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Sailing (also known as yachting until 1996) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions.
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Lee Korzits grew up at a humble water sports school north of Tel Aviv, where stacks of surfboards stand next to low-slung rusty tin shacks.
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