SAN DIEGO (AP) Sailing's governing body says Oman has withdrawn as host of the 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships after failing to submit written confirmation it would abide by anti-discrimination regulations.
Oman's withdrawal as host comes less than three months after two Israeli windsurfers withdrew from the 2015 world championships due to conditions imposed by Malaysian government authorities.
World Sailing didn't punish the Malaysian Sailing Federation, but said in January that an investigation found that requirements by the Malaysian government breached the governing body's ''no-discrimination'' regulations.
World Sailing spokesman Daniel Smith says any bid has to include an explicit acceptance of the regulations. Smith says Oman didn't submit written confirmation that it would accept the regulations, only a notification that it was withdrawing as host.
