Windsurfing in, kite-surfing out of Rio 2016

International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has reinstated windsurfing as an Olympic event for the 2016 Rio Games. The announcement was made after a vote of ISAF’s general assembly Saturday which overturned a May decision to replace windsurfing’s ‘RS: X’ discipline with kitesurfing. ‘We can now look forward to preparing for Rio 2016 with the clarity that this decision brings,’ the British Royal Yachting Association (RYA) said in a statement. ‘We obviously have great compassion towards the kiteboarding community. I am sure that they will continue to work very closely with both the RYA and ISAF families with a view to gaining inclusion for the discipline in future Olympic Games.