National Water Sports
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 …
read moreSailing: 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 …
read moreWill 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 …
read moreSurfing – 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 …
read moreAinslie 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 …
read moreGrigorishin 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.
read moreSwimming: 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 …
read moreSwimming: 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 …
read moreDoping: 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 …
read moreU.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 …
read moreBritain’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.
read moreNew 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 …
read moreAinslie 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 …
read moreBattered 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 …
read moreWhitfield 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, …
read moreSailGP’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 …
read moreU.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 …
read moreSwimming: 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 …
read moreSurfing: 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 …
read moreEndurance 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 …
read moreAmerica’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 …
read moreDoping: 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 …
read moreAmerica’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 …
read moreCanadian 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 …
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