Top Stories Tamfitronics Kitefoiler Maximillian Maeder, who made his debut at Paris Olympics representing Singapore, clinched a bronze medalafter the final on Friday (Aug 9).This makes the 17-year-old the youngest Singaporean Olympic medalist.Austria's Valentin Bontus won gold while Slovenia's Toni Vodisek took home the silver.Kitefoiling, a relatively new sport, involves riders on hydrofoils attached to boards being pulled along by the wind power of huge kites as they race against one another, somewhat like kitesurfing or kiteboarding.They can reach speeds of up to 45 knots (83km/h) while doing this, according to the Royal Yachting Association.The International Kiteboarding Association was founded in 2008, and kitefoiling first appeared in the Youth Olympic Games a decade later.The Paris Olympics marked not only Maeder's but also kitefoiling's debut in the Summer Games.Top Stories Tamfitronics 'Kiasu' since youngMaeder started kiteboarding at age...
