Windsurfers fight to overturn 2016 Olympic loss
The world windsurfing community is not happy with the ISAF decision to get kiteboarding in the 2016 Olympic Games and prepares to fight back, while Sir Richard Branson and Kristin Boese celebrate the kiteboarding victory with champagne. The RS:X Olympic windsurfers are devastated and do not understand the decision which replaced lines for mast. That […]
The world windsurfing community is not happy with the ISAF decision to get kiteboarding in the 2016 Olympic Games and prepares to fight back, while Sir Richard Branson and Kristin Boese celebrate the kiteboarding victory with champagne. The RS:X Olympic windsurfers are devastated and do not understand the decision which replaced lines for mast. That is why a petition to keep windsurfing as Olympic discipline is available online. “So many dreams crushed, jobs destroyed and years of training put to waste. A sport that is growing more than ever whilst being a true Olympic discipline, requiring physical fitness, tactics and dedication, crushed by a seemingly so ill-informed council”, the petition tells. “Whilst the logic behind competitive kitesurfing is leaving a lot of people confused, there is no reason why we cannot have both Windsurfing and Kitesurfing as Olympic classes. If they want to cut disciplines, at least let it be even and justified throughout the sports”.
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