World Sailing statement on AP comments attributed to former CEO
by World Sailing 27 Jan 2016 06:25 GMT
27 January 2016
We were surprised by the comments attributed to the former ISAF Chief Executive Officer Peter Sowrey in a recent interview with AP.
Of their own accord, the Hotel Association, the Commercial and Business Association of Buzios and the Buzios Convention & Visitors Bureau wrote to the ISAF President on 27 July 2015 offering the services of their city as an alternative Olympic sailing venue.
Under the guidance of Chief Executive Officer at the time, Peter Sowrey, the President wrote back on 3 August 2015 with the following statement, 'As you know the venue for the Sailing event of the 2016 Olympic Games was evaluated and approved some years ago. There are no plans currently to consider other venues.'
World Sailing continues to work in close partnership with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the International Olympic Committee to ensure that the venue is suitable to provide an outstanding Olympic Sailing Competition.
Read the full AP interview here and read Richard Gladwell's analysis on our sister site, Sail-World.com, here.