There are no obstacles to Tahiti hosting surfing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris but more work needs to be done on the proposal before a key meeting next week, senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi has claimed.
Tahiti has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to host surfing events at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
England's Sam Norton has reflected on an unlikely bronze medal at the International Surfing Association World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship after qualifying for the Surf City El Salvador event in his first official competition.
Justine Dupont and Benoit Carpentier put the icing on the cake as France won a maiden International Surfing Association World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship here at El Sunzal beach.
International Surfing Association (ISA) executive director Robert Fasulo has praised host nation El Salvador's "can-do" attitude for delivering a successful World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship here at El Sunzal beach.
Justine Dupont and Benoit Carpentier reached the main event finals of the standup paddle (SUP) surf contest to move France within touching distance of a maiden International Surfing Association World SUP and Paddleboard Championship title here at El Sunzal beach.
The Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship will act as a catalyst for the development of Central American surfing, according to Guatemalan team manager Pedro Vergara Barrios.
Double gold medallist Esperanza Barreras has praised Salvadoran conservation efforts, after joining in a ceremony to release 200 sea turtles back to the ocean here at El Sunzal beach.
Frenchman Benoit Carpentier and Alex Salazar from Brazil were the star turns on the second day of the standup paddle (SUP) surf competition as he moved into round four of the men's event here at El Sunzal beach.
American surfer Zane Schweitzer has thrown his weight behind the International Surfing Association (ISA), as the dispute over the ownership of the standup paddle discipline with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) rumbles on.
El Salvador Minister of Tourism Morena Valdez says the International Surfing Association World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship is the start of a long-term project to put the country on the surfing map.
Benoit Carpentier and Shakira Westdorp laid down their intentions as the preliminary rounds of the standup Paddle (SUP) surf contest began here at the Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association (ISA) World SUP and Paddleboard Championship.
International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre has described the International Canoe Federation's (ICF) open competition policy at their World StandUp Paddle Championship in October as a "joke".
Paddler Josselyn Alabi is counting on the International Surfing Association (ISA) World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship to be a turning point for surfing here at Surf City.
French surfer Justine Dupont is excited by the opportunity to help her nation clinch gold at the Surf City El Salvador International Surfing Association (ISA) World StandUp Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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