Egoyen and Betanzos will face with their FX the board of Paliau and the Kite of Polido. Photo: Pedro Martínez / Sailing Energy

With less than 48 hours ahead of it to start the Movistar Champions Challenge, the protagonists Gisela Polido, Marina Pémau, Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos are already preparing for one of the most important dates of the season

Start the countdown for the expected Movistar Champions Challenge. Everything is prepared in Santander to host the Olympic and World Champions Gisela Polido, Marina Paliau, Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos in a unique event that will face for the first time three completely different disciplines in the struggle to be the fastest. This next Sunday, July 9 at 12: 00, the protagonists will go into the water to offer a whole show in front of the Duna de Zaera and to fight between six and ten tests that will include the navigation with and without foils.

All set for an unprecedented event
Gisela Polido and her kite from Kitesurf, Marina Paliau and her RS board: X and the tandem formed by Támara Echegoyen and Berta Betanzos in FX. Among the five, there are almost a dozen world titles and two Olympic oars, but this will be the first time they are faced in competition. The four are companions and good friends on earth and this Sunday they will become rivals in the race field, so each and every one of them has been training in the last few weeks to get as well prepared as to fight for the title of the fastest.

In total the technical organization has to complete between six and ten sleeves with a short slalom type and a duration of about ten minutes each. The competition format will be adapted to each of the three disciplines so that equality is maximum and with the aim that the peak speed and maneuvers will be decisive to rise with the triumph.

The weather conditions will also play a fundamental role in the Movistar Champions Challenge. With a wind forecast of a Northwest component of about 10-14 knots of intensity, everything points to the challenge's protagonists being able to offer a great show in Santander Bay at an unprecedented event in which everything can happen.

On Saturday, colloquium talk at the Prince Philip sailing CEAR
Tomorrow, after the official presentation of the Movistar Champions' Challenge to the media, the four protagonists will offer a talk at the facilities of the Santander CEAR at 7: 00 p.m. so that all those who want to know about it will be able to meet close to four of the most important sailing, windsurfing and kitesurf athletes on the national and international scene. Polido, Paliau, Echegoyen and Betanzos will be available to answer the questions of the attendees and will talk about their experiences in competition, their day to day and how the journey has been to reach the highest.