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Count	Country	Qualification Method	Helm	Crew	Notes
1	Japan	Host Nation	Leo Takahashi	Ibuki Koizumi	Won internal qualification
2	Croatia	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Sime Fantela	Mihovil Fantela	Sime won 470 gold at Rio 2016 2018 49er World Champions
3	France	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Emile Amoros	Lucas Rual	Won internal qualification
4	Germany	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Erik Heil	Thomas Ploessel	Big lead in internal Germany qualifier. Bronze medal in 2016.
5	Great Britain	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Dylan Fletcher	Stuart Bithell	2017 World Champions
6	New Zealand	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Peter Burling	Blair Tuke	Rio 2016 Gold Medal 6x 49er World Champions
7	Portugal	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Jorge Lima	Jose Costa	3x Olympians
8	Switzerland	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Sebastien Schneiter	Lucean Cujean	Hit Swiss qualification at 2020 Worlds
9	Denmark	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Jonas Warrer	Jakob Precht Jensen	Jonas Warrer - Beijing 2008 Gold Medal
10	Spain	Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Diego Botin	Iago Marra	2nd at 2020 World Championship
11	Austria	Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Ben Bildstein	David Hussl	3rd at 2019 World Championship
12	Netherlands	Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Bart Lambriex	Pim van Vugt	Not yet named by Dutch Olympic team, must meet national qualification criteria.
13	Poland	Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Lukasz Przybytek	Pawel Kolodzinski	to be 3X Olympians
14	Canada	North American continental place	William Jones	Evan Depaul
15	Brazil	South American continental place	Marco Grael	Gabriel Borges	Made internal selection criteria at 2020 Worlds
16	Australia	Oceania continental place	Will Phillips	Sam Phillips	Made Australian criteria at 2020 Worlds
17	IND	Asian continental place	K.C. Ganapathy	Varun Thakkar	2021 Asian Champions
18	Ireland	European continental place	Robert Dickson	Sean Waddilove	2018 Junior World Champions
19	RSA	African continental place	Benji Daniel	Alex Burger	2021 African Champions

2020 49erFX Olympics

Count	Country	Qualification Method	Helm	Crew	Notes
1	Japan	Host Nation	Anna Yamazaki	Sena Takano	Hosts
2	Netherlands	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Annemiek Bekkering	Annette Duetz	2x World Champions
3	Austria	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Tanja Frank	Lorena Abicht	Silver 2018 Worlds
4	Brazil	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Martine Grael	Kahena Kunze	Rio 2016 Gold Medallists
5	Great Britain	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Charlotte Dobson	Saskia Tidey	2nd at 2020 World Championships
6	Denmark	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Ida Nielsen	Marie Olsen	2x European Champions
7	New Zealand	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Alex Maloney	Molly Meech	Rio 2016 Silver Medallists
8	Norway	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Helene Naess	Marie Ronningen	3rd at 2019 World Championships
9	Australia	Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus	Tess Lloyd	Jaime Ryan	Won internal selection
10	Germany	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Tina Lutz	Susan Beucke	2019 European Champions
11	Argentina	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Vicky Travascio	Sol Branz	2x Olympians
12	USA	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Stephanie Roble	Maggie Shea	3rd at 2020 World Championships
13	Poland	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Aleksandra Melzacka	Kinga Lobado
14	Spain	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Tamara Echegoyen	Paula Barcelo	2020 and 2016 World Champions, 2012 Gold medalist.
15	Singapore	Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds	Kimberly Lim	Cecilia Low	Both Opti World Champions
16	Canada	North American Continental Spot	Ali Ten Hove	Mariah Millen	Interview with Ali - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92/clip/15835994
17	Peru	South American Continental Spot	Diana Tudela	Marie Devoize
18	France	Oceania Continental Spot	Lili Sebesi	Albane Dubois	Confirmed
19	CHN	Asian Continental Spot			TBD
20	Belgium	European Continental Spot	Isaura Maenhaut	Anouk Geurts
21	TUN	African Continental Spot	Eya Guezguez	Sarra Guezguez

03.08.2021

Fletcher and Bithell (GBR) take gold by the slimmest of margins from Burling and Tuke (NZL)

Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell become the first British team to win 49er gold, and in the process knock Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) from their perch atop the…

03.08.2021

Grael and Kunze (BRA) Repeat Gold with Courage and Smarts

The Brazilian 49erFX Champions repeated their Rio performance after beating their challengers in another incredibly tight medal race. Sailing as always with courage, guts, and smarts, Grael and Kunze (BRA)…

01.08.2021

Will the Champions Repeat?

The 49er and 49erFX medal races each set the returning Rio Gold medalists against a cadre of worthy challengers. It will not be an easy task for either Peter Burling…

30.07.2021

Burling with Tuke – Bekkering with Duetz Jump into Narrow Leads

A Totally Different Challenge Show Top Teams in Full Command of their Skiffs Fleet racing at its best is meant to challenge teams to race across a variety of conditions…

29.07.2021

Top six emerging in 49er

Jonas Warrer, the 2008 gold medalist, sailing with Jakob Jensen (DEN) had the best day on the water for the two make-up races on day 3. But the bigger story…

28.07.2021

Leading British Couple

In the Men’s and Women’s Skiff events, both halves of an engaged couple are sharing the limelight in their respective boats, Dylan Fletcher (GBR) taking the lead in the 49er…

27.07.2021

Strong Winds, Strong Nerves make for Lively FX Start

https://youtu.be/byORSDsCfEc Strong Winds and Strong Nerves - Dobson and Tidey Rise to the Occasion Dobson and Tidey (GBR) out in front, 2021 © Sailing Energy / World Sailing After a…

22.07.2021

The Chase for Burling and Tuke – can anybody knock down the champs

Burling and Tuke - out in front in Tokyo, can they be the first to repeat Since winning Olympic gold in the Men’s Skiff – 49er at Rio 2016 five…

11.06.2021

Dobson and Tidey (GBR) win in Cascais

After leading the championship since day one, Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey from GBR bid farewell to Cascais from the highest place on the podium. Dobson and Tidey, after a…

10.06.2021

Dobson (GBR) holds lead – Echegoyen (ESP) and Grael (BRA) close gap

British Charlotte Dobson and Sakia Tidey continue in the lead although they lost punctual distance to the competition having made 7-12-3 today. In second place is the Spanish team Tamara…

The Games are On

A Games unlike any other is about to begin. Normally, many of us would be in Tokyo, but since we’re all remote, let’s figure out how to be a part of it. The racing kicks off for ILCA 6/7 (formerly Laser/Radial) and RSX windsurfing tomorrow, and then other fleets are added to stagger the start and finish of racing. … and it’s sailing, so the schedule is bound to change.

What days? To keep track of the schedule, have a look at our Olympic site – we will update the maxtrix of racing when it changes. We’ll also update the photos, results, and other content we can get our hands on.

Each day, one course is live broadcast, and it will usually be the fleet highlighted in blue, below. They do have the agility to change on the fly though, which is why there is a secondary course highlighted in yellow. An example of how to read the maxtrix, you should be able to watch 49er and FX on the 27th, and Nacra on the 29th, etc.

Details about live tracking are here.

What Time? Each day, racing starts at noon local time, and so does the broadcasting. There are two waves of races scheduled on most courses on most days, so the second half of the racing starts between14:30 and 15:30 each day, depending on how long the first fleet takes to do their racing. Here are the detailed fleet start times as they stand today:

July 27 – FX 12:00, 49er 14:50

July 28 – 49er 12:00, Nacra 17 14:35, FX 14:50

July 29 – Nacra 17 12:00 July 30 – 49er 12:00, FX 14:50

July 31 – 49er 12:00, FX 12:00, Nacra 17 12:00

Aug 1 – Nacra 17 12:00

Aug 2 – FX Medal Race 14:33, 49er Medal Race 15:33

Aug 3 – Nacra 17 Medal Race 15:33

How to Watch? There should be sailing live broadcast every day from July 25th to August 4th. The way the Olympics works is that every country has the rights to the broadcasts sold to a national broadcaster. While sailing makes the main channel very seldom in most nations, some nations do put all the broadcasts online. If you are from one of those countries, you’re in luck. However, if you are not one of the lucky ones, you can still watch but it will take a bit of tech workaround. You will need to have your computer pretend it’s sitting in another country that does have internet broadcasts, and then log in through their systems. So you can download a VPN (virtual private network, we recommend NordVPN (5 euros)) and then there are a few options. In Europe, there is a Eurosport offering. So you need to pretend you’re in the UK or France, etc., and then sign up for Eurosport for the month, for 10 Euros. However, it seems to require a European based method of payment, so that might not work for you. You can try a US based network, and go to https://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing You can try a UK based network and go to the BBC iPlayer You can try New Zealand and go to https://www.tvnz.co.nz/livetv (free account creation required). Each channel will have a common video feed, and most will have their own commentators. Both the BBC and New Zealand seem to only have limited amounts of the racing, but NBC looks like they will have everything, and it will be available on demand too. The final thing fans can look for is the live trackers. These

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Publishing Date: 2021-07-21