today was the opposite and the Europe
and Yngling classes were held ashore as the wind failed to materialise at
the ISAF World Sailing Championships. |
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| NZ Sailors Vie for Olympic Qualification |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(10-9-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships - NZL Team |
| Cadiz, Spain - New Zealand's Olympic Yachting prospects have gathered in Cadiz attempting to qualify their class for a place at the 2004 Olympic Games, whilst also competing against top internationals and fellow New Zealanders to win the right to represent the Country in their respective classes. |
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| Top performing Nation to receive IOC President`s Cup |
| ISAF HQ, UNITED KINGDOM-(13-7-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship |
ISAF HQ, United Kingdom - The IOC President’s Cup will be presented to the top performing nation at the ISAF World Championships in Cadiz, Spain.
As in 2003, the 1999 Worlds were also Olympic qualification regattas for
the 2000 Olympic Regatta – with the Laser, Europe, Finn, Soling, 49er,
470 men and 470 women contesting slots.< |
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| Robert Scheidt, the Rolex Sailor of the Year (2001), is now in Cadiz |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(17-6-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships 2003 |
| The venue at the Bay of Cadiz continues to be populated with some of the best racers in the world, who have come to the waters of southern Europe to test out their equipment and who, through training, can acquaint themselves with the predominant local sea and wind conditions. |
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| Starting the Countdown to the ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| BAY OF CADIZ, SPAIN-(13-6-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Now that there are less than 100 days left until the ISAF Olympic World Sailing Championships, more teams are closing in on the waters of the bay to establish their respective bases of operations, and start their training. |
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| Iain Percy & Steve Mitchell during trials in the Bay of Cadiz |
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| World Sailing Championships-The Home Straight |
| EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARIA, SPAIN-(6-6-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championships 2003 Cadiz |
| El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain - Once the Americas Cup is over the next major sailing event will be the World Championships to be held in the Bay of Cadiz. It is here, in the waters of southern Europe where they will vie for the title of ISAF World Sailing Champion 2003 Cadiz |
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| Notice of Race of ISAF Worlds at Cadiz now available |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(19-5-2003) ISAF World Sailing Championship |
| Cadiz, Spain - As the build up continues to the 2003 ISAF World Sailing Championships in Cadiz in September, the notice of race was released last week and is available on the event website. |
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| The ISAF 2003 Cadiz World Sailing Championships will be represented in the Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(4-4-2003) ISAF Sailing Worlds - Barcelona Olympic Week |
| Cadiz, Spain - The 9th edition of the BOSW ( Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week) will take place in Barcelona from April 6th to 9th. On the race course Committee of the Tornado Class will be made up of officials from the ISAF Cadiz Worlds Organisation. |
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| 2003 ISAF WORLDS, summit meeting |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(10-2-2003) ISAF Sailing World Championship |
| Cadiz, Spain - The visit of the ISAF’s Executive Committee to the cities that will host the 2003 ISAF World Sailing Championships, in order to plan and discuss the work leading up to the event, ended yesterday. |
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| The Bay of Cadiz welcomes the top sailors in the world |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(6-2-2003) ISAF Sailing World Championship |
| The Bay of Cadiz, the race area that will host the 2003 ISAF World Sailing Championships from the 11th to 25th of September, continues to welcome many of the teams that will take part in what is considered to be the most important Olympic sailing event of the year. |
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| 49er training at the Bay of Cadiz |
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| Training in the Bay of Cadiz |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(15-1-2003) ISAF Sailing Worlds |
| Sweden, Poland, Germany, the UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, the Ukraine and Spain are just some of the countries that have established a training base in the Bay of Cadiz to prepare for the 2003 ISAF Worlds. |
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| Danish Yngling team during a training session on Sunday 12th January |
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| The New Year welcomes new race officers |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(6-1-2003) 2003 ISAF World Sailing Championships |
| Cadiz, Spain - Last December, a total of 106 new officers were presented with the credentials that will allow them to be on the different committees involved in running the 2003 ISAF World Sailing Championships, which will be held in the Bay of Cadiz between the 11th and 25th September of this year. |
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| The first time in the history of the Star class Safety at Sea, a priority for the Organisation |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(26-12-2002) ISAF 2003 WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| Cadiz, Spain - During the ISAF’s 2002 Annual Conference in Limassol (Cyprus), a wide variety of aspects were finalised regarding the ISAF 2003 World Sailing Championships to be held in the Bay of Cadiz next September. |
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| The Executive Committee have passed the budget for the 2003 Mundo Velas Sailing Championships |
| CADIZ, SPAIN-(30-7-2002) ISAF Sailing World Championship |
| Cadiz, Spain - The Executive Committee of the Cadiz 2003 ISAF Olympic Sailing World Championships, headed by the Mundo Vela Provincial and the Public Limited Company for Andalusian Sports (Deporte Andaluz) has approved the general budget for the Worlds, which totals 4,252,314.83 euros (over 715 million pesetas). |
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