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Qualification System and Events for 2010 Youth Olympics
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'Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics'
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The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published the qualification system and qualifying events for the sailing competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in Singapore in August 2010 and feature 100 young sailors competing across four sailing events.
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The sailing events at Singapore are open to 15-16 year old, so in order to be eligible to compete at the YOG, an athlete must have been born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995. For each of the four sailing events, there are seven Youth Olympic Qualification Events (YOQE). Competitors qualify their National Olympic Committee (NOC) at a YOQE, and the NOC will then select its competitor for that event.
In order to make the YOG as accessible to as many nations as possible, there is a maximum of one male and one female athlete per NOC for all events. In addition, the host nation automatically qualifies one male and one female and 14 of the 100 places are reserved as NOC Universality Places to be assigned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Participation and universality are key themes of the Youth Olympics and the ISAF is aiming for 50 nations to compete in the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. One of the key priorities for ISAF is to ensure the qualification events are spread across all six continents. The Youth Olympic Games provides a great opportunity for the youth of the world to be inspired by sailing and ISAF will work closely with the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee to help showcase our sport.'
The seven YOQE for each event are made up of six Continental Qualification Events and a final World Championship or world qualification event. At the Continental Qualification Events only nations within that continent will be eligible for YOG Qualification. The final qualification events will be confirmed and posted on the ISAF website in February 2009.
Details on the quotas for the maximum number of competitors who can qualify at the World Championship and Continental Qualification Events are available on the ISAF Youth Olympic Games microsite at www.sailing.org/yog.
The qualification events for the sailing events at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games are listed below:
Continental Qualification Events
Africa
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Techno 293 African Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia - 19 to 23 Dec 2009
Asia
Byte CII Asian Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events) - Pattaya, Thailand - Dates TBC
Techno 293 Asian Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Pattaya, Thailand - 26 Nov to Dec 2009
Central & South America
Byte CII South American Youth Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events) - Sao Paulo, Brazil - 17 to 22 Jan 2010
Techno 293 South American Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 23-30 Jan 2010
Europe
Byte CII European Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events) - Imperia, Italy - 4 to 7 Dec 2009
Techno 293 European Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Cadiz, Spain - 29 Dec 2009 to 3 Jan 2010
North America & Caribbean
Byte CII Midwinter's / North American Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events) - Cayman Islands -Dates TBC
Techno 293 North American Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Details TBC
Oceania
Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events - Details TBC
Boys & Girls Windsurfer events - Details TBC
World Championship (World Qualification Events)
Byte CII World (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events) - Details TBC
Techno 293 World (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events) - Details TBC
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