World Sailing invites responses from global sailing community as part of Olympic events review
by World Sailing 9 Feb 08:04 PST
The Olympic rings at the Paris 2024 Sailing Venue © World Sailing / Sander van der Borch
World Sailing is inviting responses from the global sailing community as part of its review of Olympic events for the post-LA28 Games programme.
The review is required under its regulations, in this case Regulation 11 which mandates that at least four Olympic events are placed under review every four years.
At last year's Annual Conference, the World Sailing General Assembly voted to place the Men's Kite, Women's Kite, Mixed Dinghy and Mixed Multihull under review.
Following the review, this year's General Assembly will vote, deciding for each event to either:
- retain the event and equipment,
- retain the event but evolve the equipment,
- retain the event but adopt entirely new equipment,
- replace with a new event (equipment to be determined).
Where there is a vote to evolve or change equipment, that will be subject to a further review for a final decision in 2027. The full text of Regulation 11 can be read here.
Proposals will be considered by a joint events and equipment committee working group.
How to submit a proposal
Proposals to inform and support the working group can be submitted by:
- Member National Authorities,
- World Sailing Class Associations,
- Continental Associations,
- Associate Members,
- Committees, Sub-committees or Commissions,
- World Sailing Race Officials.
Proposals should be submitted to using the template available here. The deadline for these proposals is 31 March 2026. Proposals submitted after this deadline will not be considered.
Decisions related to Olympic sailing events will be subject to approval by the International Olympic Committee.