World Sailing Presidential Update – September 2018
World Sailing President Kim Andersen delivers his monthly newsletter to share the activities from the world governing body for the sport of sailing. Here are the highlights, the full report can be accessed here.
IPC decision
Unfortunately, it is with great disappointment that I share the news that parasailing has not been reinstated by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The shocking decision came following an IPC Board meeting in Madrid. In order to understand the reasons of this decision, the World Sailing leadership is planning to meet as soon as possible with the IPC’s leadership to further discuss this decision.
Insights from the Asian Games
During the time they spent onsite, we had the opportunity to give key stakeholders from the sailing community a first-hand account of our sport. This included providing them perspective on the evolution and development of Sailing World Championships as well as for making the sailors and the sailing community feel at home!
Key learnings from the World Cup
What an impressive World Cup and first test event for the Tokyo 2020 Games in Enoshima! With 35 Olympic medalists and numerous World Champions, 466 sailors from 44 nations were competing and getting familiar with the waters of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing venue.
Allow me to say what a great job the Japanese Local Organising Committee and the Japan Sailing Federation (JSAF) did onsite, I can assure you that we will have a great venue for the Sailing World Cup and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. I am very happy with the venue, as it has undergone renovations in order to make it more attractive for spectators and will create a wonderful festival atmosphere.
Furthermore, we also had a Board Meeting in Enoshima where we received reports from Commissions, Committees, and Working Parties. I would like to use this opportunity to state how impressed I am with the work done so far.
World Sailing Annual Meeting
Looking ahead to the Annual Meeting (Sarasota, FL), the Council will be making some very important decisions on equipment for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The ongoing process and the different steps have been discussed with various stakeholders, in particular the IOC at various meetings and occasions.
MNA’s support
I was very much encouraged by the discussions and meeting I had with many MNA’s over the last month who expressed their support regarding the work done so far by World Sailing. I also wanted to address some of their concerns, in particular Regulation 23 and our financial budget assumptions. Currently the process is underway with regards to Regulation 23, and this will be addressed at the Annual Meeting at the end of October. With regards to our financial budget… click here.
