27.04.2012
*Disbalance in Olympic Sailing?
Discrimination of athletes above average
weights? Lightweights will dominate future Olympic Sailing!*
ISAF evaluation used a Submission from the 470 class to set the target for
the Mixed Multihull and Skiff women evaluations
http://newsletter.voilesetvoiliers.customers.artful.net/PDF/ISAF-M10112016-SUBMISSION-OLYMPICS-2016.PDF
With this we end in a target weight for the evaluation at 130 kg for Mixed
Multihull and 120 kg for the Skiff women.
In the same way we lost the Star Class and the Elliots (Matchrace women).
This means that 7 of 10 Olympic Classes have an optimal team-weight below
average (see links below)
If we count all men together worldwide, we have an average weight around 79
kg. For a woman it is 65 kg. *In the graphic in the attachment you can see,
how much disbalance we have in future men and women Olympic Sailing.*
Also the fact that Rio de Janeiro is a light wind venue will even give the
ultra-lightweights an advantage again. The majority of Athletes have no
chance to reach the lower weight limits with their body structure, and this
makes it impossible to have the optimal weight for an Olympic campaign in
Sailing.
It’s not too late to change this. Still 2-4 Olympic boat/surf classes have
to be selected (Mixed Multihull + Skiff Women). Also Kiteboarding is open
in weights to get Olympic Sailing in balance and get away the
discrimination of athletes above average weight.
*Links to Body weight analytics*
Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_weight
Olympic Swimming 2008:
*Olympic Swimming Male Athlete*
The average weight for males swimmers is *80.4 ± 7.0 KG*. Freestyle
sprinters have the highest weight – *84.3 ± 5.8 KG*, when freestyle
distance swimmers have the lowest weight -–*76.4 ± 6.6. KG*. This
difference is statistically significant. Male freestyle sprinters are about
20 KG heavier than female freestyle sprinters. The average of weight in
male swimmers is about 15 KG higher than in female swimmers. The difference
between male and female swimmers is statistically significant.
*Olympic Swimming Female Athlete*
The average height and weight for females is 173.0 ± 5.5 cm and *65.6 ± 6.6
KG*, respectively. Freestyle sprinters are the tallest (174.7 ± 4.5 cm) and
lightest (64.4 ± 6.4 KG) between events.
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