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Watch ISAF Sailing World Championships on the BBC!

by Lindsey Bell, RYA 17 Sep 2014 19:27 BST 19-21 September 2014

All this week, the British Sailing Team has been battling the conditions at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, in a bid for medal glory and all-important country qualification in the ten classes for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

As the competition reaches its critical stage, with the medal deciders starting on Thursday 18 September, you can catch all the medal race action on the BBC.

Medal races will be broadcast on the BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website (www.bbc.co.uk/sport) at the following times (UK viewers only):

  • Thursday 18 September 1300BST-1500BST [Laser Radial/Laser]
  • Friday 19 September 1300BST-1500BST [RSX Men/RSX Women]
  • Saturday 20 September 1300BST-1500BST [470 Women/470 Men]
  • Sunday 21 September 1100BST-1500BST [49er FX/49er/Finn/Nacra 17]
Viewers outside of the UK will be able to watch via the ISAF Youtube Channel.

You can also catch up on our journey since London 2012, and throughout the Santander World Championships, and meet some of the British Sailing Team's Olympic hopefuls in a one-hour documentary programme to be aired on Saturday 27 September, at 1300 on BBC One.

Please tune in and join us on our Road to Rio!

For a full list of British competitors and all the latest from the ISAF Sailing World Championships, stay with us at www.britishsailingteam.com, on Facebook or on Twitter.

Click here for the British Sailing Team's video channel from the Santander Worlds.

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