SAILING NEWS Beijing Olympics 2008 preview 3
Team GB sets sail for success
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Qingdao is located on the
southern coastline of the
Shandong Peninsula in
east China’s Shandong
Province. Dubbed “Eastern
Switzerland” Qingdao is one
of the most important port
cities in China. Its’ unique
blend of sea and mountains
and a pleasant climate make
Qingdao extraordinary. It
has an average temperature
if 12.2 degrees Celsius and
a total length of coastline
of 862 kilometres also this
does include its’ 69 offshore
islands.
Qingdao is an important
manufacturing centre, an
ice-free seaport and is one
of the most important textile
industrial centres in China.
The International Sailing
Centre for the games is
located on the old site of
Britain’s national sailing team, skandia Team GBR, the Beihai shipyard. The
has inspired a gold medal winning garden designer centre covers 450,000
to create a chelsea Flower show garden in their square metres, two-thirds
honour, making it the first ever chelsea garden to of which will be used for the
be inspired by a sporting team competitions.
The Teams sailinG in china The medalisTs in aThens 2004
country Rs:X m Rs:X W laser laser Radial 470 m 470 W star Yngling Tornado 49er Finn event Gold silver Bronze
Argentina
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Single-handed Ben Rafael Mateusz
Australia
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Dinghy Men – AINSLIE TRUJILLO KUSZNIEREWICZ
Austria
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Finn (GBR) (ESP) (ESP)
Belarus
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Belgium
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Single-handed Siren SUNDBY Lenka SMIDOVA (CZE) Signe LIVJBERG
Brazil
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Dinghy Women (NOR) (DEN)
Bulgaria
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- Europe
Canada
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Chile
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Single-handed Robert SCHEIDT Andreas GERITZER Vasilij ZBOGAR (SLO)
Croatia
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Dinghy Open - (BRA) (AUT)
Cyprus
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Laser
Czech Republic
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Denmark
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Double-handed Paul FOERSTER Nick ROGERS and Joe Kazuto SEKI and
Dominican Republic
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Dinghy Men and Kevin GLANFIELD (GBR) Kenjiro TODOROKI
Estonia
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- 470 BURNHAM (USA) (JPN)
Finland
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France
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Double-handed Sofia BEKATOROU Natalia VIA DUFRESNE Therese TORGERSSON
Germany
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Dinghy Women and Emilia and Sandra AZON and Vendela
Great Britain
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- 470 TSOULFA (GRE) ZACHRISSON (SWE)
Greece
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Guatemala
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Keelboat Shirley Ruslan TARAN, Svitlana Dorte JENSEN ,
Hong Kong
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Women - ROBERTSON, MATEVUSHEVA and Helle JESPERSEN
Hungary
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Yngling Sarah AYTON and Ganna KALININA (UKR) and Christina OTZEN
Indonesia
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Sarah WEBB (GBR) (DEN)
Ireland
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Israel
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Keelboat Men Torben GRAEL Ross MACDONALD and Xavier ROHART and
Italy
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- Star and Marcelo Mike WOLFS (CAN) Pascal RAMBEAU
Japan
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FERREIRA (BRA) (FRA)
Korea
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Lithuania
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Windsurfer Gal FRIDMAN Nikolaos Nick DEMPSEY (GBR)
Malaysia
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Men - Mistral (ISR) KAKLAMANAKIS (GRE)
Mexico
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Netherlands
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Windsurfer Faustine MERRET Jian YIN (CHN) Alessandra SENSINI
New Zealand
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Women - Mistral (FRA) (ITA)
Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Double-handed Iker Martinez Rodion LUKA and Chris DRAPER and
PR China
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Dinghy Open - and Xavier George LEONCHUK Simon HISCOCKS
Russia
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49er FERNANDEZ (ESP) (UKR) (GBR)
Seychelles
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Singapore
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Multihull Roman HAGARA John LOVELL and Santiago LANGE and
Slovak Republic
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Open - Tornado and Hans Peter Charlie OGLETREE Carlos ESPINOLA
Slovenia
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STEINACHER (AUT) (USA) (ARG)
South Africa
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Spain
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ailing news medal predictions...
Sweden
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B
en Ainslie Finn Gold
Switzerland
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Leigh McMillan/Will Howden Tornado Top 6
Thailand
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Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson Yngling Gold
Turkey
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Penny Clark Laser Radial Top 6
Ukraine
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Paul Goodison Laser Silver
Uruguay
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Iain Percy/Andrew Simpson Star Bronze
USA
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Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes 49er Silver
Venezuela
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Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield 470 Men Bronze
Christina Bassadone/Saskia Clark 470 Women Top 6
Total 35 28 40 26 30 19 16 15 16 19 26 Nick Dempsey RS:X windsurfer Men Bronze
Total Sailors 35 28 40 26 60 38 32 45 32 38 26 Bryony Shaw RS:X winsurfer women Gold
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