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The Men's Formula Kite is a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and takes place between 4–9 August 2024. It is the first appearance of men's kiteboarding in the Olympic games. [1] 20 sailors represent 20 countries entered in to the event. [2]
Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class chosen by World Sailing for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] [3] The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil.The equipment is not one-design, but instead competitors use their choice of approved production equipment. [4]
The remainder of the total quota was attributed to the eligible MNAs through the 2024 Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France (39 boats in total) and as part of the World Sailing Emerging Nations Program (two boats per gender each in windsurfing and dinghy). Four quota places (two per gender) were entitled to the NOCs competing in the men's ILCA ...
Maggie Eillen Pescetto (born 16 November 2000) is an Italian Formula Kite olympic athlete in sailing who took the silver position at the Kite Open Africa and Middle East Championship in 2022. She was nominated for Olympic competition at formula kite in 2024.
Elena Lengwiler born Elena Bosshard (born 1 June 1996) is a Swiss ice hockey player and a nominated kitefoiler for the 2024 Olympics. She was fourth in the 2024 European Championships and she represented Switzerland in Formula Kite at the 2024 Olympics.
Catalina Turienzo (born May 29, 2006) is an Argentine kitesurfer who took silver at the 2023 Pan American Games and a place in the 2024 Olympic Games. She was the 2024 Formula Kite Youth World Champion.
Formula Kite Valentin Bontus (born 1 February 2001) is an Austrian kitesurfer . He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the inaugural men's Formula Kite event , where he reached the finals and won the gold medal.
In the European Formula Kite Championships in 2023 she was a semi-finalist and she was ranked ninth. [6] Meyer was third in the 53rd Trofeo Princesa Sofia which is part of the 2024 Sailing World Cup, receiving the bronze medal in Women's Formula Kite.