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Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Formula Kite

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Women's Formula Kite
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenuesMarseille Marina
Dates4–8 August 2024
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ellie Aldridge  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauriane Nolot  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annelous Lammerts  Netherlands
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The Women's Formula Kite is a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and takes place between 4–8 August 2024. It is the first appearance of women's kiteboarding in the Olympic games.[1] 20 sailors representing 20 countries entered in to the event.[2]

The event is scheduled to begin with up to 16 preliminary races in the opening series across four days. The top 10 competitors move on to the medal series. The top two competitors from the opening series advance directly to the final, while positions 3–10 move in to the semifinal.[3]

The eight competitors in the semifinals will be split in to two groups of equal strength with a goal of reaching three race victories. The top sailors in each split will start the semifinals with two race victories credited, while the second-ranked sailors will start with one race victory. The winner of each semifinal moves on to the final. In the final, the goal is also to reach three race victories. The highest ranked sailor from the opening series starts the final with two race victories, while the second-ranked sailor starts with one race victory.[3]

Schedule

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Sun 4 Aug Mon 5 Aug Tue 6 Aug Wed 7 Aug Thu 8 Aug
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5 Race 6 Cancelled Semifinals
Final

Preliminary races

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Results

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Official results (after 6 races).[4] Races 7 to 16 were cancelled due to inadequate wind speeds.

Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Tot Pts
1 Lauriane Nolot  France 2 1 12 2 6 1 - - - - - - - - - - 24 12
2 Eleanor Aldridge  Great Britain 1 2 2 3 4 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 33 12
3 Daniela Moroz  United States 7 3 4 1 2 7 - - - - - - - - - - 24 17
4 Annelous Lammerts  Netherlands 14 4 5 5 7 2 - - - - - - - - - - 37 23
5 Leonie Meyer  Germany 4 7 8 4 3 6 - - - - - - - - - - 32 24
6 Elena Lengwiler  Switzerland 3 6 1 15.5
RDG
1 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 47.5 26.5
7 Breiana Whitehead  Australia 12 5 7 6 9 8 - - - - - - - - - - 47 35
8 Maggie Pescetto  Italy 5 21
DSQ
3 10 14 4 - - - - - - - - - - 57 36
9 Julia Damasiewicz  Poland 6 8 11 7 11 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 64 43
10 Gal Zukerman  Israel 10 9 10 11 5 11 - - - - - - - - - - 56 45
11 Alina Kornelli  Austria 16 12 13 9 8 5 - - - - - - - - - - 63 47
12 Gisela Pulido  Spain 11 11 6 12 10 10 - - - - - - - - - - 60 48
13 Catalina Turienzo  Argentina 13 13 19 14 13 3 - - - - - - - - - - 75 56
14 Mafalda Pires de Lima  Portugal 8 15 14 13 15 9 - - - - - - - - - - 74 59
15 Jingyue Chen  China 20 14 9 8 16 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 88 67
16 Derin Atakan  Turkey 15 16 15 15 12 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 94 73
17 Justina Kitchen  New Zealand 9 10 21
DNF
16 18 21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 95 74
18 Emily Bugeja  Canada 19 19 18 17 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - 102 83
19 Benyapa Jantawan  Thailand 17 18 16 18 21
DNC
21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 111 90
20 Julie Paturau  Mauritius 18 17 17 21
RET
21
DNC
21
DNS
- - - - - - - - - - 115 94

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; OCSOn the course side of the starting line; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Medal series

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Medal series official results:[5]

Semifinals

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Semifinal A

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Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes
1 Daniela Moroz  United States 2 1 3 Advanced to Finals
2 Elena Lengwiler  Switzerland 1 2
SCP
1
3 Gal Zukerman  Israel 0 3 0
4 Breiana Whitehead  Australia 0 4
SCP
0
  • SCP = Scoring Penalty

Semifinal B

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Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes
1 Annelous Lammerts  Netherlands 2 1 3 Advanced to Finals
2 Leonie Meyer  Germany 1 2 1
3 Julia Damasiewicz  Poland 0 3 0
4 Maggie Pescetto  Italy 0 4 0

Finals

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Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eleanor Aldridge  Great Britain 1 1 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauriane Nolot  France 2 2 3 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annelous Lammerts  Netherlands 0 4 2 0
4 Daniela Moroz  United States 0 3 4
SCP
0
  • SCP = Scoring Penalty

References

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  1. ^ Dell'Orto, Giovanna (21 June 2024). "Don't blink! Summer Olympics' fastest sport, kitesurfing, will debut at Paris Games". apnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's Kite start list" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Laurinaityte, Samina (2 August 2024). "Formula Kite in Paris 2024 Olympics: Rules and Schedule". thekitespot.com. True Sessions Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Kite general classification after 6 races" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Medal Series Brackets" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.