The Limassol marina on Monday set the stage for the 2023 European Championship FAREAST 28R, marking a historic milestone as Cyprus welcomes its first-ever international sailing competition in the ...

It has been said that sailing makes some people feel more alive than anything else they have ever experienced. Others describe the sheer joy of seeing new places from different perspectives as they ...

WEYMOUTH, EnglandWEYMOUTH, England — Pavlos Kontides won Cyprus’ first medal at an Olympics when the took the silver Monday in sailing’s Laser class. Kontides and Tom Slingsby of Australia were the ...

For a nation whose history and identity is so bound up with the sea it seems only right that Cyprus’ first Olympic medal should have gone to a sailor: 22 year-old Pavlos Kontides, who took silver in ...

As a child, Pavlos Kontides was always drawn to the waters around his birthplace of Limassol, Cyprus. His father took him to join the local sailing club aged just six, but he was deemed too young to ...

Pavlos Kontides tightened the zip of his wetsuit with hands dried and calloused by rope and sea salt. It is part of a ritual that takes the only Cypriot Olympic medal winner 30 minutes as he gets his ...

Background Prior studies have indicated that the competitive youth sailor is at risk for sailing-related injuries. Data collected during a large-scale elite youth sailing event is the first step ...