Volvo race good news for China

The Volvo Ocean Race will have a profound impact in terms of popularizing the sport in China when it touches base at the coastal city of Qingdao in less than three weeks, Knut Frostad, CEO of Volvo Event Management UK, said recently.

Frostad said he was expecting "big fans (and a) big audience" for the event, one of the world's three leading regattas.

"In the future we will see kids starting to sail in China," he added during a trip to Beijing.