Olympic News
Botín and Trittel join France’s America’s Cup ‘K-Challenge’
It was always going to happen eventually. Diego Botín and Florian Trittel have confirmed they’re entering the America’s Cup, joining France's K-Challenge for the 38th edition in Naples. The reigning 49er Olympic champions will...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 2 March '26
This week Caribbean racing delivered maxi drama, offshore heroics, and a scow that's putting IRC orthodoxy into question. Elsewhere, Finn history was made in Brisbane, a record fleet turned out in Vilamoura on the path to LA2028,...
Hawkins and Wilson take double British victory at iQFOiL Games opener
Britain's Emma Wilson and Finn Hawkins have claimed gold at the opening iQFOiL Games of 2026 in Lanzarote, capping a week that threw just about everything at the world's best windfoilers. Wilson, the defending champion, was never...
The Olympian windsurfer with a golden future far beyond LA 2028
Having worn the yellow bib going into the winner-takes-all medal race final at Paris 2024, Grae Morris might be forgiven for harbouring a few regrets at missing out on Olympic gold. But the young Australian windsurfer is not...
Lanzarote crowns its 2026 champions as Olympic cycle gathers pace
The 2026 Lanzarote International Regatta wrapped up on Thursday with a light-wind finale that demanded every ounce of tactical nous from sailors who'd already been put through the wringer by a week of wildly varied conditions.
Russell Coutts wants Olympic sailing to think bigger
It can seem like Russell Coutts doesn’t talk about much else than SailGP. But that doesn’t mean he’s completely switched off from the rest of the sport. Quite the opposite in fact. The New Zealander doesn’t make much of a...
How SailGP decides who's right at 50 knots
Sometimes Craig Mitchell and his team of SailGP umpires feel the benefit of operating remotely from a windowless studio in London. The chief umpire of SailGP since it began six years ago, Mitchell thinks back to one particularly...
The Foil Weekly Wrap - 26 Jan '26
This week saw Thomas Coville's Sodebo smash the Jules Verne Trophy time while The Famous Project became the first all-female crew to sail nonstop around the world on a multihull. Elsewhere, the America's Cup finally announced...
Freddie Carr: What I can’t wait to see in 2026
Thank goodness for SailGP. In a sporting world that often treats calendars like state secrets, SailGP does something refreshingly simple: it tells the fans what’s coming, and it does so early. Established teams, a format people...
