We are now just few days away from the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games! Sailing won't start for another few days, but by this time next week we will be in the midst of competition for many of the fleets while others will still be anticipating their starts. Forty Two Asian sailors representing Eight Asian nations will be fighting for glory at the 2016 Rio Olympic.
Here is the list of each one of them and you can keep a special watch with your friends and family as you watch them race in Rio de Janeiro.
| Event | Sailor | Country |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Aichen Wang | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Cheng Chun Leung | Hong Kong |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Makoto Tomizawa | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Tae Hoon Lee | Korea |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Leonard Ong | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Natthaphong Phonoppharat | Thailand |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Men | Hao Chang | Chinese Taipei |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Women | Peina Chen | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Women | Sonia Lo | Hong Kong |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Women | Megumi Iseda | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Women | Audrey Yong | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – RSX Women | Siripon Kaewduang-ngam | Thailand |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49erFX | Keiko Miyagawa | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49erFX | Sena Takano | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49erFX | Griselda Khng | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49erFX | Sara Tan | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser | Jeemin Ha | Korea |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser | Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy | Malaysia |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser | Colin Cheng | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser | Keerati Bualong | Thailand |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser Radial | Lijia Xu | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser Radial | Manami Doi | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser Radial | Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif | Malaysia |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser Radial | Elizabeth Yin | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Laser Radial | Kamolwan Chanyim | Thailand |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Finn | Lei Gong | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Wei Wang | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Zangjun Xu | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Kazuto Doi | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Kimihiko Imamura | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Chang ju Kim | Korea |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Men | Ji-hoon Kim | Korea |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Lizhu Huang | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Xiaoli Wang | China, PR |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Ai Kondo Yoshida | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Miho Yoshioka | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Amanda Ng | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 470 Women | Jovina bei fen Choo | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49er | Yukio Makino | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – 49er | Kenji Takahashi | Japan |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Nacra 17 | Denise Lim | Singapore |
| Rio 2016 Olympic – Nacra 17 | Justin Liu | Singapore |
Stay tuned to Asian Sailing Federation Website and all our social media channels, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, throughout the next two weeks for continuous content as the events unfold.
Elsewhere in the Asia there will be action starting at 2016 ASAF Sailing Cup #2 at Shanghai Yacht Club and Resorts, with more than 100 sailors lined up across 8 classes, to be followed by 2016 ASAF Sailing Cup #3 at Enoshima, Japan.