{"id":391362,"date":"2026-07-09T00:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391362\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:38:09","slug":"racing-on-olympic-waters-in-long-beach-scuttlebutt-sailing-news-providing-sailing-news-for-sailors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/391362\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing on Olympic waters in Long Beach >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News: Providing sailing news for sailors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The road to Los Angeles 2028 continues this week as the world\u2019s best kiteboarders and windsurfers descend on Long Beach, California for the 2026 Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR), with 15 US athletes taking to the waters off Belmont Shore for racing July 13-16. <\/p>\n

The Long Beach OCR marks a critical opportunity for athletes to race on the same waters that will host Olympic competition at the LA28 Olympic Games. At the halfway point of the quad, the event is expected to be one of the strongest and most competitive stops on the Sailing Grand Slam circuit. <\/p>\n

Competition in the Formula Kite and iQFOiL classes will feature a preliminary series, elimination series, and medal finals, giving athletes valuable racing experience while testing strategies, equipment, and local conditions on the Belmont Shore racecourse. <\/p>\n

The fleet includes many of the sport\u2019s biggest names, including numerous Paris 2024 Olympic medalists. Reigning Olympic champion in the Men\u2019s Formula Kite, Silver Medalist in the Women\u2019s Kite and every Olympic medalist from the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s iQFOiL events are expected to compete as they begin another push toward qualification for LA28. With Olympic veterans joined by rising stars from around the world, the regatta promises some of the toughest competition of the season. <\/p>\n

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Mirroring the Olympic format, Formula Kite and iQFOiL competition will be based out of Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, with racing taking place off Belmont Shore in Long Beach. The remaining Olympic sailing classes will compete later this summer at the San Pedro Olympic Class Regatta. <\/p>\n

Beyond serving as an important benchmark on the Olympic pathway, the Long Beach OCR will also offer qualification opportunities for the next Pan American Games. The top two eligible nations in the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s iQFOiL events and the top four eligible nations in the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Formula Kite events will earn country qualification spots. Eligible nations can be found here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On the water for the USA: <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Kite
Matt Faus
Lief Given
Adam Keaton
Trevor Nelson
Noah Runciman <\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Kite
Daniela Moroz, US Sailing Team (OLY Paris 2024) <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s iQFOiL
Noah Lyons (OLY Paris 2024)
Makani Andrews
Xavier Ferlet
Garrett January
Miles Sousana <\/p>\n

Women\u2019s iQFOiL
Dominique Stater (OLY Paris 2024)
Bryn Miller
Brianna Orams<\/p>\n

Event details: https:\/\/www.longbeachocr.org\/en\/default\/races\/race<\/a><\/p>\n

Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Sailing Program:
First Week \u2013 July 16-20
Men\u2019s Kiteboard \u2013 Formula Kite Class \u2013 Long Beach, CA
Women\u2019s Kiteboard \u2013 Formula Kite Class \u2013 Long Beach, CA
Men\u2019s Windsurfing \u2013 iQFOiL \u2013 Long Beach, CA
Women\u2019s Windsurfing \u2013 iQFOiL \u2013 Long Beach, CA<\/p>\n

Second Week \u2013 July 23-28
Men\u2019s One Person Dinghy \u2013 ILCA 7 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA
Women\u2019s One Person Dinghy \u2013 ILCA 6 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Two Person Dinghy \u2013 470 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA
Men\u2019s Skiff \u2013 49er \u2013 Los Angeles, CA
Women\u2019s Skiff \u2013 49erFX \u2013 Los Angeles, CA
Mixed Multihull \u2013 Nacra 17 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Dates: July 16-28<\/p>\n

Source: US Sailing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The road to Los Angeles 2028 continues this week as the world\u2019s best kiteboarders and windsurfers descend on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,157485,154954,32235,157486],"class_list":["post-391362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-long-beach-olympic-classes-regatta","tag-los-angeles-2028-games","tag-olympic-games","tag-us-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}