Santander World 2014 Watch Laser Medal races live today
by Dan Ibsen, Sail-World UK editor on 18 Sep 2014
2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships - Santander Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy
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It has been a tough six days of racing for the 1,167 competitors from 81 nations at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Spain, with varying conditions across the courses. Sail-World have all the latest news from the water as well as highlight videos and images.
Today at day seven, we will see the first two Medal Races in the Laser and Radial classes, and the first two World Champions out of ten will be crowned today.
Races will be on the ‘Duna’ course for thousands of spectators to watch as well as live broadcasting to over 22 nations, you can follow the action on Sail-World today. (link below)
The Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championship is the first Olympic Qualification regatta for Rio 2016 with 50% of spots up for grabs across all ten events.
Twenty-three nations have secured a spot at Rio 2016 in the Laser and 19 for the Radial, the fight continues in the other eight Olympic classes for their 2016 spot.
You can read all about the Santander 2014 ISAF World Sailing Championships at Sail-World – and stay tuned for more news today and until Sunday, where there will be medal races every afternoon. Here is the schedule:
Date - Local Time - UTC - Fleets
18 September 14:00 – 16:00 12:00 – 14:00 Laser and Laser Radial
19 September 14:00 – 16:00 12:00 – 14:00 Men's and Women's RS:X
20 September 14:00 – 16:00 12:00 – 14:00 Men's and Women's 470
21 September 12:00 – 16:00 10:00 – 14:00 49er, 49erFX, Finn and Nacra 17
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Good Sailing,
Dan Ibsen, Sail-World UK Editor
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