17-year-old Singaporean kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder retains world title

Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder at the Asian Games on Sep 27, 2023. SINGAPORE: Maximilian Maeder successfully defended his world title after winning the men's event at the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships on Sunday .

Maeder went into the final day of competition as the favourite, having topped the opening series. This gave him a bye to the final and he did not compete in the semi-finals which were also held on Sunday. He needed to win just one race out of four to defend his title. Based on the competition format, the first competitor to three wins in the final wins gold. Maeder went on to win the first race in the final.Born in Singapore to a Swiss father and a Singaporean mother, Maeder was introduced to kiteboarding at the age of six by his father, Valentin, before he eventually progressed to kitefoiling.

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