Cypriot sailor gains ticket to Beijing Olympics

一名年仅17岁的塞浦路斯帆船选手通过激烈竞争，为地中海地区赢得2008年北京奥运会男子单人艇--激光级赛事的最后一张入场券。明年8月9日至21日，北京奥运会帆船赛将在青岛举行，届时，来自全球400余名一流选手将参加11项帆船赛事的角逐。

men's one person dinghy - laser

A 17-year-old Cypriot sailor has gained a hard-won ticket to represent Cyprus in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a local nautical club said on Wednesday.

Pavlos Kontides, finished 62nd at the world sailing championships which took place in Cascais, Portugal.

"By winning this privileged position Kontides managed to place Cyprus at the 29th place and at the same time to qualify for the Olympics," the Limassol Nautical Club announced in a press release.

Kontides earned his Mediterranean island state the last ticket for men's one person dinghy - laser, according to the website of the International Sailing Federation.

The 2008 Olympic sailing competition will take place in Qingdao from the 9-21 August. Gold medals will be decided in eleven Olympic sailing events, featuring a total of 400 sailors.

Vocabulary:

men's one person dinghy - laser：男子单人艇——激光级