Organizers of sailing agree to simplify the schedule leading up to the Olympics in Paris in 2024.
In a move that it claims will benefit sailors, national organizations, and event organizers on all continents, World Sailing has finalized competition dates for four significant Olympic-class regattas over the next two years. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Sailing Tickets from our website. In order to better coordinate the calendar, World Sailing has combined the Trofeo Princess Sofia in Mallorca, the Allianz Regatta in the Netherlands, the Semaine Olympic Francoise at Hyeres, and Kieler Woche in Germany. It asserts that by making it simpler for sailors to participate in a larger variety of competitions, the change will help encourage Olympic-class sailing. According to World Sailing’s director of events Alastair Fox, “each of these regattas has a tremendous pedigree and provides the foundations for both sailing in the Olympic Games and the Sailing World Championships.” The four events’ schedule has now been decided. The Semaine Olympic Françoise will start on April 29 of 2023, just