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Over 40mph on water while balanced on a tea tray – welcome to kitesurfing Kitesurfing makes its long-awaited Games debut in Marseille on Sunday. Mark Staniforth. Sunday 04 August 2024 12:02 BST.
Kitesurfing is a new sport at these Games for men and women — and the athletes will compete at some the fastest speeds of any Olympic sports in the open sea. Windsurfing-iQFOiL is also new.
The sport, in which you strap on a 30-foot kite and skim across the waves, is about to make its Olympic debut. Here’s where non-Olympians can give it a try.