The 2012 Olympic Champion in London, Marina Paliau, sailing in Miami. Photo: Jesús Renedo

Up to eight Spanish crews are classified in the Top Ten of the World Sailing World Ranking, on December 30, which includes all Olympic classes and Kitboarding, which could be in the near future.

In two of them, in RS: X Feminine the Andalusian Marina Paliau and in Kitboarding Male Catalan Florian Trittel, they hold second place in the world ranking in their respective categories behind the Polish Zofia Nocketi-Klepaka and the British Oliver Bridge respectively.

In 49er the cantabro-Galician crew of Diego Botín and Iago López Marra are at the gates of the honours, rooms. The first are the British Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Alain Sign, a crew member who replaces Stuart Bithell.

In Kiteboarding Male, in addition to Trittel, he holds a place among the top ten Valencian Alejandro Citation, in the fifth place of the general. The same one that in 470 is occupied by the Catalans Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp, who has been replaced by the Galician Nicolás Rodríguez. The fifth position has also been occupied since the Rio Olympic Games in Nacra 17the Galician Fernando Echávarri and the Canary Islands Tara Pacheco.

There are also two more Spanish crews at the Top Ten. In FX the Galician Támara Echegoyen and the Cantabra Berta Betanzos, who have not returned to the activity since the Olympic Citation are ninth and in the tenth place, the Catalan women's 470 Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López, who have played two races after the Olympic Games.

The last three races with Spanish participation that have scored for the World Sailing World Ranking have been the Sailing World Cup Final of Melbourne (December), the Palamós Christmas Race (December) and the Sailing World Cup Miami (January).

The next Spanish race to be marked before the next World Raging, scheduled for March 13, 2017, will be the Andalusian Olympic Week-Carnival Race, which will be held on February 24-28 in the waters of the bay of Cadiz.