Water Sports Category Archive

Olympic wave riders in frontline of climate change

Of all the sports at the Tokyo Olympics later this year none inhabit the frontline of climate change quite like surfing.

Big wave surfer Botelho in hospital after Nazare incident

Surfer Alex Botelho was in hospital in stable condition on Tuesday night after a horrific incident during the inaugural Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge on the central coast of Portugal, which boasts some of the biggest waves in the world.

Olympic gold medalist Schoeman blames contamination for positive test

South African Olympic swimming gold medalist Roland Schoeman says he still has ambition to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Games despite serving a one-year suspension after testing positive for a banned substance.

Factbox: Key facts about surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Surfing is one of five new sports introduced or reintroduced to the Games this year.

Factbox: Key facts about rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Rowing, one of the Games’ oldest sports, is broken down into sculling and sweep.

Factbox: Key facts about artistic swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Artistic swimming, previously synchronized swimming, is one of the aquatic events.

Factbox: Key facts about sailing at the 2020 Tokyo Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Sailing pits athletes against the natural elements as they compete on the open water.

Factbox: Key facts about swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Swimming is one of five aquatic events.

Factbox: Key facts about water polo at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Water polo is one of five aquatic events.

Factbox: Key facts about canoeing at the 2020 Tokyo Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Canoeing is divided between slalom and sprint events, using canoes and kayaks.

Factbox: Key facts about diving at the Tokyo 2020 Games

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Diving, one of the oldest sports in the modern Games, is one of the aquatic events.

Olympic champ Drysdale regains seat in bid for Tokyo treble

Double Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale has regained the front running for New Zealand’s singles sculls selection at the Tokyo Games after having to row in other boats for the last two years.

With Olympics, world champ says surfing shreds image as sport for ‘bums’

On Wednesday, freshly crowned surfing world champion Italo Ferreira sliced through steep, fast-barreling waves off Rio de Janeiro’s Leblon beach and popped several feet into the air.

Olympics: Dressel tipped to dominate Tokyo sprint swimming

American Caeleb Dressel will become a global superstar by winning more events than any other swimmer at this year’s Tokyo Olympics but he is unlikely to rack up gold medals at the same clip as Michael Phelps, predicts Olympic historian Bill Mallon.

Sailing: Comanche grabs early lead after slow start in Sydney Hobart race

InfoTrack was first out of the Sydney Heads but 2017 line honors winner Comanche shrugged off a poor start to grab an early lead in the Sydney Hobart yacht race on Thursday.

Tokyo, Toronto new franchises in pro swim league

Tokyo and Toronto will begin competing next season as new franchises in the International Swimming League (ISL), the professional league announced in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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Ferreira wins world title, Brazil 1-2 ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Brazil’s Italo Ferreira upset countryman Gabriel Medina to win his first world surfing title in powerful but less-than-perfect waves at Hawaii’s famed Pipeline on Thursday.

Sailing: Spain sets sights on SailGP after China jumps ship

China has dropped out of the 2020 series of SailGP, its organizers said on Tuesday, with Spain stepping aboard their vacant F50 foiling catamaran to race for a $1 million prize.

Swimming: Japan’s Ikee leaves hospital, aiming for Paris 2024

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, who was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year, said on Tuesday that she has been discharged from hospital and will be aiming to compete and win medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Olympics: Tahiti preferred choice for Paris 2024 surfing events

The surfing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics could take place 15,000km away from the French capital in Tahiti under a proposal backed by the International Surfing Association (ISA).

Sailing: Denmark joins sea battle for SailGP’s $1 million prize

A Danish team will challenge crews from Australia, China, France, Britain, Japan and the United States in next year’s $1 million prize, high-octane SailGP catamaran circuit.

Will surfing’s GOAT get an Olympic swan song?

When Kelly Slater, surfing’s greatest of all time, won his first Pipeline Master’s contest in 1992, John John Florence was a newborn in diapers playing in the Hawaiian sand.

Surfing – Hawaii’s Moore wins fourth world title, books Olympics berth

Hawaii’s Carissa Moore won her fourth world surfing title on Monday, advancing into the semi-finals of the last contest of the 2019 World Championship Tour ahead of her nearest rival, teenage Florida sensation Caroline Marks.

Ainslie adds SailGP to INEOS Team UK’s pursuit of America’s Cup

Ben Ainslie will helm the British entry in the 2020 series of SailGP with backing from INEOS Team UK, adding the catamaran competition to his campaign to win the America’s Cup in New Zealand in 2021.

Grigorishin making a splash with his ISL revolution

Ukrainian energy tycoon Konstantin Grigorishin is leading a revolution in the pool and he has no doubt that swimmers will be the winners.

Swimming: Sun Yang’s stance on anti-doping testers doesn’t wash for Peaty

Out-of-competition anti-doping procedures need tightening up, but the stance of Chinese swimming champion Sun Yang will not wash, Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty said on Friday.

Swimming: Doping officials failed to prove identity, says Sun

Chinese multiple world and Olympic champion Sun Yang’s defense against allegations he committed anti-doping violations was affected by translation problems during the opening stages of a Court of Arbitration (CAS) hearing on Friday.

Doping: CAS to hear Sun’s case in public on Nov. 15

China’s world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will answer allegations about anti-doping violations in an open court hearing on Nov. 15, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.

U.S. Olympic champion Dwyer retires after doping ban

American double Olympic champion Conor Dwyer on Friday said he was retiring from swimming on the day he was handed a 20-month doping ban that ruled him out of next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

Britain’s canoe champion Clarke fails to secure Tokyo 2020 slot

Olympic slalom kayak singles champion Joe Clarke failed to secure a place in the British canoe team announced on Thursday for next year’s Tokyo Games.

New international pro swimming series stirs excitement

A cavalcade of Olympic and world champions including Katie Ledecky, Florent Manaudou, Sarah Sjostrom and Chad Le Clos joined forces for what they hope will be part of the sport’s future in Indianapolis on Saturday.

Ainslie aims to rule America’s Cup new wave with historic ‘Britannia’

Ben Ainslie named his new multi-million dollar America’s Cup yacht “Britannia” on Friday, as he launched the revolutionary foiling AC75 he hopes will bring international sport’s oldest trophy back to Britain.

Battered Bellamy soon back to the water but in a boat

Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy, still recovering from the exertions of the longest open ocean swim in history, is keen to get back in the water but will return to his rowing roots for his next adventure.

Whitfield heads list of Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame inductees

Former triathlon champion Simon Whitfield and diving standout Alexandre Despatie are among this year’s class of nine inductees to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Monday.

SailGP’s ‘wizards of Aus’ fly high in million dollar final

Whoever wins SailGP’s inaugural $1 million prize, one thing is certain for Australian friends and rivals Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge, they’ve agreed to stand each other a drink.

U.S. woman crosses Channel four times in record-breaking swim

U.S. endurance swimmer Sarah Thomas has become the first person to swim across the English Channel four times without stopping, refueling only on a liquid formula during her 54-hour feat.

Swimming: Endurance athlete completes longest ocean swim

Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy completed the longest recorded ocean channel swim on Sunday, covering the 151.7 km (94 miles) from Barbados to St Lucia in the Caribbean in 56 hours and 36 minutes, according to the official website tracking his progress.

Surfing: Brazil fires warning shot in Olympic qualifier

Powerhouse Brazil showed just what a threat it will be at surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo next year, claiming gold and bronze in the men’s division and silver in the women’s to win top overall team honors at a qualifying competition in Japan.

Endurance athlete attempts to swim between Caribbean islands

Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy will attempt an unprecedented 150km swim from Barbados to St Lucia on Friday in an effort to complete the longest ocean swim in history.

America’s Cup holders Team New Zealand begin trials of new boat

America’s Cup holders Team New Zealand finally began proper trials of their new class of foiling monohull on Wednesday after rough weather in Auckland scuppered any real chance of testing the 75-foot yacht when it was launched last week.

Doping: China’s Sun says public opinion ‘distorting’ facts of drug test

China’s Olympic and world champion swimmer Sun Yang has said public opinion has been “distorting” the facts surrounding his controversial drug test in Shanghai last year and made his training and life intolerable.

America’s Cup winners back in groove for Olympics tilt

Winning the Tokyo Olympics test event in Enoshima may have appeared a cakewalk for Rio gold medalists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, but the duo said it had taken them some time to get used to the 49er class yacht again.

Canadian 11-time world champion says she is no drug cheat

Canada’s 11-times canoe world champion Laurence Vincent Lapointe maintained she is not a drug cheat on Tuesday but conceded there will be people who will never believe her.

CAS to hear Chinese champion Sun’s case in public

A case in which China’s multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is accused of anti-doping violations will be held in public in a break from usual procedure, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement on Tuesday.

E.coli in water forces Tokyo to cancel swimming at Paratriathlon World Cup

High levels of E.coli bacteria forced Tokyo officials to cancel the swimming segment of Saturday’s Paratriathlon World Cup, a test event for next year’s Paralympics.

U.S. makes splash in pool to get past 200 medals at Pan Ams

Led by another productive day in the pool, the United States sailed through the 200 total medal barrier at the Pan Am Games on Thursday and warned there was more to come.

Pan Am Games: After battling cancer Adrian fights for Olympic spot

Having gained the upper hand in his battle with cancer, Nathan Adrian was at the Pan Am Games on Tuesday focused on a more familiar fight securing a spot on the United States 2020 Olympic swim team.

Britain’s Olympic champion Mears retires to follow music career

Britain’s first Olympic diving champion Chris Mears, who won gold with his 3m springboard synchronized partner Jack Laugher, has retired from competition to pursue his music career.

Lochte looks forward to 2020 after winning 200IM

Ryan Lochte capped off his return to competitive swimming after a 14-month ban with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley at the Phillips 66 U.S. National Championships on Sunday, and for Lochte, it could just the beginning.

Surfs up as Peru claim three Pan Am golds

Peru rode a wave of support from a raucous home crowd to win three Pan Am Games surfing gold medals on Sunday, carrying Daniella Rosas and Luca Mesinas all the way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

U.S. replace water polo player hurt in South Korean club collapse

U.S. water polo attacker Paige Hauschild, who was injured when the upper deck of a nightclub collapsed on top of revellers in South Korea last Saturday, will be replaced on the Pan American Games roster, the team said on Saturday.