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The Indonesian cities Jakarta, Palembang are all geared up for the 18th edition of the Asian Games. Indonesia is hosting this mega sports event for the second time after 1962 when the games were played in Jakarta. The Asian Games has always been deemed as an event beyond sports. This gala is often viewed as a tool of integration and brotherhood among the athletes and the nations.

The Asian Sailing Federation governs, develops and promotes the sport within the continent in cooperation with 32 Member National Authorities. The Asian Games are controlled and regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and is supervised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

At the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Asian Sailing Federation which was held at Incheon, S Korea, the 14 sailing events (8 Olympic and 6 youth) for the 18^th Asian Games were announced so that the members could plan and commence training of their teams a full four years ahead of the next Asian Games. However, in view of the decision of OCA to reduce the number of events from 14 to 10 last year, the General Body of the Asian Sailing Federation in compliance decided to retain the eight Olympic events as decided earlier, however, the other six events had to be removed / reconfigured.

Enthused with the shift to Olympic events, the World Sailing Council in its annual meeting of 2017 has also approved that the best ranked NOC in the Laser Standard (Men) and Laser Radial (Women) events  at the 18th Asian Games shall also qualify for the Tokyo Olympic 2020. Form more information on Olympic Qualification system click here

The Sailing competition at this edition of the Asian Games is going to be one of the biggest so far with 145 sailors comprising 87 male and 58 female sailors from 20 Member National Authorities in 10 events.

Here is the list of sailors entered in the 18^th Asian Games sailing events:

For more about past editions of Asian Games click here