Sailing-Women to race with men in 'groundbreaking' SailGP shift

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Sailing - Women's 470 - Opening Series - Enoshima Yacht Harbour - Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Hannah Mills of Britain and Eilidh McIntyre of Britain in action. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

LONDON (Reuters) - SailGP will include female sailors in its adrenaline-filled racing for the first time this week by adding an extra crew position aboard its "foiling" catamarans.

There have been few routes for top female sailors to progress beyond events such as the Olympics and SailGP has implemented a pathway in an effort to address this gap.