(Jerusalem Post) Allon Sinai - World Sailing announced on Sunday that it is holding an investigation of Malaysia over the Youth Sailing World Championships that began in Langkawi on Monday after Israel was unable to send a delegation to the event. The Malaysian organizers demanded that the windsurfers not compete under the Israel flag and should an Israeli win a gold medal, the Israeli national anthem would not be played. World Sailing President Carlo Croce said: "A member of the World Sailing Executive is on route to Malaysia to investigate this issue....World Sailing expects the organizing authority of its events to allow sailors from all nations to compete on an equal basis." Israel Sailing Association chairman Gili Amir said that as of 24 hours before the team's scheduled departure date, they had not yet received visas.
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