Federation Focus: Offshore Sailing Quandary, Sport Climbing Election 04/28/21
Sailing Weighs Offshore Boats for Paris 2024
World Sailing faces a June 8 decision deadline by the IOC on whether double-handed offshore event will be contested in the 2024 Olympics.
The international federation had decided in 2018 on a 10-event program for Paris that includes the offshore event. But the IOC has since raised questions, concerned about the complexity of TV coverage and logistical concerns.
The IOC has asked the federation to come up with an alternative to consider that would keep the number of sailing medal events at 10.
Union Cycliste Internationale and Zwift announced its partnership to participate in the IOC’s Olympic Virtual Series.
Federation Focus: Offshore Sailing Quandary, Sport Climbing Election 04/28/21
Sailing Weighs Offshore Boats for Paris 2024
World Sailing faces a June 8 decision deadline by the IOC on whether double-handed offshore event will be contested in the 2024 Olympics.
The international federation had decided in 2018 on a 10-event program for Paris that includes the offshore event. But the IOC has since raised questions, concerned about the complexity of TV coverage and logistical concerns.
The IOC has asked the federation to come up with an alternative to consider that would keep the number of sailing medal events at 10.
Union Cycliste Internationale and Zwift announced its partnership to participate in the IOC’s Olympic Virtual Series.
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Chick Corea, seen here performing in Turin, Italy, in 2018, died Feb. 9. // Getty Images for OGR, Giorgio Perottino
This story was updated at 9:28 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 11.
The keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea one of the most revered figures in contemporary jazz, but an artist whose work spanned fusion to classical died on Feb. 9 at age 79.
Dan Muse from Chick Corea Productions confirmed his death to NPR on Thursday afternoon. Corea s team also reported his death on social media, saying that he died from a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently. No other details about his illness and death were shared.