The Catalan Galician team defended the leadership of the 470 male with the third position in the medal race

Jordi Xammar (Club Nàutic Cambrils) and Nicolás Rodríguez (Real Club Náutico de Vigo) completed a book collection by securing today the gold medal of the 470 male in the Hempel World Cup Series Miami. The Catalan-Galician team started the competition last Tuesday away from the top 10 and gradually climbed up positions until yesterday, Saturday, closed the qualifying phase leading the fleet.

In the medal race, final race reserved for the ten best crews, today fought to stay in the head and sailed with the view always placed on their direct rivals, the Swedish Dahlberg and Bergstrom. In the end, Xammar and Rodríguez crossed the line of arrival of the last manga of the Miami World Cup in the third position, a result that assured them the gold medal.

"It has been a very hard week, the competition has been very difficult but we are very happy to have won this victory after a very long preseason," Xammar said just after finishing the last championship test. The Spanish took advantage of the live broadcast of the final tests to remember, in English and Spanish, those who support him to Rodríguez on his way to Tokyo 2020: "We want to thank the entire team and the friends and viewers who have been following us from Spain for the confidence placed in us."

His next stop, as explained by the Galician patron Nicolás Rodríguez, will be Japan. "We go back there to continue training two more weeks and then we go to Mallorca to prepare the Princess Sofia Trophy, a very important race for us because it is a selection for the Games."

In the maiden race of the 470 female, Barbara Cornudella and Sara López competed from you to you with the best crews of the Miami World Cup and finished the final race in the seventh position. However, the Catalan crew said goodbye to the American competition in the tenth place of the general.

These results are linked to those already known on the first day of final races with four other Spanish crews at Top 10 positions. Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets finished the Miami World Cup in the seventh position of the Nacra 17; White Manchón was eighth in RS: female X; Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra ended in the tenth position of the 49er and Angel Granda held the tenth position of the RS: male X.

03 / 02 / 2019: World Cup: Xammar and Rodríguez, leaders in Miami before the medal race

Four Spanish crews competed yesterday in the first World Cup medal race that is being held this week in the United States

Four Spanish crews competed yesterday in the first race medals of the Hempel World Cup Series Miami and today Sunday Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez will fight the final race of the 470 male starting as favorites. Barbara Cornudella and Sara López will also be in the race medals of 470 female. In yesterday's tests, Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets were second in the race for the Nacra 17 medals and they fired from Miami in seventh position. White Manchón ended up in the eighth square of the RS: female X and Big Angel on the tenth of the male tables. Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra, with an offline in the medal race, ended up in the tenth position of the 49er.

Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez went up to the first position of the 470 men in the last qualifying day before the great final of the Miami World Cup. At the end of the day their main rivals, the Swedish Dahlberg and Bergstrom were penalized with a DSQ in the second test of the day and fell to the second square. Today, Sunday, February 3, Xammar and Rodríguez will participate in the medal race of their class being first and with a four-point advantage over the second and fourteen over the third.

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets shone in the final race of the Nacra 17 and crossed the arrival line in second position. This result allowed them to take a step forward in the final general classification and to finish the American test in the seventh position.

The Andalusian White Manchón ended up in the eighth position of the RS: female X after having fought the medal race of its class. Manchón was seventh in the final race, a manga that was marked by a soft wind that forced the regatists to make a great physical effort in the last manga of the competition.

In RS: X masculine, the canary Angel Granda completed a great participation in the Miami competition with the fourth position in the medal race of his class and the tenth place in the general.

In 49er, Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra did not have options for improvement in the medical race of their class because they were punished with an off-line on the exit, penalization that they suffered four of the ten ships involved. In this way, the Cantabrian team said goodbye to the Miami World Cup at place 10 of the general.

On the fifth day of the Miami World Cup, the two Spanish crews of 470 women made the most of the last three pre-race sleeves to improve the classification, although only one of them got the pass to the final race. Barbara Cornudella and Sara López were placed in the tenth square after recording a 12 + 14 + 11 partial. On the other hand, Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero ended up in the 19th position with 19 + 17 + 2 results in the last qualifying sleeves.

The Laser class also sailed yesterday the last two tests of the final phase, but the two Spaniards of the gold group failed to reach the positions of a medal race. Joel Rodriezo ended up at 21 General and Joaquín Blanco in 24. In Laser's silver group, Món Cañellas (65) and Jesus Rogel (90) competed. For its part, the Canaria Martina Reinocompleted its participation in the Hempel World Cup Series Miami at position 34 of the General of Laser Radio.

The Miami World Cup will come to an end with the last medal race, final race reserved for the ten best crews. Spain will have the representation of Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez, seconds in 470 male and Barbara Cornudella and Sara López, tenths classified in 470 female.

02 / 02 / 2019: Xammar and Nico are already third in 470 at the World Cup in Miami

The Andalusian regatist Blanca Manchón was from less to more in the last qualifying day of the RS: Women X and ended the day in sixth position, ensuring a place in tomorrow's race medal. Manchón began with a 23, its but result in the entire competition, but was not allowed to be dragged by bad sensations. It was the 13th in the next sleeve and the second in the last test of the day.

Three Spanish crews today certified their pass to the first medal race of the Hempel World Cup Series Miami organized by the World Sailing. White Manchón, sixth in RS: Female X, Martínez / Maslivets, octavos in Nacra 17, Ángel Granda, tenth in RS: Male X, and Botín / L.Marra, tenth in 49er, will participate in the final race of their classes. In addition, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez took advantage of the fourth day of the World Cup to be in the third position of the 470 male.

Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez took a new step forward in the classification and already occupy the third position of the 470 male. The Catalan team began the day by winning the inaugural manga and added a 5 in the second test. In total, Xammar and Rodríguez count 25 net points, the same as the Japanese Ichino / Hasegawa team, seconds. The Swedish Dahlberg and Bergstrom with 21 points are listed. Tomorrow, Saturday, the last qualifying sleeves will be held prior to the final race scheduled for Sunday for this class.

In 470 female, the Catalan Bárbara Cornudella and Sara López went down to the 17th position after recording 15 + 14 partials in today's two sleeves. Right behind you in the classification are Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, thirteenth. The Catalan canary duo began the day with an off-line and in the second test of the day they added an eighth.

In RS: Male X, Angel Granda ended the day in tenth position and will also fight tomorrow the final race of his class. The Canarian regatists today recorded some 19 + 3 + 10 partials and managed to enter the Top 10 of the American race. The Sergi Scandinell also fired from Miami from position 14 of the General. The Galician windsurfer Tomás Vieito (39) and the Andalusian Fernando Lamadrid (45) also finished their participation in the Miami World Cup.

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets certified their pass to the 17 Nacra race medal from the eighth position. Although they started the day with a black flag, Martínez and Maslivets added an 11 in the second sleeve and closed the day with a third position.

Also in Nacra 17, Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel concluded the Miami World Cup at post 13 of the general. It should be noted that Pacheco and Trittel premiered as a team in this competition and demonstrated a promising future in the mixed multicasco. For their part, Mitch and Rita Booth finished the American race in the 20th position.

In 49er, Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra managed to enter the medal race of their class after a last very disputed day. The Galician singing team started the day with a 16 and took a second place in the last race of the day, results that were worth being in the final sleeve tomorrow.

Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden today fired from the Miami World Cup from the 15th place of the 49th FX General just nine points away from getting the pass to tomorrow's medal race. The sisters Carla and Marta Munté, in post 24, and the tandem formed by Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló, in 26, also ended their participation.

With two new sleeves in dispute, Joaquín Blanco closed the day at the 16 Laser class. The canary started with an 18 but added a 4 in the second test of the day to finish ten points of the race medals. By contrast, Joel Rodríguez added a 5 in the first manga but in the second he recorded a 50, which becomes his discard, and ended the day in nineteenth position. In Laser Radial, Martina Reino fell position 32 of the general.

Tomorrow, the fifth day of the Miami World Cup, the 49th, 49th FX, Nacra 17 and RS: X male and female... Sunday in Miami will be the turn of the 470 male and female, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn.

01 / 02 / 2019: Six Spanish in the Top 10 of the World Cup of Sailing in Miami

The Spanish crews of 470 male and female starred in a turn and entered the top 10 of their classes

The Spanish regatists today faced the third day of the Hempel World Cup Series Miami organized by the World Sailing and at the end of the day six national crews were held in top 10 positions. White Manchón (RS: X W) and Xammar / Rodríguez (470 M) are in seventh position; Mas / Cantero (470 W) and Martínez / Maslivets (Nacra 17) are octave while Cornudella / López (470 W) are ninth. Angel Granda (RS: X M) ends the day in tenth position.

Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez showed their best version on this third day of the Miami World Cup and made an important leap in the classification of the 470 climbing to the seventh position of the general. The Catalan Galician team, which in the first two days had had a 12 + 18 partial, today achieved a fourth position in the first manga followed by a third in the second.

The two Spanish crews of 470 women also took advantage of the day to get their best version and both closed the day among the ten best ships of their class. Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, with an 8 + 2 in today's tests, rose to the eighth position, nine points from the medals, while Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López recorded a 2 + 10 with which they reached the ninth place of the general.

In RS: Female X, White Manchón continues in seventh position after having sailed three tests today, for a total of five. The Andalusian windsurfer began the day with a 21, which ended up becoming its discard, but was immediately redone with a 4 + 6 partial. In total, Manchón amounts to 31 net points and is only eight from the podium. Tomorrow Friday, the women's tables will play the last qualifying sleeves before the race medal this Saturday.

The Nacra 17 today did three tests and the Spanish team of Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets was in the eighth provisional position, twelve points from the medals. In the first two sleeves their results were 10 + 6 but in the last test of the day they recorded a 23, which becomes their discard. With the medal race of your class scheduled for Saturday, tomorrow Friday will be the last day to improve your podium options.

Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel went down to position 14 after a misguided start with an off-line on the first sleeve of the Nacra 17. In the second trial they were novies and in the last race they added a 12 to their locker. With these new partials, Pacheco and Trittel are 11 points from the Top 10. In addition, Mitch and Rita Booth ended the day in the 10th position.

On the male tables, Angel Granda had a bad one day and went down to the tenth place of RS: X with a 30 + 20 + 17 partial. On the other hand, the Sergi Scandinell Ballet signed its best participation in the competition and went up to the tenth square of its class. Tomas Vieito ended the day at 39 and Fernando Lamadrid at 45.

Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra closed their worst day at the Miami World Cup today. With four new trials in dispute, and a 24 + 16 + 30 + 22 partial, they fell to post 15 of the 49th general. The Galician singing team will have the last chance tomorrow to climb positions and re-enter Top 10 posts to fight the medal race of its class, scheduled for this Saturday.

For their part, Federico and Arturo Alonso decided not to continue to compete for the inconvenience in the ribs that drags the Asturian pattern due to a misfortune suffered in the days before the beginning of the World Cup. "I can't continue to compete like this, it's dangerous and the injury could go to more," Federico Alonso said with the view put on an early recovery.

A complicated day for the Spanish crews of 49er FX who today contested two new tests. Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden recorded their worst results so far at the Miami World Cup and fell to port 15 of the general, 11 points from the medal race posts. Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló closed the day at position 27 of the provisional general and the sisters Carla and Marta Munté did at position 30.

In Laser, Joel Rodríguez ascended to post 21 of the general after winning the last manga of the day. On the contrary, Joaquín Blanco fell to the twenty-fourth position. In Laser Radial, the Canaria Martina Reino ended the day at the 22 General's.

Tomorrow the fourth day of the Miami World Cup will be held in which twenty Spanish crews participate. On Saturday, February 2, the first medal race, reserved for the top ten crews, is scheduled for classes 49er, 49er FX, Nacra 17 and RS: X male and female. Sunday, February 3, will be the turn of the 470 male and female, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn.

31 / 01 / 2019: World Sailing World in Miami: seven Spanish crews in the Top Ten of their classes

Tomorrow the third day of the Miami World Cup will be held in which 20 Spanish crews participate... the competition, which started on Tuesday, will take place throughout the week and the madal races, final races reserved to the top ten of each class, will take place on Saturday and Sunday

Angel Granda continues in podium positions at the World Cup of Sailing in Miami and is third in the general of male windsurfing while Martínez / Maslivets (Nacra 17), Botín / L.Marra (49er) and Joaquín Blanco (Laser) occupy the fourth position of their respective classes. In addition, Suárez / van der Velden are sexy in 49er FX, Blanca Machón is seventh in RS: X and Pacheco / Trittel close the top 10 of the Nacra 17. The fleets of 470 male and female remained on the ground.

The male RS: X class today only sailed one test, for a total of three sleeves in two days, and the discard came into play. Angel Granda added a seven to his locker, which is added to 8 + 1 yesterday, and ended the day in the third position of the general with eight net points, by four of the provisional leader, Chinese Mengfan Gao.

Also in the male windsurfing, Sergi Scandinell took advantage of the only test of the day to climb up to the twenty-first position; Tomás Vieito remained at position 39 of the general and Fernando Lamadrid went down to square 44 of RS: X.

The fleet of RS: Female X could only fight a sleeve. The Andalusian Blanca Manchón, only Spanish in liza, climbed to the seventh position after getting a ninth that is added to the 12 of the first day.

The Nacra 17 were able to perform two sleeves and the team of Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets stood out among the Spanish delegation and was in the fourth provisional position. They started with a fifth in the first sleeve but added a 16, which becomes their discard, in the last test of the day. For the moment, Martínez and Maslivets have sixteen net points, only one below the second and third classified, which tie to fifteen.

Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel fell to the tenth position of the Nacra 17 after recording a 13 + 21 partial that added to 24 + 4 + 2 yesterday. For their aprte, Mitch and Rita Booth closed the second day of the Miami race at position 20 of the qualifying table.

The day was complicated for the teams of 49th Spaniards. The only test of the day for this class managed to be disputed after several failed attempts and much waiting at sea. Diego Botín and Iago L. Marra added a 28 to their results yesterday (1 + 16 + 4) and became fourth. Meanwhile, the Federico and Arturo Alonso brothers went down to post 34 of the provisional general.

Joaquín Blanco remains in the fourth general position of the Laser class. The canary began the second day of the Miami World Cup with a sixth in the first manga of the day but in the second it was a 24 that is now discarded. With these new partials, Blanco is just four points away from the podium.

Meanwhile, Joel Rodríguez stood at 28 of Laser's provisional general, Món Cañellas ended the day at 59 and Jesus Rogel at 63. In Laser Radial, the canary Martina Reino descends to the tenth position with only one manga disputed today.

The 49er FX fleet today sailed three new sleeves and the Spanish team formed by Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden took advantage to position in the sixth place of the general. Suárez and van der Velden, who yesterday made a 21, began the day with an 11 and were improving the results in the following sleeves with a seventh position and a second position. For the moment, they amount to 20 net points and are five on the podium.

More complicated was the day for the other two national crews of 49er FX. The sisters Carla and Marta Munté stood at position 29 of the general, just one box ahead of Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló.

The 470 male and female classes, the last ones to go out to sail according to the program of the second day of the Miami World Cup, were left on the ground without a chance to compete due to weather instability.

2019 / 01 / 30: Miami World Cup: Angel Granda starts leading the RS: X

Five Spanish crews completed the first day of the American race in the Top 10 of their classes

The Spanish sailing team overtook with note the first day of the Miami World Cup organized by the World Sailing, an international sailing federation, and did so with five national crews in the top 10 of their classes. After the first tests, disputed with a wind of between 6 and 8 knots of the SO, Ángel Granda leads the male windsurfing; Botin / L.Marra are in the second position of 49er; Martínez / Maslivets are third and Pacheco / Trittel rooms in Nacra 17 and Joaquin Blanco occupies the fourth place in Laser Standard.

The canary Ángel Granda completed a high start at the Miami World Cup with an eighth position and a first place in the two sleeves of the day, which placed him at the head of the male fleet of RS: X. Less successful were his companions, with the Sergi Scandinell shooting being the second most prominent Spanish since the 27 General. The Andalusian Fernando Lamadrid is in position 39 and the Galician Tomás Vieito is in position 41 of the provisional general.

In 49er, in the absence of the organization applying a discard to the disputed trials and with an pending protest, Diego Botín and Iago L.Marra are in the second position of their class. The Galician singing team started the day by winning the inaugural race. In the second manga they had a 16, after having suffered a collision in the moments before the departure with an American team, and in the last race of the day they were fourth. In total, Botin and L.Marra have 21 net points, only three less than the provisional leaders, the Croatian brothers Sime and Mihovil and Fantela.

In this same class, the Federico and Arturo Alonso brothers had a more complicated start and held position 30 of the provisional general. The Asturians recorded a 33 in the first manga and were penalized with a black flag in the second. The positive note was obtained in the third test, in which they were ninth. It should be noted that Federico, the master of the boat, suffered a percence during the training of the days before the competition and presented inconvenience in ribs and arm.

Good start for Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets, third in Nacra 17. The Spanish dupla premiered in Miami with a second square followed by a third place plus a sixth in the third manga of the day.

The start of the Miami World Cup for Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel was also successful, who premiered as a team of Nacra 17 with the fourth position of the general. Pacheco and Trittel started with a 23 in the first sleeve, which they immediately left behind with a 4 + 2 in the following tests. The entry into play of the discard after the third sleeve allowed them to cross the 23 and climb to the fourth place of the general. For their part, Mitch and Rita Booth are in the tenth position of the provisional classification.

Joaquín Blanco took full advantage of the two sleeves, of three planned, disputed by the Laser Standard and was placed in the fourth position of the general. The canary regatist began the day with an eighth place but in the second manga he crossed the line of arrival in second position. Meanwhile, the canary Joel Rodríguez is at the 30 of the general, the Catalan Món Cañellas in the 59 and the Valencian Jesus Rogel in the 62.

The Laser Radial only contested one test and the canary Martina Reino added up an eleven, since it occupies in the general.

The female boards also completed only one sleeve due to the instability of the wind when they tried to take the second test of the day. In this one race, the Andalusian White Manchón was the tenth.

Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez had a discreet start at the Miami World Cup and closed the first day at the 15th of the general of 470 males. With two disputed tests, the Catalan team obtained 17 + 12 partials and finished three points from the top 10.

In 470 female, the two Spanish crews also suffered a misguided championship. Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero premiered their locker with 12 + 23 that places them in the tenth position while the Catalan Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara Ópezos were penalized on the first day because they did not meet the requirements in the measurement and weighing tests of their mast and ended the day in the tenth square.

Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden were the most prominent Spanish in the 49er FX class, with only one completed test, and they were placed in position 21 followed closely by the sisters Carla and Marta Munté, twenty-third, and Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló, twenty-fifth.