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2012 Olympic Selection Criteria
Allow athletes around world, male & female, and of different size & weight, to participate.
- Approximately 20kgs in sailor weight separated the top 3 at the 2008 Worlds.
- Approximately 30cms in sailor height separated the top 3 at the 2008 Worlds.
- The current minimum and maximum competitive sailor weight in the Moth Class is 50kg and 90kg respectively, due to the ease of highly tuning boats to suit sailor weight.
- The hydrofoil Moth is therefore extremely suited to smaller sailors (from Asian countries).
Meet IOC objective for women participation.
- Top female placed 16 out of 99 in 2008 World Championships.
- The Moth Class has previous had a female open World Champion.
Give best sailors in each country opportunity to participate.
- The Moth class already has boats in all continents.
- Easily accessible and transported around the world.
- An excellent second market currently exists.
Combine traditional and modern to reflect, display and promote.
- The International Moth has a long standing tradition of being the most modern single hander dinghy in the world.
- It is frequently displayed and promoted in all kinds of magazines around the world.
Meet IOC criteria for participation in Olympics.
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