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THE 10 EVENTSMen (5): RS:X (windsurf), Laser (1-person dinghy), Finn (heavyweight 1-person dinghy), 470 (2-person dinghy), 49er (2-person skiff)Women (4): RS:X (windsurf), Laser Radial (1-person dinghy), 470 (2-person dinghy), 49er FX (2-person skiff)Mixed (1): Nacra 17 (2-person multihull)THE FORMATFor the Laser, Finn and 470 events, there are 10 regattas followed by 1 medal race.For the RS:X, 49er and Nacra 17 events, there are 12 regattas followed by 1 medal race.The winner of each regatta scores 1 point, 2nd place scores 2 points, etc. Each competitor has their worst result discarded after the first 10 or 12 regattas. The competitor with the fewest points after the medal race (which counts double) is declared the winner.MILESTONES1660The first regatta is held on the River Thames in England, from Greenwich to Gravesend, between boats belonging to the Duke of York and Charles II.1851The New York Yacht Club (NYYC), founded in 1844, sends a boat, America, to participate in the Royal Yacht Squadrons One Hundred Sovereign Cup. In the presence of Queen Victoria, America wins comfortably ahead of 15 English boats. The Cup is later donated to the NYYC and renamed the Americas Cup.1895-1898American Joshua Slocum becomes the first man to complete a solitary round-the-world crossing, unaided, in his sloop Spray.1896The planned sailing events at the first modern Games are cancelled due to bad weather.1900Sailing makes its Olympic debut in Paris. After a brief absence at the 1904 Games in St Louis, sailing becomes a permanent fixture of the Olympic programme.1947Americans Clark Mills and Major Clifford McKay develop the Optimist, a boat which opens up the sport to a wider population.1988The first women-only event, the 470, is introduced at the Games in Seoul (the event was previously mixed).2016Changes to the Olympic sailing programme. The 49er FX is introduced for women, as is the Nacra 17 mixed event, on a 2-person catamaran. The keelboat events for men (Star) and women (Elliot) are dropped.STARSPaul Elvstrom (Denmark)The pioneer. 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals, in Firefly (1948) and Finn (1952, 1956, 1960). A remarkable 8 Olympic appearances between 1948 and 1988. In 1984, at the age of 56, he finished 4th in Tornado with his daughter Trine. An 11-time world champion in 7 different types of boat.Valentin Mankin (USSR/Ukraine)The all-rounder. He remains the only sailor to have won 3 gold medals in 3 different classes. In 1968, he won the Olympic title in Finn, before taking gold in Tempest (1972) and Star (1980). He also picked up a silver medal in Tempest at Montreal 1976.Ben Ainslie (Great Britain)The greatest. 4 gold medals at consecutive Games between 2000 and 2012 (1 in Laser, 3 in Finn). He also took Olympic silver in Laser in 1996. A 10-time world champion, knighted in 2013, Sir Ben is also one of the rare Olympic champions to have won the Americas Cup (in 2013, with the boat Oracle Team USA).Kean Wong Angels Jersey . -- Ryan Getzlaf grabbed the three pucks wrapped in tape and held them up to his chest in the Anaheim Ducks dressing room for a celebration nine seasons in the making. 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They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation.The Houston Rockets have expanded to esports and gaming, hiring a new director of esports in the teams front office, the franchise announced Thursday. The new director is former Team Archon chief executive officer and Namecheap head of esports Sebastian Park. No further moves for the team have been determined, and it intends to explore all options before making a formal investment.The franchise, which has shown interest in esports before, hired Park as an experienced esports executive. He ran Archon, the esports team owned by famous Hearthstone professional player Jason Amaz Chan, from 2015 to 2016. Park, 25, is a native of Los Angeles and a Yale graduate in cognitive science.What really drew me to the Rockets was their ability to say, There are things we know, and things we dont know. We know the esports space is valuable, now lets take time and really figure it out, Park told Bloomberg Technology.Rockets general manager Daryl Morey spoke about essports on ESPNs True Hoop podcast in August, stating that if he was involved in any other sport aside from basketball as a career, it would be esports.ddddddddddddHe also compared esports growth to 1950s basketball.The Rockets are the first NBA franchise to hire an esports-focused employee internally, but not the first NBA franchise to expand into the field. In September, the Philadelphia 76ers purchased North American team Apex Gaming and European organization Team Dignitas, quickly merging the two organizations and hiring new staffers under the Dignitas banner.Additionally, Golden State Warriors co-owner Peter Guber and Washington Wizards co-owner Ted Leonsis invested with a group into esports org Team Liquid in September. Memphis Grizzlies co-owner Stephen Kaplan increased his stake in Immortals around the same time. 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