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Sailing At The Olympic Games

By - A Staff Writer | 16 Aug 2016 6:50 PM IST

Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

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Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions.

Apart from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been present in every edition of the Olympic Games.