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JAPANESE OPENING FOR THE 2017-18 WORLD CUP SERIES

12 Oct 2017

Gamagori, Japan will play host to the opening event of Sailing's 2017-18 World Cup Series with more than 290 world class sailors from 40 nations ready to race across eight classes from 15-22 October.

Olympic medallists, World and Continental Champions and leading World Cup contenders will head to the Japanese town to compete with racing scheduled to commence at 11:00 local time on Tuesday 17 October.

Sailing in the Men's and Women's One Person Dinghy (Laser/Radial), Men's and Women's Two Person Dinghy (470), Men's and Women's Skiff (49er/49erFX) and Men's and Women's Windsurfing (RS:X) the competition will be intense with sailors eager to test themselves against their rivals on the World Cup circuit.

The week will culminate with Medal Races on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October with both days to be streamed live across the World Sailing Network ( YouTube, Facebook, Periscope).

Japanese hopes for medals on their home waters will be put on their seven teams lining up in the 26-boat Men's 470 fleet.

The Japanese 470 teams have been working together as a unit to make gains and improvements with the goal of achieving a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Reasonable success has come with team members regularly making the top ten at World Cup Series events.

Tetsuya Isozaki and Akira Takayanagi claimed silver at World Cup Miami at the turn of 2017 and will be hoping to lead the charge for their nation and put in a similar performance on their home waters. Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS), four-time World Champions as a team and Rio 2016 silver medallist, will be the favourites in the Men's 470 fleet.

Three-time Olympian Ai Kondo sailing with Miho Yoshioka, Rio 2016 Olympian, will spearhead the five-boat Japanese team in the Women's 470. In the 22-boat fleet they'll be joined by World #1 team Afrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen (NED) as well as Olympians Tina Mrak and Veronica Macarol (SLO) and Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler (SUI).

Live Medal Races on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22

October will bring the week to a close before the series heads to Miami, USA.

source: World Sailing
 

Editors' notes:

ENTRIES
A full list of sailors entered for World Cup Series Gamagori is here - http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/sailorinfo/2018series_entries.php

SAP Sailing Analytics
Live tracking and competitor's analytics will be available via SAP Sailing Analytics throughout the event here - https://wcs2018-gamagori.sapsailing.com

PHOTOGRAPHY
High resolution imagery free for editorial usage is provided throughout the World Cup Gamagori by Sailing Energy. Imagery is available to download via - https://worldsailing.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/WCS-Gamagori-2017/C0000B8AxwR4QL6U.
The password to download is; WSimages
 
TELEVISION
Racing and action shots plus interviews in English and native language will be available throughout World Cup Series Final.
 
For further information please contact:
Sabina Mollart Rogerson
M: +44 (0) 7922 140 148
E: smollartrogerson@sunsetvine.com

Medal Races on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October will be streamed live on World Sailing's Facebook and YouTube Channel.

Saturday Medal Races - RS:X, 49er, 49erFX
URL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlpiGsJG3TE
Embed - <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QlpiGsJG3TE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Sunday Medal Races - 470, Laser, Laser Radial
URL - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miWCs2UVdfA
Embed - <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/miWCs2UVdfA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

PRESS RELEASES
All World Sailing international press releases throughout the duration of the World Cup Series, including the latest news and reports, are available to read here - http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/news/index.php  
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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CONTACT
World Sailing Communications & Digital Manager
Daniel Smith
M: +44 (0)7771 542 131
E: marketing@sailing.org
 
WORLD CUP SERIES
The World Cup Series is a World-class, annual series of Olympic sailing for elite and professional sailors. Over 2,000 of the World's leading sailors, representing over 75 nations have competed in the World Cup Series which offers a definitive guide to the best-of-the-best in the Olympic sailing world.
 
ABOUT WORLD SAILING
World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
 
Founded in 1907, World Sailing's vision is for a world in which millions more people fall in love with sailing; inspired by the unique relationship between sport, technology and the forces of nature; we all work to protect the waters of the world.
 
World Sailing is made up of 144 Member National Authorities, the national governing bodies for sailing around the world and 114 World Sailing Class Associations.
 
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