Paula Barceló and Silvia Mas with the bronze medal. Photo: Jesús Renedo / World Sailing

The first test of the year of the World Cup Sailing, which has been held in Miami waters, United States, was completed. The Catalan Silvia Mas and the Balar Paula Barceló ended in third position in 470 Feminino, thus joining the podiums achieved on Saturday by Andalusian Marina Pérau, silver in RS: X Feminino and the cantabro-Galician crew of Diego Botín and Iago López Marra, bronze in 49er.

This Sunday three Spanish crews left with possibilities to end up in podium. In 470 women in addition to Mas and Barceló, they also chose Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López, who would eventually finish quartas. In 470, the Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez left rooms, but they could not assault the podium after the Medal Race.

In 470 women to Silvia Mas and Paula Barceló finished the Medal Race in sixth position, allowing them to defend and confirm the third place in the final general and take the bronze behind the champions, the Dutch Aphrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen and the second, the British Sophie Weguelin and Eidilh McIntyre. Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López finish the Medal Race in fourth position but did not serve them to be able to end up in a podium area, staying only one point from Mas and Barceló.

In 470 Male Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez arrived at the Medal Race after a great recovery in the last day of Opening Series, but they did not sail comfortable in the final and did not have too many options to be in the front positions. They finished the Medal and went down to the seventh position in the final general. Victory of Americans Stuart McNay and David Hughes, followed by Japanese Tetsuya Isozaki and Akira Takayanagi and third Greeks Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis.

The last day of the World Cup Sailing Miami was marked by the slow winds between 7 and 9 knots of intensity.

The next race of the World Cup Sailing Series will be in Hyères in April and will close the World Cup circuit in Santander in June.

Two medals for the Spanish candle in Miami: Praise silver, Botín-Brown bronze

Marina Paliau celebrates the first medal of the season in Miami. Photo: Jesús Renedor / World Sailing

The Andalusian Marina Paliau in RS: X Feminino and the Cantabro-Galician crew of Diego Botín and Iago López Marra in 49er added the first two medals to the World Cup Series in Miami. They were the two crews that left with podium options and did not fail, Paliau finishing second and Botín and López Marra, third. This Sunday, three more crews will have their chance: Silvia Mas / Paula Barceló, Bàrbara Cornudella / Sara López in 470 Women and Jordi Xammar / Nico Rodríguez in 470 Male.

Marina Paliau has recognized this week that he has regained the sensations he had before winning the 2012 Olympic gold, and in Miami he has shown that this new Olympic cycle has started very strong. At the Medal Race he gave a recital, winning the final and securing the silver in the first World Cup test, dominating the Medal from beginning to end and has even been about to take the gold after the Chinese Yunxiu Lu, who has finally won, began the Medal in the back but a roll returned him to the front positions.

In statements to World Sailing, Paliau explained that "I am very happy to have won the Medal Race and to take the silver. The conditions today have been very hard, very variable in direction, and very physical for us. We have had to row a lot, they are not my preferred conditions but I have managed to win the race." In the final podium of the first World Cup Series test, Paliau has taken the silver with twelve more points than the winner, Lu. He has completed the podium another Chinese regatist, Manjia Zheng, who has managed to climb the third podium drawer.

The other crew that has gone from less to more in Miami has been that of Diego Botín and Iago López Marra, they left at the Medal Race in the fourth place in the general depending on themselves the final. They knew they had to leave two ships in between either the Austrian or Swedish crew. They managed to do it with the Scandinavian, with what they took the bronze. The British Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell were already mathematical champions before the Medal, the silver has been for the Austrians Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl, and the bronze for the Spaniards.

On the Sunday day, the last of the World Cup Series in Miami, the Medal Race will be held for the rest of the classes, in which in 470 women and in Masculino are part with medal options.

In 470 Feminine the Catalan Silvia Mas and the balar Paula Barceló rerecovered on the podium and will leave on the Medal Race as third, after signing on the last day of classification two first and a third. The Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López will go out fourth in the general after a third, a second and a fifth. The two Spanish crews are separated by four points between them. Both have options for any of the three podium posts. The Dutch Aphrodite Zegers and Anneloes Van Veen, followed by the British Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre, who take four points to Mas and Barceló and nine points to Cornudella and López, were led.

In 470 M, the Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nico Rodríguez went back and how to place themselves in positions close to the medals, climbing on a single day four posts in the general. A quarter has been placed on the table after a seventh, a fourth and a sixth on the partials on this penultimate day. Xammar and Rodríguez are ten points from the third, the Japanese Tetsuya Isozaki and Akira Takayanagi, and fourteen from the second, the Greeks Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis. They are leaders, with eight points of advantage over the second, American Stuart McNay and David Hughes.

In the Finn class the Andalusian Pablo Guitian stayed at the gates of the Medal Race at the end of the tenth first position after having been in the top ten of the week. Guitian was only one point from the tenth, the Finnish Mikael Hyryläinen.

In Laser Standard, the Spanish representatives closed the World Cup Series in Miami, as neither of them to the Medal Race, although the canary Joaquín Blanco recovered from the 20th position to the 13th square, with which he remains. Joel Rodriguez has finished the tenth. In Laser Radio, the Canaria Martina Reino has finished its participation in Miami in the twenty-third place.

In the last day the hours of the departures of the Medal Race are set in the following order: 12: 05 hours for the Laser, 12: 50 for Radial, 13: 35 for Finn, 14: 20 for 470 M and 15: 05 for 470 F (local hours of Miami).

Praise in RS: X and Botín and López Marra in 49er classified for the Miami Medal Race

Two Spanish crews will be playing the Medal Race on Saturday, the first World Cup Series race that ends this weekend in Miami waters (United States). After the Opening Series (classifying), the Sevillian Marina Paliau arrives at the Medal Race in second position in RS: X and the canton Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra rooms in 49er. The Medal Race will also be held in RS: X M, FX and Nacra 17, but without Spanish representation. The Medal Race is reserved for the first ten crews of each class and is double and non-disposable.

Marina Paliau will fight is the best part to get the first medal of the season as it comes second to the great final and does it with an ascending trajectory. In the last day of the classification, a first and second positions were marked, which put him in second position, although 14 points from the first the Chinese Yunxiu Lu, and with 11 points on the third, the British Isobel Hamilton. In this class also the Andalusian Blanca Carracedo has finished her participation in position 32.

In 49er Diego Botín and Iago López Marra also had a good ending of Opening Series and they made a fifth, third and eighth, climbing a position in the general from the fifth to the fourth and placing themselves six points from the Austrian Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl, which are second, and five from the third, the Swedish Carl Sylvan and Marcus Anjemark. The British Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell arrive at the Medal Race mathematically as champions, with only the second and third place at stake.

The 470 F fleet has only been able to fight a manga today, which has served the two Spanish teams to reaffirm themselves in their positions on the table. The Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López have signed a third, and they remain third in the provisional classification. The Catalan Silvia Mas and the Majorcan Paula Barceló have added a quarter, and so they continue in the general. The two duos are tied to points, located eight points from the provisional silver and ten lead. For the last day of Opening Series, they have three tests on the program.

In 470 M, the Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nico Rodríguez have distanced themselves from the front positions in the absence of a day of qualification. They were a tenth in the only race of the day and have lost two posts in the provisional classification. Xammar and Rodríguez are now octave, seven points from the fifths. As in female category, in the last day of Opening Series, three tests will be tried to complete the program before the Medal Race dispute on Sunday.

The Andalusian Pablo Guitián, in Finn is still in the area of Medal Race, for which he will have to fight on this last day before the final. Guitian made a ninth and a tenth, which have lost two posts in the general in the absence of two evidence.

Those who have stayed outside the Medal Race after being flirting throughout the competition with it have been the baleares Joan Cardona and Sergi Scandinell in RS: C Male. Cardona was the one who came with the most options, but finally on one day it has gone from the tenth to the sixth final puest. Scandella has finished the 13th and the Andalusian Borja Carracedo in the 28th.

In the Laser class all the Spanish regatists are far from the Medal Race, the canaries Joel Rodríguez, occupy the 13th place in the general, three places ahead of their fellow Joaquín Blanco, which is twentieth. This class will play two more tests of the opening series tomorrow, which will serve to decide the ten ships that advance to Sunday's Medal Race.

In the female category of Laser Radial, the Canaria Martina Reino, with a seventh and a tenth in the partials of the day, managed to add its best day and place the twenty-first position in the general..

The 49er, 49er FX, RS: X M and F and Nacra 17 will fight their Races Medal on Saturday. The Laser, Radial, Finn and 470 M and F, for their part, carry out the opening series until Saturday, and will celebrate the Races Medal on Sunday, the closing day of the first World Cup Olympic Sailing Series.

Diego Botín and Iago López, in the center of the image with Miami in the background, will look for the podium. Photo: Jesús Renedo

Spain wants to face with guarantees the "medal race" at the Miami Sailing World Cup

Marina Paliau has set himself at the gates in RS: X Women. Photo: Jesús Renedo / World Sailing

Four Spanish crews are taking positions at the front positions at the Sailing World Cup in Miami to face with guarantees the different Medal Race that will be held over the weekend. The 470 female class is the one being most contested by two young Spanish crews, who are interlocking temporary posts on the podium. This is the case of the Catalan Silvia Mas and the balar Paula Barceló and the Catalan Olympic Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López, which are third and fourth in the general. Mas y Barceló marked a quarter and a first, which allows them to recover a post on the podium, followed by a single point by Cornudella / López, so everything remains open in this class and with the two Spanish crews with the possibility of being among the first three in Miami. The British run Sophie Weguelin / Eilihd McIntrye.

The Andalusian Marina Paliau in RS: X Feminino today has signed a first, seventh and ninth, to raise a position in the general to be placed in the fourth square, just two points from the bronze, provisionally in the hands of the British Isobel Hamilton. On the front, he leads the Chinese Xunxiu Lu, followed by his compatriot Manjia Zheng, with eight points less than Péliau. The fleet of 34 windsurfers is missing three tests, scheduled for tomorrow, and on Saturday the first ten will fight the Medal Race. In this class the Andalusian Blanca Carracedo is ranked 33.

Those who also continue to ascend positions are the Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra, who with an eighth and two six in the partials of the day, are placed in the fifth position at 49er, seven points from the podium, when they are only three sleeves short for the cut for the Medal Race, which in this class is also disputed on Saturday. The British are first Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell. In 470 M, the Catalan Jordi Xammar and Galician Nico Rodríguez remain in the sixth place of the general, after adding a tenth and a tenth seventh, which takes them away from the posts of honor. They lead the Greek Panagiotis Mantis / Pavlos Kagialis.

The Andalusian Pablo Guitián is eighth of the Finn class, after a post in a table led by the Brazilian Jorge Zarif. In RS: X M, the Joan Cardona Ballet has dropped two posts and is now tenth and aspires to be on Saturday at the Medal Race. While Sergi Scandinell has descended to the 10th position and the Andalusian Borja Carracedo is in the 28th. It's the French Louis Giard first.

At Laser Standard the canary Joaquín Blanco has managed to recover five posts on Laser's table and now occupies the fifth position after signing a fifth in the second sleeve of the day. Joel Rodríguez is a 24-year-old French general Jean Baptiste Bernaz. In Rial Martina Kingdom, he is 28 and leads the Greek Vasileia Karachaliou.

The World Cup Series in Miami continues tomorrow for all classes. The 49er, 49er FX, RS: X M and F and Nacra 17 play the opening series until Friday, and their Medal Races will take place on Saturday. The Laser, Radial, Finn and 470 M and F, for their part, carry out the opening series until Saturday, and will celebrate the Races Medal on Sunday, the closing day of the first World Cup Olympic Sailing Series.

26 / 01 / 2017: The best in Miami for the moment the Catalan Cornudella and López in 470

Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López attack the podium of the World Cup Series of Miami. Silvia Mas and Paula Barceló (470 F) are fourth and Marina Paliau (RS: X F) continues fifth... Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez (470 M) continue to fight to climb

The Catalan crew formed by Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López is second in the general position at the World Cup Series in Miami in the class 470 Women. The Olympics in Rio have climbed two positions after the first two days of competition. Silvia Mas and Paula Barceló have passed from the second to the fourth square in this same class and the gold in London Marina Paliau remains fifth in RS: X Women. The second day was productive with much of the Spanish crews improving their positions. Cornudella and López marked a first and a fourth, which puts them at a single point of the leaders, the Dutch Aphrodite Zegers and Anneloes van Veen and tied to points with the third, the British Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntrey. Mas y Barcelo has come down a post and are fourth after performing a 10-6. Cornudella and López stated that "in the first test a streak of left and a good role of girded have given us a good distance to win and in the second we have had to fight a little more and in the last stern we have passed to four ships. It's been a good day."

Plauau, although he did not improve any position in the general, remains fifth; he did notice better sensations in all aspects. The Andalusian was marked a 1-4 and an off-line black flag in the sixth test of the global, disqualification that discards and allows you to follow very close to the podium posts. It's five points away from Hong Kong's Hei Man Chan, which is third. Lidera la china Yunxiu Lu. In RS: X the also Sevillian Blanca Carracedo occupies position 33. In 470, the Catalan Jordi Xammar and the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez held the sixth general position after two more tests in which they made a sixth and an eighth that allowed them to approach the first positions. They are just three points away from the Japanese Kazutio Doi and Nayora Kimura, who are third parties. The general is dominated by the Greeks Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis.

The song Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra began the day with the first partial place, but they were followed by a tenth and a ninth that placed them in seventh position in the general far from the podium. The British Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Styart Bithell are the first. In Finn, the Andalusian Pablo Guitian also holds the seventh post after a sixth and seventh partial posts. It is first the Brazilian Jorge Zarif. In RS: X M, the Joan Cardona ballast has also improved and is placed in the eighth place at Medal Race. His partner Sergi Scandinell is in post eleven and in Andaluz Borja Carracedo in 28. Domina is generated by the Dutch Kiran Badloe. In the Laser Standard class, the canaries Joaquín Blanco and Joel Rodríguez follow together at the 20 and 22 posts of the general head of the French Jean Baptiste Bernaz and in Laser Radial the canary Martina Reino is in 33 with the Belgian Evi van Acker leading the table.

24 / 01 / 2017: Silvia Mas and Paula Barcelo in 470F the best located in the start

The Miami Sailing World Cup was launched in the waters of Biscayne Bay (United States) with several Spanish crews at the front posts after the first day of the race. In 470 Feminine the young Catalan-Mallorcan crew of Silvia Mas and Paula Barceló is third in the general being the only one who provisionally occupies position on the podium. The Olympic Games in Rio, the Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López in 470 F and the Andalusian Marina Paliau in RS: X Feminino, have premiered in fourth and fifth positions respectively. The Spanish youth boat is just three points away from the leaders, the Dutch Aphrodite Zegers and Anneloes Van Veen, and one of the second, the British Sophie Weguelin and Eilidith McIntyre.

The 2012 Olympic Champion in London, Marina Paliau, has started the World Cup Series of Miami in the fifth square of RS: X F, after signing a seventh, third and third. Paliau is three points from the podium that closes the Chinese Yunxiu Lu. Lidera Hei Man Chan of Hong Kong. In this class is also the Andalusian Blanca Carracedo in position 33. In 470 M, Catalan Jordi Xammar and Galician Nico Rodríguez are placed in the seventh position in a classification after starting with a tenth and winning the second test of the day, keeping their options intact. They lead the Japanese Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura.

The wind has blown between 9 and 12 knots of intensity throughout this first day of competition that will continue tomorrow for all classes. The 49er, 49er FX, RS: X M and F and Nacra 17 play the opening series until Friday, and their Medal Races will take place on Saturday. The Laser, Radial, Finn and 470 M and F, for their part, carry out the opening series until Saturday, and will celebrate the Races Medal on Sunday, the closing day of the first World Cup Olympic Sailing Series.

The song Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra returned to the competition in 49er after the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. They did it with a 15-3-17 that put them in ninth position in the general. The French Lucas Rual / Emilie Amoros are the first. The Finn class is rerepresented in Spain after the absence in Rio 2016. On this occasion the Andalusian Pablo Guitian has returned to the competition in tenth position, in a class that leads the Turkish Alican Kaynar.

The Sergi Scandinell and Joan Cardona baleares are other young values in RS: X Male. They are classified in posts 10 and 11 of the general, respectively, and their aim is to be in the Medal Race. The French Thomas Goyard leads the board. In the Laser Standard class, first discrete results with the canaries Joel Rodríguez and Joaquín Blanco at positions 18 and 25. In the head is the Estonian Karl-Martin Rammo. In Radial the Canaria Martina Reino is placed at position 23 after the first day leading the Greek Vasileia Karachaliou.

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Five of the crews who were at the last Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will compete in the Florida race. In 49er the song Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra will defend the title obtained in these same waters in the 2016 edition on their return to the competition after Rio. The Andalusian Olympic champion Marina Paliau is also reincorporated in RS: X Feminino after the diploma obtained in cariocal waters. In Laser Standard will be the canary Joaquín Blanco in which it will be his third race after Rio, after winning the Spanish championship and participating in the Canary Olympic Week.

In 470, the Catalan Jordi Xammar premiered in this new stage, the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez - instead of Joan Herp - with whom Xammar has already won the 2016 Spain City and the 41 Palamós Christmas Race. In 470, the Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López after competing in Palamós, they are all back in Miami. As for the crews that aspire to fight the Olympic Square in the face of Tokyo are also in RS: X Masculino the Andalusian Borja Carracedo and the Baleares Joan Cardona and Sergi Escandell; in RS: X Feminino the Andalusian Blanca Carracedo, in Laser Standard the canary Joel Rodríguez; in Laser Radial the Canary Islands Marina Reino; in Finn the Catalan Alex Muscat and the Andalusian Pablo Guitián and in 470 Feminine the Catalan-balar crew of Silvia and Paula Barceló.

The schedule is that on Tuesday the competition will start for all classes, and on Saturday the Medal Race for RS: X Male and Female, 49er, FX and Nacra 17 and Sunday for the rest of the classes, Laser Standard, Radio, Finn and 470 Male and Female. Miami will be the first of the three races that make up the World Sailing Cup Series, along with Hyères (April) and the final in Santander (June).