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From Qingdao of China to Vladivostok of Russia, Fareast Cup Incorporated into the Fourth Eastern Economic Forum
In 2008, Qingdao successfully held high-level Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Competitions with distinctive features, which was highly recognized by the international sailing community. At that time, Gao Jun, a young guy from Qingdao , was awarded Excellent Volunteer of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. Now he has become the founder of the Fareast Cup sailing regatta and competed for twice with Qingdao· China in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. In 2009, he organized the Welcome on Board weekend sailing regatta, which attracted a good number of Chinese and foreign sailing fans in
Qingdao . Gao Jun noted that this year's Fareast Cup is organized by People's Government of Qingdao Information Office in strict accordance with the World Sailing secondary offshore race standards. The goal is to make the event the most influential sailing regatta in northeast Asia . Next year, there will be stops in
South Korea , Japan and
Russia . The regatta will include different levels in the future, aiming to attract more types of ships to compete and show the talents of sailors.
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