Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the sailing competition

A roadmap to follow for the sailing competition at the Paris Games:

-Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, Brazil: They won gold medals at the last two Olympics in the women's skiff known as 49erFX.

-Stu McNay, United States: The 42-year-old McNay has competed in the past four Olympics and will race in Marseille in the mixed dinghy known as 470 together with Lara Dallman-Weiss. They'll face stiff competition from Spain's Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman, who used to compete for the U.S.

-Daniela Moroz, United States: The San Francisco native has won six world championships in kitesurfing.

-Luuc van Opzeeland, Netherlands: The 25-year-old Dutchman is the reigning world champion in men's windsurfing-iQFOiL.

-Kitesurfing is a new sport at these Games for men and women - and the athletes will compete at some the fastest speeds of any Olympic sports in the open sea. Windsurfing-iQFOiL is also new. The other events are men's and women's dinghy, kite, skiff plus two mixed races - dinghy and multihull.

-U.S. redemption? The once-dominant U.S. Olympic sailing team has been in a persistent slump since the 2012 Games, but it's looking for redemption with veterans like Stu McNay (mixed 470s) and six-time world champion Daniela Moroz (kitesurfing).

Racing starts July 28 in Marseille. The last day of finals is Aug. 8.

-Women's dinghy: Anne-Marie Rindom, Denmark.

-Women's skiff: Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, Brazil.

-Men’s dinghy: Matt Wearn, Australia.

-Men’s skiff: Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell, Britain.

-Mixed multihull: Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, Italy.

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