Foiling Sailing Performance Articles
SailGP Lands in Rio — And the Stage Couldn’t Be Bigger There are race venues.
And then there are statements.
SailGP dropped anchor — briefly — in one of the most recognisable natural amphitheatres in sport: Guanabara Bay.
Sugarloaf Mountain looming. The city rising behind it. Trade winds rolling through a racecourse that has shaped Olympic champions for decades.
For the fourth stop of the 2026 season, SailGP didn’t just arrive in Brazil.
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Olympic waters. Stadium racing. No hiding place.
26-04-2026
Botín & Trittel: Chasing the Edge Where Others Stop Some sailors win. A few dominate. Very few reset the bar — and then decide it still isn’t high enough. That’s where Diego Botín and Florian Trittel now sit.
By the end of 2025, the Spanish duo had completed what most teams spend a lifetime chasing:
Olympic Gold at Paris 2024 Olympics SailGP Season 4 Champions with the Spain SailGP Team 49er World Championship Gold in Cagliari Named World Sailors of the Year
01-04-2026