Two female crews put Spain at the top of the 470 World Cup

Two female crews put Spain at the top of the 470 World Cup

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Bàrbara Cornudella y Sara López finalizan en quinta posición y sus compañeros Silvia Mas y Patricia Cantero, son sextas

Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López end up in fifth position and their companions Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, are sexy

The final race of the 470 World Championship held in Thessaloniki, Greece, awarded the world title to the Skrzypulec / Griszczynska Polish in the female category and the Australians Belcher / Ryan in the male. The best qualified Spanish representatives were Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López, with a fifth place, and Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, sextas in the general.

Cornudella and López today sailed with the objective, fulfilled, of keeping the fifth square because they have no chance of going up any steps in the classification. The Catalan crew crossed the line of arrival in fourth position and their patron was happy: "Today the medal has been very beautiful, even the last way we have fought to enter among the first." For Cornudella, this has been an "intense championship." For the Catalan employer, the overall balance is positive: "We have seen a significant improvement in the issue of positioning and fleet control, which is what we have trained in the last few weeks and we have also remained fifth, we are very happy."

The Catalan canarian crew formed by Mas and Cantero today won the last race of the world of 470 and ended their participation from the sixth position. The rest of the Spanish representatives in the 470 World Championship: Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez (15), Sofía Toro and Ángel Pumariega (17), Tara Pacheco and Paula Barceló (28), José Manuel Ruiz and Fernando Dávila (37) and David and Alex Charles (53), were fired yesterday, Friday, from the competition by not getting a place to contest today's medal race.

14 / 07 / 2017: Two Spanish teams will fight the end of the World Cup of 470 in Greece

The penultimate day of competition at the 470 World Championship held in Thessaloniki, Greece, decided the top 10 of each class after a long day at sea; the last departure took place after 19: 15 local time. After the dispute of a total of eleven tests, the Spanish Cornudela-López and Mas-Cantero, will share tomorrow in the final race, with double score.

The Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López fell to the fifth position today after committing an offline in the second manga of the day and adding a 7 and an 11 in the other two races. With its current position Cornudella and López have lost the options of fighting for the medals as they are twenty points from the ship that occupies the third square. They are closely followed by Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, who were placed sextas in the general, thanks in part to the fourth place recorded in the first of the three races held on the fifth day of competition in Thessaloniki.

Bàrbara Cornudella/Sara López, quintas, y Silvia Mas/Patricia Cantero, sextas, navegarán mañana en la medal race del Campeonato del Mundo de 470

Bàrbara Cornudella / Sara López, quintas, and Silvia Mas / Patricia Cantero, sextas, will sail tomorrow in the medal race of the 470 World Championship

Sofia Toro and Angela Pumariega were unable to complete their goal of ending up with the ten best women and they fired from the world of Greece since the seventeenth place of the general classification. Also in the gold group of 470 women, Tara Pacheco and Paula Barceló concluded their participation in the championship in the twenty-eight position.

In the male category, the Spanish crew formed by Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez did not get their pass to tomorrow's medal race and finished their performance in the 2017 World Cup in the 15th position. In the same category, José Manuel Ruiz and Fernando Dávila, 37, were the best team in the silver group and the Charles Vilas brothers ended up in position 53.

13 / 07 / 2017: World of 470 of Thessaloniki: Barbara Cornudella and Sara López aim to medal

The 470 World Championship in Thessaloniki today lived its fourth day marked by the lack of wind and its instability. Only one test could be completed for each of the groups, of the two planned. In the absence of a day of qualifying races, Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López today got the fourth place in the general classification of 470 women. Cornudella was "very happy" with the result obtained in a "loose wind with a maximum of 9 knots." Having disputed a test, in which they were septiles, the Catalan closed the day in a comfortable position by tomorrow to complete their assault on the podium and reach with better options to the medal race.

Las españolas en Rio 2016, Bàrbar Cornudella y Sara López, que han ido de menos a más, y ya están en de cuartas

Spanish women in Rio 2016, Bàrbar Cornudella and Sara López, who have gone from less to more, and are already in quartas

Less luck had their companions Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero who fell a post, now are novies, after crossing the line of arrival of the only test of the day in seventeenth position. Sofia Toro and Angela Pumariega accused the little wind that blew into the race field and ended the day at 17. Although your options to get the pass the medal race have been reduced, Toro and Pumariega will have three opportunities tomorrow to achieve their goal.

In the male category, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez, thirteen in general, will play their pass at the end of Saturday in tomorrow's tests. "Our mistake may have been to go out conditioned thinking that we could not fail at the exit," Xammar explained in relation to the off-line of the first day that it took them to use the discard prematurely. The Catalan pattern hopes to be able to "make a reset" for the three tests tomorrow: "We will try to turn it around," he said.

From the twenty-eight position on the female table, Tara Pacheco and Paula Barceló today recovered the good sensations of the first two days of competition with a twelve in the race of the day. For its part, in the male silver group, the Dupla Ruiz / Dávila is at position 38 and Charles Vila, at 59. Tomorrow, Friday, the last day of classification will be held, with three scheduled races, and the ten male and female crews will be decided to participate in the Sunday race medal.

12 / 07 / 2017: The male and female Red of 470, improve in the World Cup of Greece

Second day of competition at the 470 World Championship in Greece. Today the male and female classes have conducted two tests each with a south-west wind of eight knots. In 470 female, Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero continue to lead the Spanish squadron from the eighth position of their class. For the Catalan Patron "today, with a first and a ninth, it's been a good day. "The Catalan Canary dupla spent yesterday the discards, taking off a 21, and now they have no room for error. "Tomorrow, when you sail in the gold group, everything will be tighter, more complicated," recognizes Mas.

La representación española, ha mejorado en el segundo día de competición

The Spanish representation has improved on the second day of competition

Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López have climbed five positions, up to the tenth square. "We're happy with the first race of the day, a quarter, but the second, a twelve, could have been better", explains Cornudella. At 21 in the class, Sofia Toro and Angela Pumariega have certified their entry into the gold group and increase the chances of being among the ten best crews of their class:"We are very close to the front and for the moment we have no bad sleeve... continue to fight and achieve the ambitious goal of being on Saturday's race medal".

The Spanish team formed by Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez is ranked thirteen after having made today a five and an eighteen. "The first race has been quite good, a pity the second, Xammar recognizes... anything is possible, there are many points at stake. We will fight for every one of them."Tara Pacheco and Paula Barceló, a crew created specifically for this world, have been left at the gates of the gold group, just one point away. For their part, the Ruiz@-@ Dávila teams and the Charles Vila brothers will sail in the blue group of 470 male.