ISAF have kicked the RS:X out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio! At the 2012 mid-year meeting in Stresa Italy, ISAF council voted to include Kiteboarding in favour of windsurfing and the RS:X. It is likely that windsurfing will appeal at the November meeting but it will be very tough to overturn the decision.
At the same meeting the 49er FX was confirmed to be the equipment for the Women's Skiff as was the Nacra 17 for the Mixed Two Person Multihull.
So the events to be contested at the 2016 Olympic Games are confirmed as:
Men's Kiteboarding
Women's Kiteboarding
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Men's One Person Dinghy (heavy) - Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's Skiff - 49er FX
Mixed Two Person Multihull - Nacra 17
These are also the events that will be featured in the 2012-2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup.
Full details of the decision can be viewed here.
