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Ellie Aldridge wins the first Olympic women's Formula Kite gold - 2024
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First Olympic Formula Kite women's gold medalist
- Discipline
Kite Foiling- Class
- Women / Race Course
- Measured Result
- First Olympic women's Formula Kite gold medalist - (First only)
- Date
- 2024-08-08
- Location
- Marseille Marina, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- First Achieved By
- Ellie Aldridge
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Epic Record Run
Ellie Aldridge’s Paris 2024 victory is a major world-first for kite foiling because Formula Kite is the Olympic hydrofoiling kite-racing class. World Sailing-sourced coverage says Aldridge became the first athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal in Formula Kite. The event took place at Marseille Marina during the Paris 2024 sailing competition. This row belongs in the Kite Foiling discipline rather than in a generic sailing bucket because the class equipment is the high-performance hydrofoiling kite-racing format used at the Games. The entry is a title first, not a speed record, but it is historically important because it marks the first Olympic gold medal awarded in women’s Formula Kite.
Rules of the Beast
This first is awarded to the first athlete to win Olympic gold in the women’s Formula Kite event. Formula Kite is included because the Olympic class uses hydrofoiling kite-racing equipment.
How This Got the Nod
World Sailing coverage identifies Aldridge as the first Olympic Formula Kite gold medalist. Formula Kite equipment sources identify the class as hydrofoiling kite racing.
Video Proof From the Vault
World Sailing coverage reported that Ellie Aldridge became the first athlete to win Olympic gold in women's Formula Kite.