Mid-Year Meeting - What's on the Agenda - Saturday 12 May

World Sailing’s Events Committee will meet today [Saturday 12 May] at the 2018 Mid-Year Meeting at Chelsea Football Club, London, Great Britain.

The Events Committee have a full agenda and will be discussing Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition Events, Tokyo 2020 qualification and events strategy. Click here to read the Events Committee agenda – http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/EC2018MidYearAgenda-[23896].pdf.
 
Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition Events
 
The Events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition will be decided by World Sailing’s Council when they meet on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 May. An Event is the name of the competition at the Olympic Games, for example, ‘Mixed Two Person Multihull’, and is not specific to a class or piece of equipment.
 
Following the 2017 Annual Conference, a 2024 Events & Equipment Working Party was formed to consider and make recommendations to the Events Committee on the 2024 sailing events. The Working Party conducted an extensive program of work to understand the issues relevant for sailing and the sports events programme in the Olympic Games. A full report of their work is here – http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/2024EventsEquipmentWPReport30.04.18FINALUpdated-[23963].pdf
 
Ahead of the Mid-Year Meeting, World Sailing’s Council approved an Events Committee recommendation to review the following Events:
 
Men’s Windsurfer
Women’s Windsurfer
Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavyweight
Men’s Two Person Dinghy
Women’s Two Person Dinghy
 
The review of the five Events has meant that the remaining five Events and their equipment remain unchanged for Paris 2024. These Events and equipment are:
 
Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser
Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
Women’s Skiff – 49erFX
Men’s Skiff – 49er
Mixed Two Person Multihull – Nacra 17
 
World Sailing received 59 submissions that propose recommendations for the Events that are under review. Class Associations and Member National Authorities have put forward submissions that state whether the Events under review should be retained or if new Events should replace them.
 
Submissions are available here – http://www.sailing.org/meetings/mid-year-2018.php – by clicking on Papers and then Submissions.
 
These submissions will be discussed and debated at the Events Committee meeting today.
 
Following this, the Events Committee will then make a recommendation to World Sailing’s Council.
 
Further information on the Mid-Year Meeting and processes is available here – http://www.sailing.org/news/86873.php#.WvahVKkh1Yh
 
What else is on?
 
The Events Committee will be reviewing the continental qualification regattas for Tokyo 2020 and making any recommendations to Council.
 
Reports on upcoming events such as the Hempel Sailing World Championships, World Cup Series, Match Racing events and Olympic Games will be received and Event Strategy will also be discussed.
 
A news update from the Events Committee will be available on sailing.org later on today.