A 16-year-old girl could be about to dethrone a queen. A hungry challenger could crash through a two-decade-long empire. One final event. Everything on the line.

Kiran Badloe of the Netherlands, who has won the last three class-specific world championships in the RS:X windsurfing class only needs to complete his final race to win the gold medal on Saturday.

If you recall those brazen, arrogant bumper stickers from the early 2000s that sparked an outrage at the dawn of kite­surfing, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. That time Matt Nuzzo and Trip ...

It's one thing for each Olympic event to create a racing format they find fair and exciting, but the audience needs to ...