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International Olympic Committee makes landmark move into virtual sports by announcing first-ever Olympic Virtual Series 04/22/21 International Olympic Committee makes landmark move into virtual sports by announcing first-ever Olympic Virtual Series Inaugural Olympic Virtual Series to include International Federations and Game Publishers in Baseball, Cycling, Rowing, Sailing and Motor Sport The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will partner with five International Sports Federations (IFs) and game publishers to produce the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first-ever, Olympic-licensed ev...

By Daniel Smith eSailGP Championship returns with new innovations for 2021 With less than three weeks before the eight international teams meet on the water in Bermuda for the league's return to racing, SailGP today launched the 2021 eSailGP Championship. Building on the success of the inaugural season, which saw more than 146,000 unique players take part across 55,783 individual races, fans will have a chance to test their skills piloting one of the most innovative race boats in the world in a virtual environment on new courses and with new-look boats. The Championship winner will be rewarde...

2020-2021 Vendée Globe much more than just a success by Vendée Globe 15 Mar 19:49 GMT Against an unprecedented global health context which brought on many unique challenges, the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe emerged as a triumph, uniting, inspiring and engaging a wider audience than ever before. The Vendée Globe is always an extraordinary adventure, each edition is unique but none more so than this ninth race, which proved to be particular in the range and depth of the sporting stories, the organisation of the Start Village, the start itself and the finishes. The first...

Virtual Vendée Globe © Virtual Regatta How do you scratch that competitive itch under lockdown? Well for 22 Frensham teams the answer is to race virtually in the Vendée Globe! There were well over one million participants in this latest event! Being 53,942nd does not seem so bad when you convert it to a top 5 finish at an average Nationals event. With around 70 gruelling days some of the leaders were adjusting courses and sails every few hours... days and nights... Much to the dismay of some of their family members. In a lot of ways, it felt like a normal competitive race w...

Virtual Regatta - Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race © RPAYC Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, in conjunction with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, have developed a race between two great southern hemisphere sailing cities, Sydney and Auckland. The course covers 1250nm of unpredictable ocean, the equivalent of Sydney to Hobart and back again without stopping, and to win will require not only great preparation and sailing but a large dose of endurance and self-sufficiency. The race was scheduled to start on the 30th January 2021 and had received great interest from around the globe,...