Category — Sailing

Here’s the provisional list of Olympians expected to participate in the sailing events to be held in Qingdao. Among those to watch in the list: two-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie of the United Kingdom [above]; he is favored to win another gold. Photo via sailing.org

Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
28 entries confirmed, 28 athletes
Argentina – Cecilia CARRANZA
Australia – Sarah BLANCK
Belarus – Tatiana DROZDOVSKAYA
Belgium – Evi VAN ACKER
Canada – Lisa ROSS
Croatia – Mateja PETRONIJEVIC
Finland – Tuula TENKANEN
France – Sarah STEYAERT
Germany – Petra NIEMANN
Great Britain – Penny CLARK
Greece – Eftychia MANTZARAKI
Ireland – Ciara PEELO
Israel – Nufar EDELMAN
Italy – Larissa NEVIEROV
Lithuania – Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE
Mexico – Tania ELIAS CALLES
New Zealand – Jo ALEH
Norway – Cathrine GJERPEN
Paraguay – Florencia CERUTTI
Peru – Paloma SCHMIDT
Poland – Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA
PR China – Xu LIJIA
Russia – Anastasia CHERNOVA
Singapore – Man Yi LO
Spain – Susana ROMERO
Sweden – Karin SODERSTROM
Switzerland – Nathalie BRUGGER
USA – Anna TUNNICLIFFE

Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser
43 entries confirmed, 43 athletes
Argentina – Julio ALSOGARAY
Australia – Tom SLINGSBY
Austria – Andreas GERITZER
Barbados – Gregory DOUGLAS
Brazil – Bruno FONTES
Canada – Mike LEIGH
Chile – Matias DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITH
Croatia – Luka RADELIC
Cyprus – Pavlos KONTIDES
Czech Republic – Martin TRCKA
Denmark – Anders NYHOLM
Dominican Republic – Raul AGUAYO
Estonia – Deniss KARPAK
Finland – Pierre Angelo COLLURA
France – Jean Baptiste BERNAZ
Great Britain – Paul GOODISON
Greece – Evangelos CHIMONAS
Guatemala – Juan I MAEGLI
Hungary – Zsombor BERECZ
Italy – Diego ROMERO
Japan – Yoichi LIJIMA
Korea – Jeemin HA
Luxembourg – Marc SCHMIT
Malaysia – Kevin LIM LEONG KEAT
Netherlands – Rutger VAN SCHAARDENBURG
New Zealand – Andrew MURDOCH
Norway – Kristian RUTH
Poland – Maciej GRABOWSKI
Portugal – Gustavo LIMA
PR China – Shen SHENG
Russia – Igor LISOVENKO
Seychelles – Allan JULIE
Singapore – Seng Leong KOH
Slovenia – Vasilij ZBOGAR
Spain – Javier HERNANDES
Sweden – Rasmus MYRGREN
Switzerland – Christoph BOTTONI
Turkey – Kemal MUSLUBAS
United Arab Emirates – Mohammed ADIL KHALID
Uruguay – Alejandro FOGLIA
USA – Andrew CAMPBELL
US Virgin Islands – Thomas BARROWS LLL
Venezuela – Jose Miguel RUIZ

Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
29 entries confirmed, 58 athletes
Argentina – Javier CONTE and Juan DE LA FUENTE
Australia – Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE
Austria – Matthias SCHMID and Florian REICHSTADTER
Belarus – Sergei DESUKEVICH and Pavel LOGUNOV
Brazil – Fabio PILLAR and Samuel ALBRECHT
Canada – Stephen LOCAS and Oliver BONE
Croatia – Sime FANTELA and Igor MARENIC
Finland – Niklas LINDGREN and Heikki ELOMAA
France – Nicolas CHARBONNIER and Olivier BAUSSET
Great Britain – Nick ROGERS and Joe GLANFIELD
Greece – Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS and Andreas PAPADOPOULOS
Ireland – Gerald OWENS and Philip LAWTON
Israel – Gideon KLIGER and Ehud GAL
Italy – Gabrio ZANDONA and Andres TRANI
Japan – Tetsuya MATSUNAGA and Taro UENO
Korea – Cheul YOON and Hyeongtae KIM
Netherlands – Sven COSTER and Kalle COSTER
New Zealand – Carl EVANS and Peter BURLING
Poland – Patryk PIASECKI and Kacper ZIEMINSKI
Portugal – Álvaro MARINHO and Miguel NUNES
PR China – Wang WEIDONG and Deng DAOKUN
Russia – Michael SHEREMETIEV and Maxim SHEREMETIEV
Singapore – Yuan Zhen XU and Seng Kiat Terence KOH
Slovenia – Karlo HMELJAK and Mitja NEVECNY
Spain – Onan BARREIROS and Aaron SARMIENTO
Sweden – Anton DAHLBERG and Sebastian OSTLING
Switzerland – Tobias ETTER and Felix STEIGER
Turkey – Deniz CINAR and Ates CINAR
USA – Stuart MCNAY and Graham BIEHL

Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
19 entries confirmed, 38 athletes
Argentina – Fernanda SESTO and Consuelo MONSGUR
Australia – Elise RECHICHI and Tess PARKINSON
Austria – Sylvia VOGL and Carolina FLATSCHER
Brazil – Fernanda OLIVEIRA and Isabel SWAN
Czech Republic – Lenka SMIDOVA and Lenka MRZILKOVA
France – Ingrid PETITJEAN and Gwendolyn LEMAITRE
Germany – Stefanie ROTHWEILER and Vivien KUSSATZ
Great Britain – Christina BASSADONE and Saskia CLARK
Israel – Nike KORNECKI and Vered BOUSKILA
Italy – Giulia CONTI and Giovanna MICOL
Japan – Ai KONDO and Naoko KAMATA
Netherlands – Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT
PR China – Wen YIMEI and Yu CHUNYAN
Singapore – Liying TOH and Hui Min Deborah ONG
Slovenia – Vesna DEKLEVA PAOLI and Klara MAUCEC
Spain – Natalia VIA-DUFRESNE and Laia TUTZO
Sweden – Therese TORGERSSON and Vendela SANTEN
Switzerland – Emmanuelle ROL and Anne-Sophie THILO
USA – Amanda CLARK and Sarah MERGENTHALER

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Why is sailor Alejandro Foglia chosen for his country’s flag bearing honors? He’s the first athlete from Uruguay to qualify for Beijing 2008 and he is ranked 17th in the world. Foglia will compete in the men’s Laser Dinghy according to Beijing2008.

Photo source: larepublica

Let’s include Malaysian Kevin Lim among the list of athletes who have some issues (okay, gripes) against their country’s sports officials. His unsure road to Beijing looks like this:

1. The Malaysian Yatching Association did not register anyone for the last yatching Olympic qualifying event held in Australia

2. Kevin, acting on his own, pleads with the organizers to accept his registration

3. He earns an Olympic slot when he placed 15th overall. In effect, Malaysia also earns a slot to the Olympics

4. He has been training for the Beijing Olympics ever since he qualified

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