Olympic sailing destined for another major jolt at Athens in November

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9:56 AM Thu 30 Sep 2010 GMT

'The Star will at best be subject to undergoing an Evaluation Trial for the 2016 Olympics' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo

The Olympic shakeup by the world governing body, the International Sailing Federation, looks set to continue at its Annual Conference in just over a month's time in Athens. In a raft of changes the Olympic Commission and all-powerful; Executive Committee have recommended the creation of a core group of Olympic events which can only be changed on ten years notice, subjecting many classes to evaluation trials, and sweeping changes to the new sailing World Cup to make it a more regionalised event. Only three of the current ten Olympic classes are reasonably assured of a place in the start line ...

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