PARIS, France – The 2024 Paris Olympics have begun, with the opening ceremony kicking of earlier in the present day. There are a ton of basic occasions occurring all through the video games, swimming, observe & area, gymnastics, and so many extra of the acquainted favorites. However there are additionally some new occasions to look ahead. Breaking, kayak cross, and components kite will debut this summer time.
Formulation Kite, or kiteboarding, is one in all ten crusing occasions that can happen on this summer time’s Olympics. Relying on wind situations, athletes will use a 7-18 meter kite to harness the wind, and a foil beneath their boards permits them to sail above the water. Speeds can attain as much as 40 knots (~46mpg) and kiteboarders sometimes bounce heights as much as 6 meters (~19.5 toes).
Males’s and Girls’s Kite can be hosted on the Marseille Marina, alongside all different crusing occasions, on the Mediterranean coast of France. Town of Marseille, some 660km from Paris, is ready to host among the Olympic soccer video games (soccer matches) as effectively, within the Stade Vélodrome.
The USA has three Formulation Kite racers within the Olympics. Noah Runciman & Markus Edegran characterize the lads, and Daniela Moroz represents the ladies. Each males’s & girls’s kite will happen between August 4-8, with the medal races starting at 9:40am ET on August 8.
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