Although windsurfers stay competitive well into their 40s, athletes like Vancouver's Nikola Girke won't be vying for Olympic gold after London 2012. On May 5, the International Sailing Federation decided windsurfing will be replaced by kiteboarding at the 2016 Rio Summer Games. In kiteboarding, a competitor standing on a board controls a kite to move over the surface of the water. In windsurfing, a competitor controls a sail attached to the board.
