World Sailing asks for input from global sailing community on Olympic events review

The review is required under World Sailing's Regulation 11 which mandates that at least four Olympic events are placed under review every four years. 

At last year’s Annual Conference, the World Sailing General Assembly voted to place the Men’s Kite, Women’s Kite, Mixed Dinghy and Mixed Multihull under review. 

Following the review, this year’s General Assembly will vote, deciding for each event to either:

retain the event and equipment
retain the event but evolve the equipment
retain the event but adopt entirely new equipment
replace with a new event (equipment to be determined)

Where there is a vote to evolve or change equipment, that will be subject to a further review for a final decision in 2027. The full text of Regulation 11 can be read here.

Proposals will be considered by a joint events and equipment committee working group.

How to submit a proposal

Proposals to inform and support the working group can be submitted by:

– Member National Authorities
– World Sailing Class Associations
– Continental Associations
– Associate Members
– Committees
– Sub-committees or Commissions
– World Sailing Race Officials. 

Proposals should be submitted to proposals@sailing.org using the template available here.

The deadline for these proposals is 31 March 2026. Proposals submitted after this deadline will not be considered.

Decisions related to Olympic sailing events will be subject to approval by the International Olympic Committee.