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<\/p>\nThe 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). More than 100 athletes from around the world will compete July 13\u201316 on the waters off Belmont Shore, one of the world\u2019s premier high-performance sailing venues and the future home of Olympic sailing competition during the LA28 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
The Long Beach OCR provides athletes with a critical opportunity to compete on the same racecourse they hope to sail in 2028. Now at the halfway point of the Olympic quadrennial, the regatta has become one of the premier events on the World Sailing Grand Slam circuit, providing athletes with a critical opportunity to measure themselves against the world\u2019s best on the future LA28 Olympic racecourse.<\/p>\n
Spectators can watch all the action free of charge from the beaches along Belmont Shore and the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier. Racing begins each day at 2:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.<\/p>\n
High-resolution photos and daily race results will be available for media use throughout the regatta.<\/p>\n
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Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta 2025 \u2013 Simone Staff<\/p>\n
Community Impact<\/p>\n
Beyond the racing, the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta continues to build lasting international connections throughout the community. Many visiting athletes are being welcomed into local homes through host families, allowing them to experience Long Beach firsthand while creating friendships that extend well beyond the regatta. These relationships have become a hallmark of the event, with many athletes returning year after year to what they consider their second home on the road to the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta is an exciting opportunity for our athletes to test themselves against some of the world\u2019s best sailors while continuing to build momentum on the road to LA28,\u201d said Molly Vandemoer, Director of Olympic Sailing at US Sailing. \u201cCompeting in Long Beach allows our team to gain invaluable experience in the venue that will host the Olympic sailing competition, and we\u2019re eager to see our athletes embrace the challenge, learn from every race, and continue raising the standard for Team USA.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Event Highlights<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dates: July 13\u201316, 2026
\u2022 Racing: Begins daily at 2:00 p.m. (Monday\u2013Thursday)
\u2022 Spectators: Free viewing from Belmont Shore beaches and Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier
\u2022 Results: Updated daily throughout the regatta on the official event website
\u2022 Disciplines: Formula Kite and iQFOiL
\u2022 Athletes: More than 100 international competitors
\u2022 Venue: Official LA28 Olympic sailing venue<\/p>\n
About the Event<\/p>\n
The Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta is organized by the Long Beach Olympic Classes Regatta Organizing Committee in partnership with Long Beach Yacht Club and Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. The event showcases Long Beach as one of the world\u2019s premier sailing destinations while helping prepare athletes, race officials, volunteers, and the community to welcome the world back for the LA28 Olympic Games.<\/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":396423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,157485],"class_list":["post-396422","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396422","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=396422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}