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Finland's Lindgren Brothers Confirmed on Olympic Startline

25 May 2012

The Finnish Olympic Committee Board of Directors announced on 24 May the 11 sailors that will compete at the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.

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470 World Championships

World Champion Medallists and Olympic Qualification

19 May 2012

A spectacular final day at the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona wrapped up seven days of intense and closely fought racing. The final count was 154 teams from 42 nations competing, with the best of the best slinging it out until today’s final day.

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Great Britain Wins Gold, Croatia + Austria to Olympics

19 May 2012

Hannah Mills/Saskia Clark (GBR) win 470 Women Worlds, over France and Netherlands. Croatia and Austria secure places at Olympics. In 470 Men, Gold to Australia, Silver to France and Bronze to Croatia.

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Australia Wins Worlds, China + Poland go to Olympics

18 May 2012

On the penultimate day of racing at the 2012 470 World Championships, Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS) secured their third successive World Championship title, with their win in race 12 sealing victory for the pair.

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Denmark Qualifies on Race Day 5

17 May 2012

Every race is crucial, but with only five races left in the 2012 470 World Championships, race day 5 was a crunch day as teams positioned themselves to make the medal race cut, and the points started to stack up amongst the 470 Women teams in the challenge for Olympic qualification.

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Washing Machine Conditions on Race Day 4

16 May 2012

The Race Committee held the fleets ashore waiting for the wind to stabilize, but the sailors were still faced with very unsettled conditions on the first day of the final series.

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2012 Olympic Qualification Update

15 May 2012

The 2012 470 World Championships is the second of the two qualification events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition with 7 slots available for the 470 men and 5 for the 470 women.