Editing Richmond, Virginia (section)

==Sports==
{{main|Sports in Richmond, Virginia}}
[[File:Whitewater kayaker classIV.jpg|thumb|Richmond is the only city in the United States with [[International scale of river difficulty|class IV rapids]]]]
Richmond does not have a major league professional sports team. Since 2013, however, the [[Washington Commanders]] of the [[National Football League]] have held their [[Training camp (National Football League)|summer training camp]] in the city.<ref name="Redskins">{{cite news |title=Camp Richmond. |url=http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/062012/06112012/706390 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123134627/http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/062012/06112012/706390 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |access-date=July 10, 2012 |website=Fredericksburg.com |date=June 11, 2012 }}</ref> The city has several [[minor league]] sports franchises, including the [[Richmond Kickers]] of [[USL League One]] and the [[Richmond Flying Squirrels]] of the Class AA [[Double-A Northeast]] of [[Minor League Baseball]], a [[San Francisco Giants]] affiliate.<ref name="kickers">{{cite web |title=About Richmond Kickers. |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22375.html#ABOUT |publisher=USL Soccer |access-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715131430/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22375.html#ABOUT |archive-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref><ref name="squirrels">{{cite web |title=Richmond Flying Squirrels. |url=http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t3410 |publisher=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=July 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710122446/http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t3410 |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Kickers began playing in Richmond in 1993, making them the oldest continually operated professional club in the United States. The club now plays home matches at [[City Stadium (Richmond)|City Stadium]]. In 2018, the Richmond Kickers left the USL to be founders in Division 3 Soccer. The Squirrels opened their first season at [[The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia)|The Diamond]] on April 15, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=John |title=Flying Squirrels picked as new baseball team name. |url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/2009/oct/15/flying_squirrels_picked_as_new_baseball_team_xml_n-ar-22754/ |access-date=July 10, 2012 |newspaper=[[Richmond Times Dispatch]] |date=October 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204102201/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/2009/oct/15/flying_squirrels_picked_as_new_baseball_team_xml_n-ar-22754/ |archive-date=February 4, 2013 }}</ref> From 1966 through 2008, the city was home to the [[Richmond Braves]], a [[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]] affiliate of the [[Atlanta Braves]] of [[Major League Baseball]], until the franchise relocated to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ress, David |author2=Martz, Michael |title=Braves strike out... for new home in Ga. |newspaper=[[Richmond Times Dispatch]] |date=January 16, 2008}}</ref>

Richmond is home to the [[Richmond Black Widows]], the city's first women's football team, founded in 2015 by [[Sarah Schkeeper]]. The team is in the [[Women's Football Alliance]], which preseason begins in January and regular season in April.

A significant city sports venue is the 6,000-seat [[Arthur Ashe Athletic Center]], a multi-purpose arena named for tennis great and Richmond resident [[Arthur Ashe]]. This facility hosts local sporting events, concerts, and other activities. [[Tennis]] is popular in Richmond. In 2010, the [[United States Tennis Association]] named Richmond the third "Best Tennis Town", after [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name="USTA">{{cite news |title=Richmond Places Third in Best Tennis Town. |url=http://www.midatlantic.usta.com/richmond_places_3rd_in_best_tennis_town/ |access-date=July 10, 2012 |newspaper=[[United States Tennis Association]] |date=September 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605075238/http://www.midatlantic.usta.com/richmond_places_3rd_in_best_tennis_town/ |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Richmond hosted the [[2015 UCI Road World Championships]], which had cyclists from 76 countries and an estimated beneficial $158.1 million economic impact on the [[Greater Richmond Region]] from event staging and visitor spending.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://richmond2015.com/ |title=Richmond 2015 |publisher=Richmond 2015 |date=September 17, 2015 |access-date=November 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111223701/http://richmond2015.com/ |archive-date=November 11, 2015 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> The championship course was the first real-world location to be recreated within the indoor cycle training application, [[Zwift]]. The application has subsequently added two other [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] world championships courses, [[Innsbruck]] from 2018 and [[Harrogate]] from 2019.

The city is home to the [[Richmond Spiders football|University of Richmond football team]], who most notably won the [[2008 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game|2008 NCAA Division I FCS National Championship]].  The team plays its home games at [[Robins Stadium]].

Richmond also has seen recent men's and women's [[college basketball]] success in the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]]. The [[Richmond Spiders]] play at the [[Robins Center]] and the [[VCU Rams]] play at the [[Stuart C. Siegel Center]].