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When No News is Good News

Andy Rice | March 17, 2008

No word from ISAF as to the number of submissions it has received in relation to the Olympic Events for Weymouth 2012. SailJuice emailed the Federation at the beginning of the day to request a list of national authorities who had made formal submissions, but all quiet on the western front.

I’m not surprised we haven’t heard anything yet. I’m also quite encouraged by the fact, as word on the (moderately reliable) grapevine is that there are a few more nations, other than the ones already mentioned on this blog, who have made formal submissions.

There is another encouraging element to all this, which is that it’s not just the wealthy or the big nations kicking up a fuss. We’ve already mentioned the support from some African nations for a revote, and there is also a submission from Bermuda and… Read the rest

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The 'Dirty Dozen' (and Russia)

Andy Rice | March 14, 2008

Submission deadline is just about passed, and to date this is the known list of national authorities who SailJuice believes have made a submission to ISAF on the issue of Olympic Events 2012:

AUS

GBR

CAN

DEN

GRE

NED

NZL

SIN

HKG

SWE

FRA

AUT

oh yes, and RUS

Below is a copy of the letter sent by the Russian Federation to ISAF. If anyone knows of any other national authorities who have made a submission relating to this issue, please let us know in the comments section. Anyone surprised at some of the nations that aren’t there, by the way? USA, anyone? ;)

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