49er added to Pan Am Games sports programme as athlete quote increased

The Pan Am Sailing Federation (PASAF) is pleased to announce that Pan Am Sports with the Organizing Committee of the Lima 2019 XVIII Pan American Games (COPAL) have increased the Athlete Quota for the Sport of Sailing for Lima 2019 by 20 athletes.

The athlete quota increases from 148 to 168 in order to increase the number of boats in the Mixed Two-Person Multihull – Nacra 17 from eight to ten and to add an additional 11th event, the Men’s Two-Person Skiff, the 49er with eight boats.
 
The Country Qualification regatta for the 2019 Pan Am Games for both the 49er and the Nacra 17 will be the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series – Miami, to be held January 27-Febuary 3, 2019 in Miami, Florida, USA.
 
PASAF is also pleased to announce that World Sailing will utilize the 2019 Pan Am Games as the Regional Games Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 in these two events:
Men’s Singlehanded – Laser
Women’s Singlehanded – Laser Radial
 
And also, as the Continental Country Qualifier, in these three additional events:
Men’s Two-Person Skiff – 49er
Women’s Two-Person Skiff – 49erfx
Mixed Two-Person Multihull – Nacra 17
 
The Laser and Laser Radial events are Regional Games Qualifiers, while the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 are Continental Qualifiers. Two National Olympic Committees will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games in each of these five events. All places are awarded subject to the details of the Tokyo 2020 Qualification System.
 
Following this decision World Sailing will now seek final approval from the IOC and publish an updated Qualification System to reflect these changes here: http://www.sailing.org/tokyo2020.php.
 
This means that for the first time five of the ten Sailing Events at the Olympic Games will have Country Qualification at the Pan Am Games!
 
Please direct any questions to Fred Hagedorn, Secretary-General, PASAF +1-312-286-3657 or HagedornFH@gmail.com.