The tandem Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López were tenths in 470 female

Point and end of the World Cup of Sailing in Hyères with two medals for Spain and a total of five crews among the ten best teams of the classes Nacra 17, 49er, 470 female and 2.4mR.

Silvia Más / Patricia Cantero and Bàrbara Cornudella / Sara López have participated in the final race of the female class 470. By a ladro, Mas and Cantero have crossed the line of arrival in fourth position, which makes them finish the World Cup in the sixth place of the general. On the other hand, Cornudella and López have been novies in the medal race and they say goodbye to Hyères in the tenth position.

The victory in 470 female has been for the French Lecointre / Returnaz, with the silver medal for the British Mills / Mcityre and the bronze for the Nikones Yoshioka / Yoshioka.

Today's results, the last day of the World Cup held this week in Hyères, are in addition to the bronze medals obtained yesterday by Iker Martínez / Olga Maslivets, in Nacra 17, and Rafa Andarias in 2.4mR. In addition, yesterday Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra competed in the 49th race medal and ended their participation in ninth position in their class.

28 / 04 / 2018: Spain achieves its first two medals in the World Cup of Sailing in Hyeres

Martínez / Maslivets (Nacra 17) and Rafa Andarias (2.4mR), bronze at the World Cup in Hyères... tomorrow the Mas / Cantero and Cornudella / López crews will fight the medal race of the 470 women (Photo Tomás Moya)

The first day of final races of the Hyères World Cup has been awarded with two medals for Spain. Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets, in Nacra 17, and Rafa Andarias, in 2.4mR, have taken advantage of today's manga to jump, both crews, from the fourth to the third position and get the bronze medal in their classes. Tomorrow, Sunday, April 29, the teams of 470 women formed from Silvia Mas / Patricia Cantero, and Barbara Cornudella / Sara López will compete in the medal race starting from the sixth and ninth positions respectively.

Rafa Andarias has won the bronze medal in the Hyères World Cup after competing in the first race medal in history for class 2.4mR. Andarias has started the day in fourth position but an off-line Italian Antonio Schizzato has increased his opportunities. The alicantino has sailed at all times along with the head group and has crossed the line of arrival in third position, resulting in the bronze of its class. The gold has been for Demien Seguin and the silver for Bruno Jourdren.

Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra have been penalized with an offline at the exit of the 49th Medal Race so they have not been able to compete for the medals. Botín and Marra began the day in seventh position and had the possibility to assault the third drawer of the podium. The black flag has left them out of the final race and have finished their participation in the Hyères World Cup in ninth position. The victory has been for the Poles Buksak / Wierzbicki.

Tomorrow two Spanish crews will be in the female class 470 race. Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero have finished the day in sixth position, twelve points from entering podium positions. In addition, Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López have certified their pass to the final race by jumping today to the ninth place of the general.

In 470 males there will be no national participation in the medical race. Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez have been at the gates and finish the Hyeres World Cup at eleven, while José Manuel Ruiz and Gabriel Utrera have been saying goodbye to France since 31 in their class.

The participation in the World Cup for Spanish crews in Laser Standard, Radio and Finn has also ended today. Joel Rodriguez has ended up at 47. His partner Joaquín Rodríguez retired on the second day for back ailments. In Radial, Cristina Pujol is at 41 and Martina Reino in 49. For his part, Joan Cardona, the only national representative in the Finn class, ends up in position 26 of the General.

Tomorrow, the World Sailing World Cup that is taking place in Hyères will end with the last medal race. Spain will be represented by Silvia Mas / Patricia Cantero and Bàrbara Cornudella / Sara López in the final of the 470 female.

27 / 04 / 2018: Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero in third position in 470, in the World Cup in Hyeres

Martinez and Maslivets will fight tomorrow for the bronze of Nacra 17 at the World Cup in Hyères

The Sailing World Cup that is being held in Hyères enters its final line with half of the classes cited in tomorrow's race medal. Spain will have three representatives, distributed in the classes Nacra 17, 49er and 2.4mR. Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets (Nacra 17) will fight for bronze.

The two Spanish crews of Nacra 17 have starred in a bad beginning of the day as they are penalized with black flag in the first manga. This has been the first disqualification of the championship for Iker Martínez and Olgas Maslivets and the second for Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco, who have not been able to rule out the result. At the end of the day, with four sleeves completed, Martínez / Maslivets have finished in fourth position, and tomorrow they will sail the medal race, while Echávarri / Pacheco have fired from the World Cup at the 18 General.

After the black flag, Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets have recovered by winning the second manga. In the third of the day they have added a 17 that complicates the medal options but a third in the last test places them only five points from the bronze. "We are having a lot of problems and incidents, but given the classification you can see that almost the whole fleet is the same. However, today we have managed to solve the speed problems with wind, so we are happy," said Martinez.

For their part, the Italians Rueggero Tita and Caterina Banti have gold secured in Nacra 17 and the British Saxton / Dabson depend on themselves to get the silver. In the third interim drawer is the Italian team formed by Brissaro and Frascari who have a five-point advantage over Martinez / Maslivets, quarters, and six over the Austrian Zajac / Matz, fifths.

The last day before the 2.4mR medal race was well taken advantage of by the Spanish Rafa Andarias, who today has been fourth and third, some partials that make him rise to the fourth position of the general. The Alicantino has 28 net points and is eight of the bronze that has, provisionally, the French Bruno Jourdren. "It's the first time I've competed in a race medal and I'm very motivated. I know it will be a bit difficult to get the medal, but I will fight for it," said Andarias.

Bad day for Botín / L.Marra and the Alonso brothers in 49er. The class has only been able to contest a test due to the fall of the wind in the middle of the afternoon and the completed sleeve has been negative for both crews.

Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra have added a 27 that cannot be removed by having a black flag in their locker, which occupies the discard. With this result, the Galician cantabre crew is in seventh position, twelve points from the third classified. For their part, the Federico and Arturo Alonso brothers have done a 31, which are discarded, in today's test, which relegates them to the seventeenth square of the 49th and are therefore left outside the medal race of tomorrow.

A single race has also been held in 470 women. The second sleeve has been abandoned for lack of wind in the middle of the test. Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero today have had their worst championship result, a 25 that are discarded, but they have finished the day in the third position. Her companions Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López have also added a bad result, a 24 that are discarded, and are in position 11 of the general, two points from the Top 10.

In 470 male, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez, also with a single trial today, fall to the 17 General's post while José Manuel Ruiz and Gabriel Utrera finish the fourth day of the championship in the 24 class.

Today the Spanish windsurfers have been fired from the Hyères World Cup. Sergi Scandinell, 15 in RS: X general, has been the best national regatist, followed by Ivan Pastor, seventeenth. Angel Granda (28), Joan Carles Cardona (40) and Tomás Vieito (47) have also competed.

In the Laser Radial class the Canaria Martina Reino has finished the day at the 43 of its class. In Standard, Joel Rodríguez is ranked 41 of the General, while Joaquín Blanco is still not sailing due to back problems. In addition, today Cristiana Pujol, Laser Radial, in a febrile state, has not competed either.

Joan Cardona, a Spanish representative in Finn, is ranked 26 of the general after having completed his best day at the World Cup in Hyères today with a 10 + 17 partial.

26 / 04 / 2018: Two Spanish crews in podium positions in the Vela World Cup

Mas / Cantero (470w) and Button / L.Marra (49er) have risen to the second position of their classes

The third day of the World Cup being held in Hyeres has ended with two Spanish teams in podium positions. Botin and Ópez-Marra, in 49er, and Mas and Cantero, in 470 female, stand out as the best national crews and occupy the second position of their classes. Tomorrow, Friday 27, the pass to the medical race will be decided in classes RS: X, 49er, Nacra 17 and 2.4mR.

Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra have used the only test played today in the 49er class to climb to the second drawer of the provisional podium. The Galician singing team has been fifth in the contested sleeve and is placed in second position with 35 net points. The lead is for the Australians Gilmour / Turner, with 20 points, and the third position is held by the Poles Buksak / Wierzbicki, just one point from Botin / L.Mar.

The Spanish crew member Iago L.Marra explained that "the day has been long, with many hours at sea to end up completing only one test." For the Galician regatist the key to this championship is being the constancy. "We had a great desire to sail and also to try new things not to repeat mistakes," said Marra, while recalling that "there are still four sleeves, plus the medal race," so he points out that there is nothing decided.

In post 12 of the general of 49er are maintained the brothers Federico and Arturo Alonso, who have crossed the line of arrival of today's race at place 23. Tomorrow you will have the last chance to go up in the classification and enter the Top 10 to be able to dispute the medal race of your class that will take place this Saturday.

Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero have taken advantage of the day to place themselves in the second position of the 470 female. With a 10 + 5 partial in the tests of the day, Cantero has said that today's "has been a very difficult day." The canarian crew has explained that in both sleeves they have gone "from less to more." The Catalan canarian dupla amounts to 23 net points, to six of the gold held by the French team Lecointre / Returnaz. In third position are the British Mills / Mcityre, with 24 points.

Also in 470 female, Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López have fired the day with one lime and one sand. In the first sleeve they have added a 22, which becomes their discard, but they have won the second sleeve. However, the Catalan women occupy the eleven post of the provisional general only one point from the Top 10.

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets get off the provisional podium of the Nacra 17 class after adding, in the second sleeve of the day, their worst result so far. With a partial of 8 + 26 (discarded) + 9, Martínez and Maslivets are now in fourth position, four points from the third square. Meanwhile, Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco have fallen to place 14 of the general by adding a 19 + 8 + 20 to their locker.

In the adapted candle class 2.4mR, the Spanish Rafa Andarias is kept in the fifth position, tied to points with the fourth classified and five points from the third podium drawer. Andarias, who today has added a third as his best result of the championship, will have two more sleeves tomorrow to improve positions before the medal race in which he will compete on Saturday.

In 470 male, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez have taken up some steps in the classification and are already ten. The Catalan duo is seven points from the tenth classified and still has two days to get the pass to the medula race of its class that will be held on Sunday. José Manuel Ruiz and Gabriel Utrera close the day in twenty-fifth position.

The instability of the wind has only allowed the male tables to complete two tests, although they have tried the third. The Sergi Scandinell Ballet is still in front of the Spanish in RS: X and today it has risen to the 15 of the general post after adding a 2 + 10 in the sleeves of the day. For its part, the Alicantino Ivan Pastor, with a 42 + 16, falls to position 22 of the classification.

The Catalan Cristina Pujol continues to climb positions and today closes the day at position 16 of the Laser Radial after having added a partial of 16 + 9 + 41. For its part, Martina Reino falls to post 41. At Laser Standard, the canary Joel Rodríguez has finished the day at 45 in his class. For his part, his partner Joaquín Blanco still has back problems and adds up to two uncompetitive days.

In the Finn class, Joan Cardona, the only Spanish representative, is ranked 31 of the provisional general.

Tomorrow Friday, half of the fleet will have the last chance to get the pass to the metal race of the World Cup organized by the World Sailing and in which a total of 19 Spanish crews participate... on Saturday the RS: X, 49er, FX, Nacra 17 and 2.4mR classes will compete in the final race... the rest of the fleet will close the championship on Sunday.

24 / 03 / 2018: The Red One places five ships among the top ten of its classes in Hyères

Good start of the Spanish in the World Cup in Hyères

The third round of the Sailing World Cup has started today in Hyères, France, with positive results for Spanish athletes. Five crews close the day at the top 10 of their classes, with Martínez / Maslivets (Nacra 17), Botín / L.Marra (49er) and Mas / Cantero (470 female) as the most prominent national teams.

Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra are placed in the fourth position of the 49th General after the three-sleeved dispute, but they do it with a bittersweet taste after having "burned the discarte." In the third and last manga of the day they have been penalized at the exit after having added a fifth and a quarter to the other two tests.

In 470 females the Spanish teams of Silvia Mas / Patricia Cantero and Bàrbara Cornudella / Sara López are located in the fourth and seventh positions respectively. Mas and Cantero have completed a day marked by regularity, with a 7 + 9, while Cornudella and López have started the day with a 20 but have ended with a second position.

The Nacra 17 class has only been able to complete one sleeve due to the fall of the wind in the first hour of the afternoon, which has been established in just five knots from the southeast. However, Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets have achieved the third position in the only test of the day that Fernando Echávarri and Tara Pacheco have crossed the line of arrival at 18.

The best Spanish windsurfer has been Sergi Scandinell, who after the first three tests is in post eleven of the general. The balear regatist has started the day with a sixth place on the first sleeve but in the next two has added a 14 + 15 and the last result is discarded. For his part, Ivan Pastor has been hit by a black flag in the last manga of the day, leading him to the 20 of the general who leads the French Pierre Le Coq.

In Laser Standard, the canary Joaquín Blanco closes the day from the 17 General's post while his partner Joel Rodríguez is in 26. The class is led by the Croatian Tucci Stipanovic who today has signed a perfect day with two first. In Laser Radial Cristina Pujol occupies square 28 and Martina Reino is at 59 of the general.

The first race of the male class 470 has been filled with eight black flags, including that of Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez who with this result, plus a third in the second manga, remain in the 20 place of the general. Tomorrow, with the third race dispute, the discard will come into play. For its part, the team of José Manuel Ruiz and Gabriel Utrera occupy the twenty-second position. In the head of the class is the Swedish team Dahlberg / Bergström.

In the Finn class, the only Spanish in competition is Joan Cardona, who with two completed tests has been placed in position 27 of provisional general. In the adapted sailing class 2.4mR, the Spanish Rafa Andarias occupies the fifth position, of nine competitors, with a partial of 5 + 4 on the first day of the Hyères race.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 25, the fleet will compete in the second day of the World Cup organized by the World Sailing and in which a total of 19 Spanish crews participate. The final races will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The French race is the last test to access the final of the Sailing World Cup that this year will take place in Marseille from 3 to 10 June.