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Weymouth and Portland International Regatta
The Weymouth and Portland International Regatta is an official London 2012 Test Event and part of the London Prepares series. Racing begins on 2 August with the first flights of the Women's Match Racing competition and concludes on 13 August. All of the Olympic events will be contested with each nation able to send just one entry to each event.
London 2012 Games Olympic Sailing Competition
The London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition will take place at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy and Portland Marina, located in Dorset on the South Coast of England. Racing is scheduled to take place from 29 July to 11 August. At the 2012 Games sailing will introduce women's match racing for the first time. The racing format will be a single round-robin, quarter finals, semi-finals and then the finals. The nine fleet racing events will all sail an opening series before the top ten in each event contest a double-points Medal Race to decide the final positions. The Medal Races have a target time of approximately 30 minutes and will take place close to the shore at the Nothe to allow spectators ashore to get close up to the action.
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