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Andy Rice: Olympic classes one year on.
Hard to believe that it’s a year since the London 2012 Olympics. Which means that anyone with their sights set on Rio 2016 has just three years to get their act together. London marked the end of the keelboat classes in the Olympics, and the entry of two new events, the women’s Skiff and the mixed gender multihull. The host nation, Brazil, was particularly sad to see the Star keelboat ejected from the Olympic line-up. Thanks to the ability of Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt to win a medal at every one of the many Olympiads in which they have participated, the Star would have represented one of the most likely bets for a medal on home waters in 2016. There is still some hope that the Star might sneak a wildcard entry for Rio, with the help of the Brazilian Olympic Committee. But Robert Scheidt, who with Bruno Prada, won silver and bronze star medals at the last two Olympics, is not banking on it. Instead, within days of the medal ceremony in Weymouth last August, the five-time Olympic medallist was seen on Lake Garda training in a Laser singlehander. With eight world titles and three Olympic medals in the class, Scheidt is the most successful Laser sailor of all time. So maybe, even after a gap of almost 10 years, it shouldn’t be that surprising to see him back at the top of
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