World Sailing made this afternoon his last call to international sailing media, with the olympic sailing regatta due to start tomorrow at 1:00 pm (6pm CET) with the first two races scheduled for Laser Men, Laser Radial women, RS:X men…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- Today the Olympic Marina is closed. Nobody can sail, yesterday stiil no graphics and all athletes are conveying to the Olympic Village, which lies about 35 km far away from here, because from there they will…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- We received the official press release from World Sailing regarding the Russian doping file… Text below: “World Sailing received confirmation this morning from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that six sailing athletes from Russia have been…
Larger than life… Rafa Trujillo… going down to the Marina da Gloria waiting for the odd brazilian that should have repaired my rib and did not show up, I had today a chat with Rafa, a silver medallist in Athens,…
He has been the Maestro for a generation of italian sailors after the Italian Sailing Federation called him after the 1992 Games. He was a fully committed man, working day and night to teach everything about the sport, eager to…
These are the last days before the Games. The opening cerimony, specially for those who never took part in the Games, is a catarthic moment. From now on there is no real training anymore, it is like the calm prior…
Gus Miller, my first and most loved coach. Here a story that outlines how passionate he is. Memorable the Cadiz Finn Gold Cup, where he won a race at age 56 and all sailors carried him on the shoulder to…
Jochen Schuemann, the man with the eyes of ice… The ultimate sailing legend produced by the DDR, the Deutche Democratiche Repubblic. He won three gold, one in 1976 in the Finn, then two in Soling, and in Sydney 2000, at…
100 days to go and the Vendee Globe, the ultimate challenge for solo ocean sailing, will start from Les Sables d’Olonne until the start on 6 November at 13:02pm local time. Thirty sailors have signed up for this eighth edition,…
If Robert Scheidt will make the podium in the Laser Class at Rio, he will become the only sailor to win six Olympic Medals in the history of the sport. A good reason to keep our eyes focused on his…
