Muscat wins the silver and Cardona the bronze of the Finn class at the Genoa World Cup... these medals are added to the gold obtained yesterday by Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets in Nacra 17

Spain fired from the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy, with a total of three medals and nine crews at Top 10 posts. Today Alex Muscat and Joan Cardona went up to the end class podium winning silver and bronze respectively. These medals were added to the gold obtained yesterday by Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets in the class Nacra 17.

A penalty in the first step by buoy of the Finn class's medal race took Alex Muscat from the lead, complicating the options of maintaining the gold medal. The Catalan had to take a 360-degree turn in order to continue in regatta and this action relegated him to the tail of the fleet. Finally, Muscat finished the race for the medals in ninth position, which left him in the second position of the final classification, hanging the silver medal.

For its part, the shooting Joan Cardona won the bronze medal, a position he today defended as a third in the final race of his class. Cardona left with an eight-point advantage over his persecutors and his main mission in the medal race was to stay ahead of them to ensure the third place of the absolute podium of the Finn class

Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero were close to giving the surprise in the female 470 class after getting the second position the medal race. The Catalan canary team, which began the day in the eighth position, climbed to the fourth place in the final classification.

The Laser class's final medal race on the day's program was held after a few minutes of postponement due to the fall of the wind. The canary Joaquín Blanco sailed with the head group and crossed the line of arrival of the final race in fourth position, result with which he managed to climb up to the eighth square of the final classification.

20 / 04 / 2019: Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets gold in Nacra 17 in the World Cup of Genoa

The Spanish team of Nacra 17 was second in the medal race of its class and was made with the victory in the Italian competition

The first day of final races of the Hempel World Cup Series Genova, Italy, was awarded with the gold medal for Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets in Nacra 17 and with four other Spanish crews at Top 10 posts. Tomorrow, Sunday, April 21, the rest of the Spanish medal will be held with participation in the Finn, 470 female and Laser classes. Alex Muscat, first, and Joan Cardona, third, start as favorites in the Finn class.

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets won the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy, after a week of competition in which they were always among the best teams of Nacra 17. On Friday they got the pass to the medal race of their class in second position and today they were made with the victory in the general ranking.

The 49th FX race medal, first of the day, began with almost an hour of delay and few five knots from the southwest. Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló fought their first final race as a team and did so by crossing the line of arrival in sixth position. This result placed them in the fifth position of the general. Carla and Marta Munté were ten in the final manga, the same position with which they ended their participation in the World Cup in Genoa.

Diego Botín and Iago Ópez- Marra finished the 49th race medal in the fifth position, and ended up in the sixth place of the final classification. His fellow Federico and Arturo Alonso, who were octave in this last test, maintained the ninth position of the absolute general.

The two Spanish athletes of the Finn class who are competing in the Genoa World Cup will participate tomorrow in the medal race, final race reserved for the top ten. Alex Muscat continues to head the fleet and maintains a two-point advantage against the second ranked Brazilian Jorge Zarif. The third provisional position is for Joan Cardona, who keeps a distance of eight points in front of his first persecutor, the fourth classified.

In 470 female, Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero today managed to seal their pass to the final race tomorrow from the eighth position. The Catalan Canarian team today added a 10 in the first manga of the day but ended with a 31, which became its discard. Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López fell to post 16 and ended their participation in the Italian competition.

Joaquín Blanco will be the only Spanish representative in the final race of the Laser class. The canary was classified in tenth position. The second best national sportsman in this class has been the Valencian Jesus Rogel, who fired from Genoa at position 32 of the general.

In Laser Radial only three Spanish regatists competed in the gold group and the most outstanding sportsman at the end of the day was Fatima Reyes, seventeenth. Ana Moncada stood at 23 and Cristina Pujol ended up in 26.

The last two tests of the 470 class relegated Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez to the 24 General and tomorrow they will not take part in the medal race of their class.

The Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy, is the third of the four World Cups that organizes the World Sailing, an international sailing federation. The competition started last Monday 15 and will end tomorrow, Sunday, April 21. Today Iker Martinez and Olga Maslivets got gold in Nacra 17 and tomorrow Alex Muscat, first, and Joan Cardona, third, will fight for the Finn class medals.

19 / 04 / 2019: Martinez-Maslivets seconds in Nacra 17 before the finals of the World Cup of Genoa

The Spanish team of Nacra 17 is the one that, for the moment, best options have to get a medal in the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy... five Spanish crews will compete in tomorrow's race medal and five others are in top 10 of the classes whose final races are scheduled for Sunday

Five Spanish crews will compete tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, in the first medal race of the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy. Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets are second in Nacra 17; Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló, fourth, will sail along with the sisters Carla and Marta Munté, novias, in the final race of the 49er FX; Diego Botín and Iago Lopez- Marra, sextos, and the brothers Federico and Arturo Alonso, novios, will also fight the manga for the medals of the 49er. In addition, five other Spanish crews are in top 10 positions.

Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets went up one more step in the classification of the Nacra 17 and will face tomorrow the medal race of this class from the second position, seven points from the gold. With a total of seven sleeves disputed the discard of Martínez and Maslivets is a 16 while the rest of its results have been two first, a third, two quarter and a sixth place.

Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló improved their medal options and were classified for the 49th FX race in fourth position. In the first manga of the day the Galician ballear team began with a 12, its worst result in what is going in the championship, but immediately recovered the good sensations and continued the day with a 5 + 4 + 7 partial. In the absence of the final race, with a double score not disposable, Echegoyen and Barcelo are only five points away from bronze and thirteen from gold.

The sisters Carla and Marta Munté also got the pass to the 49th FX race medal as they went up to the ninth square of the provisional general. In tomorrow's test you will choose to rise positions but without options to enter podium positions. Also in this class, Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden say goodbye to the Genoa World Cup in the 18th position.

In the 49th class, there will be double national representation: Diego Botín and Iago Ópez- Marra, sextos, and the brothers Federico and Arturo Alonso, novios. On the one hand, Botín and L.Marra could get the podium stacked; they were separated eight points from the third drawer. On the other hand, the Assyrian brothers will fight to improve their positions and enter the top five of the final classification.

The rest of the classes participating in the Sailing World Cup being held in Génvoa, Italy, have the medal race scheduled for this Sunday.

Alex Muscat is demonstrating a high level in the Finn class and already has the second position of the general. The Catalan has not come down at any time from the podium and after six sleeves completed its discard is a third position. Along with him he sails Joan Cardona, who also stands as a candidate for the medals. The ballet occupies the fourth place of the provisional general, six points from entering podium posts.

In 470 female the team formed by Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero climbed to fourth place today. Yesterday they were released with a 19, which are now discarded, and today they added to their locker a 6 + 4 + 12 with which they are eight points from the head trio. Bàrbara Cornudella and Sara López also went up and closed the day at post 13. Still, the day was not easy for Catalan women: they started with a 21, won the second test and added a 20 in the last sleeve.

In the male general of 470, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez were in the sixth position with three new sleeves completed, for a total of four. The results of the Catalan team were far from their usual numbers: they signed a 19 + 39 in the first two sleeves and then recovered good sensations with a fourth place in the last race.

The canary Joaquín Blanco took a step forward in the classification of the Laser and is already in the fifth position. His results of the day were a fourth and a third place and it is only seven points from the first place. The second best Spanish in this classification is the Valencian Jesus Rogel, who today cut down positions and stood in the twenty-second square.

As for the Laser Radial class, the Andalusian Ana Moncada continues as the most prominent Spanish regatist and occupies 11 of the general, four points from entering the top 10 of its class. The Catalan Cristina Pujol is only eight points from the tenth position.

Tomorrow the first medal race will be held, final race of double score not disposable and reserved to the ten best classified of each class, of the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy. The rest of the final races will be held on Sunday.

18 / 04 / 2019: Three Spanish crews in podium posts at the World Cup in Genoa

The wind made an act of presence on the fourth day of the race and all classes, except the Radial Laser, were able to navigate

Eight Spanish crews entered top 10 positions after the fourth day of the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy. After three days of little wind, today a breeze from the West blew, with oscillations between the 5 and 8 knots that allowed the entire fleet, with the exception of the Laser Radial, to complete at least one race.

Diego Botín and Iago López Marra attacked the second position of the 49er after completing three new sleeves, for a total of five in four days of competition. The Galician singing team started the day with a 6 + 5 in the first two tests and ended up winning the last race. Only three points separate them from the lead.

His fellow Federico and Arturo Alonso also took advantage of the day and went up to the fifth position of their class with a six-point disadvantage over the podium posts.

The Finn class premiered after two days of waiting with very positive results for the Spanish regatists. Catalan Alex Muscat opened his locker with a second and two third places, results that place him in the third provisional square. Meanwhile, the Joan Cardona shooting recorded a 7 + 5 + 7 partial and ended the day in seventh position.

With two new sleeves in their existence, Iker Martínez and Olga Maslivets settled in the third position of the Nacra 17. In the first race, which they fought on Monday, they were fourth and today they got another fourth place and the victory in the last test. For their part, Tara Pacheco and Florian Trittel stood at 18 with a 20 in the manga on Monday and 10 + 4 in today's races.

The Laser class, which sails divided into two fleets, was able to today play three races for the blue group and two for the yellow. Joaquin Blanco, in a blue group, went up to the sixth position of the absolute general. He was seventh in the first trial and won the second; in the third, which is not yet counted for the general classification, he was seventeenth. The second best Spanish is Joel Rodríguez, who is at 33.

Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló completed the fourth day of the World Cup of Genoa in the seventh position of the 49er FX with only two points of difference with the crew holding the third square and eleven points of the lead. In today's sleeves Echegoyen and Barcelo were fourth and seventh.

In this same class, the sisters Carla and Marta Munté are in post eleven, tied to points with the tenths classified. The Catalan made an eighth in the first sleeve and won the second test of the day. Similar results were those of Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden, who started winning the first race but signed an 11 in the second, results that led them to the nineteenth position of the 49er FX.

The 470 were able to play their first manga today with disparate results for the Spanish crews. In the male class, Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez were septic while in the female classification Barbara Cornudella and Sara López recorded a 17 followed by Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero, with an 18.

Tomorrow the fifth day of the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa will be held. On Saturday the first medal race of the championship with the title of winner of the classes 49er, FX and Nacra 17 in play... the rest of the final races will take place on Sunday.

16 / 04 / 2019: In the genoese quote of the World Sailing World Cup the wind does not accompany

The Laser Standard and the blue group of the 49er FX were the only ones able to navigate and completed only one sleeve

The second day of the Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, Italy, ended with only three tests completed due to lack of wind. The two groups, blue and yellow, of Laser Standard and the blue group of 49er FX were the only ones who managed to sail with a wind never exceeding 6 knots.

The Laser class, first to go out into the sea after a long wait on the ground, was the only one who managed to complete a sleeve for its entire fleet. The best Spanish was Jesus Rogel, who premiered in Genoa with a 13 in this one race. The low wind conditions were less favourable for the rest of the national representation: Pere Ponsetí finished the test at position 28 and Joaquín Blanco in 30, followed by Joel Rodríguez, 31. Ramiro Foguet (41), Pep Cazador (42), Mario Plomer (45), Carlos Roselló (46) and Manuel Barber (47) also competed.

As for the 49er FX class, only the crews of the blue group were able to navigate; the fleet in which the three Spanish teams compete. Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló were made with the third position of the race and the sisters Carla and Marta Munté finished the manga decimokintas. Patricia Suárez and Nicole van der Velden were penalized with an offline.

Tomorrow, the third day of the Sailing World Cup will be held in Genoa, Italy. On Monday the competition began with the participation of classes 49er, FX and Nacra 17... today the rest of the classes were expected to join the race but only the Laser Standard were able to sail... the 470, male and female, Laser Radial and Finn have not yet sailed.