The national team is on a high level and is a candidate for medals in the four Olympic sailing classes

The Spanish crews have started the Mediterranean Games with good results. The Laser Standard and Radio have been able to complete the planned program, two tests, but the male and female tables have only performed one sleeve. For the moment, Joaquín Blanco and Blanca Manchón, leaders in their classes, stand out as best national athletes.

In Laser Standard, the two regatists of the Spanish pre-Olympic team, Joaquín Blanco and Joel Rodríguez, have taken advantage of the first day of competition to place themselves at the head of their class. Blanco has the first position thanks to the regularity he has shown today by getting two seconds in the sleeves of the day while Rodríguez follows him in the classification, second, after having added an 8 + 1.

Martina Reino has premiered in the competition with the fourth overall position after registering a fifth and a fourth in the two trials today. The provisional podium is led by Italian Joyce Floridia, followed by Turkish Nazli Donertas, second, and Italian Silvia Zennaro, third.

Jano Toro, Laser's national coach, has highlighted "the good exits" of the Spanish regatists. In RS: A female X, Blanca Manchón has won the only test of the day and therefore leads the fleet with his partner Marina Paliau in third position. The second provisional square is for the Italian Veronica Fanciulli.

On the male tables, Ivan Pastor has been fifth in today's manga and his partner Juan Manuel Moreno has crossed the line of arrival in sixth position. National coach Marcos Fernández has pointed out that the Spaniards "have had a somewhat compromised way out and that has made it very difficult for them to reach the head group." Fernandez has also highlighted the dating of Juanma Moreno, "who was lagging behind and in the second round has managed to recover positions to finish sixth."

Tomorrow the second day of the Mediterranean Games of Tarragona 2018 that are taking place at the Nautical Club of Salou will be held and will end next Friday, the day the medals will be decided.