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YNZ Confirms No Nominations in Two Olympic Events
Yachting New Zealand has made an announcement in the latest edition of Briefings (6 March) that there will be no competitors nominated in two Womens Olympic events - the 470 and Yngling.

New Zealand qualified for both events in Cascais at the 2007 ISAF World Championships

The announcement from Yachting New Zealand reads:

Yachting New Zealand announces that no Olympic nominations will be made to the New Zealand Olympic Committee in either the 470 Women’s or the Yngling class for inclusion in the 2008 Olympic sailing team.

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Not ‘urgent’…
The ISAF Executive Committee noted letters received from three ISAF MNAs regarding the selection of the events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. Whilst not formal submissions, the letters suggested that ISAF could reconsider the decision on the events at the forthcoming 2008 ISAF Mid-Year Meeting through the submission process.

The ISAF Regulations govern submissions which may be considered at the Mid-Year Meeting and state that only “urgent” submissions can be put forward and considered. The ISAF Executive Committee has the sole responsibility to determine whether a submission is “urgent” or otherwise.

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