Fotogalerie Finn-Fotos 2012
13.07.2012
The Finn Class coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition starts here.
Over the next few weeks we'll be publishing exclusive interviews, background information and previews of the sailors, before the daily racing coverage
starts on Sunday 29th July, but first a little bit of history...
A brief history of the Finn Class at the Olympic Games
( http://www.finnclass.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=463:finn-at-the-olympics&catid=43:olympics&Itemid=266 )
The Finn made its first appearance at the Olympic Games back in 1952. That year Paul Elvstrøm won the second of his four Gold medals on his way to
setting a record that has, so far, stood for 52 years. More than five decades later Ben Ainslie stands on the brink of breaking that record, as he has
broken so many other records in his 10 years in the class. If he does it would be one of the defining moments of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Finn is the oldest dinghy class that is being used at the 2012 Olympic Games. In fact this year marks its 60th anniversary of includion at the
Games and is the 16th time it will be used. Over those 60 years it has modernised and embraced new technologies but is fundamentally the same design.
© International Finn Association 2012
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