Maria Perelló del Náutic s'Arenal bicampeona mundial (Photo Matias Capizzano)

Maria Perelló has once again conquered the World Cup of the Optimist class and does so for the second time in a row, making it the first and only Spanish regatists, both male and female, to get a World Cup twice in a row to date and... there is still time to try to achieve a third.

The last day has been a procedure for the shooting and has limited itself to maintaining a good level and controlling its direct opponents especially the Dutch Yanne Broers who has not been lucky today and has even lost podium. Faith Hailey Toh of Singapore has been at a good level 15-13 that has allowed him to climb up to the second square, something similar has happened to the Swiss Anja von Allmen who in the end has the bronze in the female category.

As for the rest of the national team Pau Mesquida ends at post 30. Manuel Alvarez-Dardet, for his part, says goodbye to the world-wide event in the first square of the silver group, while Nacho Baltasar concludes third in this same group. Alberto Morales, who has sailed in the bronze group, ends up in the first square of his group.

Another historic milestone for the Optimist class is to be noted as the Italian Marco Gradoni also manages to revalidate the title, as Perelló, conquered in Thailand... both are the first to achieve two consecutive worlds.

05 / 09 / 2018:

After yesterday's two tests the shooting in which he obtained, 25 and 8 sum 94 points... occupies the 14th square of the absolute general

The World Cup of Optimist, which is in dispute in Cyprus, comes to the last day, Wednesday, September 5, and does so with the current champion and defender of the title, María Perelló, occupying the first place in female. The shooting closed yesterday the penultimate day with two very different partials, although it did not have any options to make the jump to the first square.

With the wind 8-12 of the South-West component (SW), the two planned tests were closed, however, with a slight delay as the first test of the day could be released at 3 p.m. Perelló was not very lucky, marking a 25 but later and already in the second, the shooting left things in place again with a 9th job. A partial that, together with the rest of its opponents, especially the Dutch Yanne Broers, which marked partial of 26 and 43 left the crown defender free.

In this same group Oro, in which Maria Perelló is located in the 14th place in the absolute general and 1st in the femas, Pau Mesquida occupies the 24th place with 118 points and just as Perelló signed two counterpoints. In the first test a 30 and in the second a 11.

Already in the group Silver the Andalusian Manuel Álvarez- Dardet is second with 137 points. He signed 13-22 partials yesterday. Nacho Baltasar, for its part, is fifth with 154 points with results on the day of Tuesday 4 of 10-19. As for Alberto Morales, he remains a leader in the Bronze group with two good partials in yesterday's day: 3-9 that leave him with 171 points.

As for the absolute general, the Italian Marco Grandoni, current champion and champion of the title, is already the virtual champion of the world for the second consecutive year as it has 8 points for the 31 that has the second: the Thai Panwa Boonnak and 35 the American Tommy Sitzmann.

The Spanish Team Team Selection in Cyprus

The Spanish team celebrates the bronze achieved at the Optimist World Cup by teams

María Perelló, the current world champion of Optimist, and Pau Mequida, the current champion of Spain, have participated this weekend with the Spanish team in the team tests at the Optimist World Cup held in Limasol, Cyprus.

A team championship weekend in which it has been possible to enjoy favourable weather conditions to be able to dispute all the scheduled tests, and in which Spain has managed to get the third place in the world.

Saturday's day began very well for the Spaniards who in their first three clashes managed to win against China and Chile, and only lost to Italy. In addition, luck was allied with Spain when Italy fell against Thailand and, thanks to our victory in Brazil, the team led by Adrià Barceló managed to qualify for the last rounds.

A fight with the top five countries classified and against which Spain managed to win the USA in third place of the tournament, Italy being second ranked and Thailand the winner of the Team Racing.

From today on, the individual tests of the World Cup are being taken in which the regatists of the Nàutic S'Arenal Club will continue to fight to improve their performance and achieve a good result in the overall classification.

31 / 08 / 2018: The Majorcan Maria Perelló is third of the girls in the World Cup of Optimist

The Sailing Rojita in Cyprus

The Team of Spain of the Optimist Class, composed of María Perelló and Pau Mequida of the Arenal Nautical Club of Mallorca, Nacho Baltasar of Sa Ràpita, the aroteño launcher Alberto Morales of Arrecife and the Andaluz Manuel Álvarez- Dardet of Puerto Sherry, will compete for the World title for teams in Limassol, in the waters of Cyprus.

The Spanish expedition technician has had an impact on our representatives getting to know their rivals enough, in what we could call the "regular competition of this World Cup..." on the first day of competition Maria Perelló managed to be placed as fourth female classified, after ending in position 14 and 15 respectively in the two sleeves disputed. While in the second day, the current world champion managed to position herself as the third female and eighteenth of the general after finishing in the first and tenth positions in the tests performed on the second day.

Pau Mesquida finished second in the first sleeve and thirteenth in the second, and managed to place himself in position 39 of the general. While Ian Walquer finished tenth in the first test and sixteenth in the second, placing himself in position 48.

The first two days of competition have developed with good wind, encouraging the regatists to enjoy the race field. Today the third day of competition is disputed with two new tests, before paralyzing the regular competition that will be resumed Monday after the Team Racing of the weekend.

29 / 08 / 2018: National Selection begins in Cyprus its participation in the Optimist World Cup

María Perelló and Pau Mesquida with Adrian Barceló, Spanish team coach in Cyprus

María Perelló, the current world champion of Optimist, and Pau Mequida, the Spanish champion of the same class... the two of the Club Nàutic S'Arenal of Baleares, participate from today until next Wednesday in the World Cup of Optimist that is held in the Cypriot city of Limasol. Maria Perelló will defend her crown after becoming a world champion in Thailand a year ago, while Pau Mesquida takes the leap to the world event after her passage to the European of Bulgaria in 2017.

The rest of the Spanish combination is made up of Nacho Baltasar del Náutico Sa Ràpita, who repeats a call with the Spanish team, the canary Alberto Morales of the Real Club Náutico de Arrecife, who returns after his absence in 2017, and Manuel Álvarez-Dardet of the Club Náutico de Puerto Sherry, who participates for the first time. The Mallorcan Adrián Barceló is the new technician of the Spanish team, while Kiko Como is again the Team Leader.

After three days of measurements, today the competition has started and will be held until Friday, again taking the regular tests next Monday... as Saturday and Sunday will be the turn for the team race.