ISAF publishes Qualification System and Events for 2010 Youth Olympics

9:05 PM Tue 3 Feb 2009 GMT

'Singapore 2010 Youth Olympics'

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has published the qualification system and qualifying events for the sailing competition at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

The inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be held in Singapore in August 2010 and feature 100 young sailors competing across four sailing events.

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The sailing events at Singapore are open to 15-16 year old, so in order to be eligible to compete at the YOG, an athlete must have been born between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1995.

For each of the four sailing events, there are seven Youth Olympic Qualification Events (YOQE). Competitors qualify their National Olympic Committee (NOC) at a YOQE, and the NOC will then select its competitor for that event.

In order to make the YOG as accessible to as many nations as possible, there is a maximum of one male and one female athlete per NOC for all events.

In addition, the host nation automatically qualifies one male and one female and 14 of the 100 places are reserved as NOC Universality Places to be assigned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Alastair Fox, Events Manager at the ISAF Secretariat, said, 'The Youth Olympic Games is set to be a groundbreaking event and ISAF is delighted to announce details of how countries can qualify for Singapore 2010.

Participation and universality are key themes of the Youth Olympics and ISAF is aiming for 50 nations to compete in the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.

One of the key priorities for ISAF is to ensure the qualification events are spread across all six continents. The Youth Olympic Games provides a great opportunity for the youth of the world to be inspired by sailing and ISAF will work closely with the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee to help showcase our sport.'

The seven YOQE for each event are made up of six Continental Qualification Events and a final World Championship or world qualification event.

At the Continental Qualification Events only nations within that continent will be eligible for YOG Qualification.

The final qualification events will be confirmed and posted on the ISAF website www.sailing.orgin February 2009.

Details on the quotas for the maximum number of competitors who can qualify at the World Championship and Continental Qualification Events are available on the ISAF Youth Olympic Games microsite at www.sailing.org/yog.

The qualification events for the sailing events at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games are listed below and also available to view at www.sailing.org/yog.

Continental Qualification Events

Africa

Byte CII (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
TBC

Techno 293 African Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
19-23 December 2009

Asia

Byte CII Asian Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
Pattaya, Thailand
Dates TBC

Techno 293 Asian Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
Pattaya, Thailand
26 November-4 December 2009

Central & South America

Byte CII South American Youth Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
17-22 January 2010

Techno 293 South American Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
23-30 January 2010

Europe

Byte CII European Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
Imperia, Italy
4-7 December 2009

Techno 293 European Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
Cadiz, Spain
29 December 2009-3 January 2010

North America & Caribbean

Byte CII Midwinter's / North American Championship (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
Cayman Islands
Dates TBC

Techno 293 North American Championship (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
TBC

Oceania
Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events
TBC

Boys & Girls Windsurfer events
TBC

World Championship (World Qualification Events)

Byte CII World (Boys & Girls One Person Dinghy events)
TBC

Techno 293 World (Boys & Girls Windsurfer events)
TBC

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