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Full coverage full Weymouth & Portland as China's Lijia Xu wins gold in the women's laser radial sailing event as the Netherlands' Marit Bouwmeester wins silver and Belgium's Evi Van Acker wins bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games.



Sailing was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games. Since then, the classes of boats allowed to compete have continually evolved to reflect advances in yacht design and technology. Equipment advances over the past 20 years have created a trend towards smaller and lighter craft, placing ever greater demands on both the athletic and technical capacities of the sailors.

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