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It's been a challenging couple of days for the sailors and the Race Committee with some challenging breeze but the forecast looks good for 20 August.

A southern breeze in between 5-10 knots is expected inside and outside of Guanabara Bay with all six racing areas to be used.

At the 2014 test event big waves were present on the outside racing areas, causing the author of this daily preview a bout of sea sickness. Southern waves are forecast to be present outside of Guanabara Bay today reaching 2.5-3.0 metres with the author staying on-shore, suitably replaced by ISAF's photographers.

It's Medal Race day for the RS:X fleets who will test the Pão de Açúcar racing area from 12:00 local time. In the men's division Aichen Wang (CHN) is well positioned to take gold whilst in the women's it'll be a shootout between Charline Picon (FRA), Malgorzata Bialecka (POL) and Blanca Manchon (ESP).

The remaining fleets are all scheduled to sail with an additional race for all as the Race Management team look to catch up on the schedule.

Click here to access the Tracking and Competition Status Screen - www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

Schedule of the day:

Event / Equipment	Course Area	# of Races	Start Time
Men's Windsurfer - RS:X	Pao de Acucar	Medal Race	12:00
Women's Windsurfer - RS:X	Pao de Acucar	Medal Race	12:45
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser	Niteroi	3	12:30
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial	Niteroi	3	12:40
Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) - Finn	Pai	3	12:30
Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470	Copacabana	3	12:40
Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470	Copacabana	3	12:30
Men's Skiff - 49er	Escola Naval	4	12:00
Women's Skiff - 49erFX	Pao de Acucar	4	13:30
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17	Ponte	4	12:00

HOW TO FOLLOW

Click here to access the Tracking and Competition Status Screen - www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/multimedia/live_tracking.php

Results will be available throughout the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta 2015 on the ISAF Olympic website here - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/index.php

Follow the event on ISAF's social networks:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing
Instagram - https://instagram.com/isafworldsailing/
Twitter - @ISAFupdates

USEFUL LINKS

ISAF Olympic Website - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/home.php
Entry List - http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/ENTRYLISTPERCLASSTEV2015OFICIAL280715-%5B19025%5D.pdf
Racing Schedule - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/schedule.php
Sailing Instructions - http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/AqueceRio2015SIFINAL-%5B19017%5D.pdf
Online Notice Board - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/results/notices/index.php
Race Areas - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/rio2016/about/race_areas.php

Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition

The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition will take place at the Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will feature 380 athletes competing across ten events.

Racing is scheduled to take place from 8-18 August 2016 and the competition format for all events is fleet racing.

Aquece Rio website - www.aquecerio.com/en