Olympics-Sailing-470 medal races postponed until Thursday
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The 470 women's and men's sailing medal races have been postponed until Thursday because of a lack of wind, World Sailing, the sport's governing body, said on its official Twitter account on Wednesday.
The women's race had been set to start at 1:05 p.m. (1605 GMT), followed by the men an hour later, but World Sailing tweeted: "The only wind on the race course is from the helicopter."
(Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Alison Williams)
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