Joel Rodríguez was the best national regatist in the Laser Standard World Championship in Sakaiminato, Japan, and Spain ended up in the eighth position of countries fighting for one of the five new places to be in the next Games

The Spanish Laser Standard team will have to wait next year to try again to get the country classification for Tokyo 2020. Today he finished the Laser Standard World Championship that has been held in Sakaiminato, Japan, and Joel Rodríguez, from the 32 General, was the most prominent national athlete.

Spain also ended up in the eighth position of countries competing for one of the five new places that have been granted to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At the World Cup in Genova, Italy, in 2020, two new country squares will be distributed for the Laser Standard class.

The last day was nothing positive for Spanish athletes at Laser Standard. The canary Joel Rodríguez (RCN Gran Canaria) was unable to repeat the good results of the penultimate day of competition and added to his locker a partial of 28 + 45, which relegated him to position 32 of the final classification. The new world champion of Laser Standard is the Australian Tom Burton.

For his part, Joaquín Blanco (RCN Gran Canaria) also starred in a complicated day and added 38 + 24 to his score, which led him to post 36 of the general.

With these new results, Spain was in the eighth position of the ranking of nations competing for one of the five new country squares for Tokyo 2020. Sweden, Argentina, Russia, Hungary and Guatemala got the Olympic ticket while Slovenia, Switzerland and Spain stood at the door in the sixth, seventh and eighth positions respectively.

The next race in which you can fight to classify the country for next year's Olympic Games will be the Genoa World Cup, which will be held in Italy from April 13 to 19, 2020... this championship will have two new country squares for the Laser Standard class.

07 / 07 / 2019: Spain holds the top five in the World Standard Laser in Japan

The canary Joaquín Blanco, best Spanish in the competition, occupies position 22 of the general classification

The fourth day of the Laser Standard World Championship, and the first of the final phase, was today held in Sakaiminato, Japan, with light wind, an average of seven knots from the northeast. The Spanish regatists did not find their best version and gave up some posts in the general classification. However, Spain remains in the group of five countries that would get a place to compete in Tokyo 2020.

Joaquín Blanco (RCN Gran Canaria), who continues to head the Spanish representation, today had a bad start with a 40 in the first sleeve and ended the day with a 19. These new partials have relegated him to position 22 of the general classification and make Spain the fifth ranking of nations not yet classified for the next Olympic Games. It should be recalled that at the end of the championship five new country places will be distributed to compete in Tokyo 2020.

His club partner, Joel Rodríguez, also did not get outstanding results (44 + 28), but he was able to improve his position and finished the day at 41 in the qualifying table.

06 / 07 / 2019: Spain in the world of Laser Standard in qualifying posts for Tokyo 2020

Joaquín Blanco, who holds 19 of the general, continues as the best national regatist

Spain's first goal at the Laser Standard World Championship in Sakaimintao, Japan, has been met by getting into the final phase with at least one sportsman among the top 20 of the competition. This is the case of the Canary Joaquín Blanco, who occupies the nineteenth position and makes Spain the third place in the ranking of countries fighting for one of the five new places for Tokyo 2020.

Joaquín Blanco (RCN Gran Canaria) completed the third day of the Laser Standard World Cup with a 7 + 9 partial with which he made a new leap in the classification and already occupies the 19 of the general. His club partner Joel Rodríguez also managed to improve his results and stood at position 44, thus ensuring the pass to the gold group and thus competing from tomorrow and until Tuesday July 9 with the best of the world.

From tomorrow, the Laser Standard World Championship will start the final phase with the fleet divided into gold, silver and bronze groups. Joaquín Blanco and Joel Rodríguez will compete with the 52 best athletes in the gold group and their main objective will be to keep alive the options of classifying the country for the next Olympic Games... for their part, the Valencian Jesús Rogel (RCN Torrevieja) did not get the pass to the gold group and from tomorrow he will sail in the bronze group.

The competition, which is taking place in Sakaiminato, Japan, began last Thursday, July 4 and will end next Tuesday... in addition to the title of world champion, in this race five new country squares will be distributed to participate in Tokyo 2020 and for the moment Spain is in the position to get the classification for the next Olympic Games.