Kiteboarders make strong claim for 2016 Olympic inclusion

8:52 AM Tue 2 Nov 2010 GMT

'International Kiteboarding (Photo: KPWT/Carlos Delicado)' International Kiteboarding Association

With the International Sailing Federation's Annual Conference due to get underway in Athens, Greece, next week, the International Kiteboard Association has made a strong claim for inclusion in the 10 event card for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. The Association, picking up in the ISAF Olympic Commission's report calling for a rejuvenation of most aspects of the Olympic classes and regatta, issued another statement today, which contains some compelling arguments for the inclusion of a Kiteboarding event to embrace the discipline which also holds the world speed sailing record, and would be the fastest event of any of the Summer ...

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by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com

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