World Sailing’s Events Committee have revealed their Olympic recommendations to the World Council for the upcoming World Sailing Annual Conference.
As part of its programme to remain relevant in the rapidly changing Olympics, World Sailing Regulation 11 mandates that at least four Olympic events are placed under review every four years. At the 2025 World Sailing Annual Conference, the General Assembly voted to place the Men’s Kite, Women’s Kite, Mixed Dinghy (470 dinghy) and Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17) under review as required by its regulations.
The joint World Sailing Events Committee and Equipment Committee have produced the ‘Joint Final Report Events Decision Regulation 11.5‘, now in its final stages, with their recommendations for the World Council who will meet on 21 November 2026 in Qingdao, China, as part of the World Sailing Annual Conference, and review the Regulation 11.5 Olympic event choices.
Detail breakdown of Recommendations (subject to change): Remember this referring Men’s Kite, Women’s Kite, Mixed Dinghy (470 dinghy) and Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17) while taking the chance to expand the sailing events reach in the popular media in the 2032 Games.
Recommendation WHITE comprises the following Events recommendations:
• MX Dinghy: retain Event; retain Equipment
• MX Multihull: retain Event; retain Equipment
• Men’s and Women’s Kite: new Event; new Equipment
• New Event: Men’s and Women’s Wingfoil
Recommendation BLUE A
• Mixed Dinghy: retain Event; retain Equipment
• Mixed Multihull: new Event; new Equipment
• Men’s and Women’s Kite: new Event; new Equipment
• New Event: Men’s and Women’s Wingfoiling
• New Event: Mixed Team Tournament**
Recommendation BLUE B
• Mixed Dinghy: new Event; new Equipment
• Mixed Multihull: retain Event; retain Equipment*
• Men’s and Women’s Kite: new Event; new Equipment
• New Event: Men’s and Women’s Wingfoiling
• New Event: Mixed Team Tournament**
* Important: Retaining Mixed Multihull both as Event and Equipment is conditional to format change and part of the equipment being supplied.
** Important: Inclusion of the Mixed Team Tournament assumes satisfactory World Sailing financial due diligence of the proposed funding arrangements and agreement of an appropriate contractual and governance framework with the relevant delivery entity.
There is a public council call Wednesday 28 Oct: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldSailingTV/featured
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