This from the Wikipedia page on kitesurfing. Key word probably the very last one.
"In May 2012, the course racing style of kitesurfing was announced as a sport for the 2016 Rio Olympics,[10] replacing windsurfing at first then alongside in November.[11] In fact after a vote by the General Assembly of ISAF (after an unprecedented grassroots campaign) the RSX windsurfer was reinstated for both Men and Women; kitesurfing remains therefore a non-Olympic sport until 2020 at the earliest. One of the most interesting aspects of this period[citation needed] was the transfer of many top windsurfers to kitesurf racing; even though most of them had not tried the sport before within a small number of months they were placing well and even winning events. The position has been likened to 'draughts' and 'chess'[weasel words]; if chess was an Olympic sport and for some reason was replaced by draughts chess players could transfer easily; if the decision was reversed no draughts players would be likely to take up chess, just as no kitesurfer has (yet) taken up an Olympic challenge on the RSX[neutrality is disputed].
Ultimately the ease with which complete beginners could transform themselves within a few short months into champions left a lot of unanswered questions about kitesurf racing as a competitive sport let alone an Olympic one[neutrality is disputed]; it is probable that the efforts to be included for Rio 2016 with a celebrity led campaign rather than a grassroots one have hindered the long term case for inclusion at the Olympics rather than helped them."
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