Spain will be present in Tokyo in the ten Olympic sailing disciplines, pending for the next days the designation of the regatist to represent us in the Finn class

Emotion until the last minute at the Finn Gold Cup 2021 that closes with Joan Cardona as the world's subchampion and the classification of Spain for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the Finn class, so our country will be present in the ten sailing disciplines that will take part in the Olympics this summer.

It has been an atypical and difficult World Championship, dominated by the weather conditions that even prevented the celebration of the scheduled races during two days. For the day of closure the conditions have again been marked by the loose wind and the formed sea, with three contested races that have kept the classification in hand until the last moment.

After starting the championship in second position, Joan Cardona finished yesterday the fourth day, second day of races, in fourth place, at one point from the podium, eleven from the leader and keeping Spain as the first country on the list of unclassified European nations, six points from the Croatian Nenad Bugarin, fifth of the general.

The adrenaline was up when Joan Cardona finished third in the first manga and a 15 of the leader, New Zealand Andy Maloney, was up to the first position of the provisional. And the table was pressed with 32 points for Cardona, 33 for Maloney, 34 for Berecz and 39 for Bugarin in fourth position.

The second test of the day put Maloney in the first position and left Cardona two points away from the victory, with five of Spain's advantage over Croatia in the European fight for the Olympic Square.

The final time came and Bugarin and Cardona were in a live red fight in the last and final manga, with the result of a 28 for Spanish and a 31 for Croatian. They both ruled out these positions, the worst ones obtained during the championship, and Cardona used a more balanced partial to get the second place in the general classification, while Bugarin ended up in fifth position. The second Spanish, Pablo Guitián, closes the Top10 with the tenth place, while Alejandro Muscat is 16.

Spain thus put, after a hard and exciting championship, the missing stamp on the Olympic class passport for the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Joan Cardona celebrated the world's subchampionship as one of the youngest patterns in history to achieve it, at 22.

After this double success and with the Tokyo Olympic Games as the next date just over ten weeks, the Royal Spanish Vela Federation will in the coming days designate the regatist of the Finn class who becomes part of the Spanish Olympic sailing team, the ESP Sailing Team.

Final classification
1. NZL Andy Maloney: 3-2-8- (23) -3-2-15-5-6 = 44 sts
2. ESP Joan Cardona: 11-1-2-11-5-10-3-8- (28) = 51 sts
3. NZL Josh Junior: 10-5-10- (20) -2-1-14-3-9 = 54 sts
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10.- ESP Pablo Guitian: 17-6-4- (27) -15-13-9-23 = 91 sts
16.- ESP Alejandro Muscat: 14-3-6 - (36) -26-28-30-13-12 = 132 sts
51.- ESP Gerardo Seeliger: 49-51-48-28-52- (DNS53) -53-53-53 = 387 sts

2021 / 05 / 11: Cardona and Guitian remain at the Top 10 of the Finn Gold Cup in Porto

Tomorrow is the last day of this Finn World Championship

After two days in blanks, today the Finn Gold Cup has resumed the activity at sea with three new trials disputed, for a total of six, which leave a tight classification in the absence of a day for the end. The Joan Cardona Ballet occupies the fourth provisional position and places Spain at the forefront of European countries fighting for the last Olympic square for Tokyo 2020. For its part, the Andalusian Pablo Guitián is in the eighth position of the general of the last Finn World Championship as an Olympic category.

The waves and wind just during the first test have complicated the navigation at the beginning of the day, but then the intensity of the wind has risen and has remained quite stable above 10 knots, allowing the regatta committee to get three sleeves completed in just over four hours. This effort has already compensated part of what was lost in the previous two days, in which it was not possible to navigate, and the committee's intention is to close tomorrow's day, last of the competition, with three more tests.

Joan Cardona continues as the top Spanish representative after adding 11 + 5 + 10, partial that place him in the fourth position only one point from the third ranked, New Zealand Josh Junior, and ten from the leader, also New Zealand Andy Maloney. The provisional podium is completed by the Hungarian Zsombor Berecz, second.

In addition to remaining in the struggle for the medals, the balear regatist has managed to close the day with a six-point income on the Croatian Nenad Bugarin, fifth classified and first direct rival in the classification of countries that opt for the last Olympic ticket.

In the eighth position of the general there has been the Andalusian Pablo Guitian, who, despite having started the day with a 4, has added a 27 (which is discarded) and a 15 in the following two races. For his part, Catalan Alex Muscat has signed his worst partials from the entire championship and goes down to position 17.

Tomorrow, the last event for the Finn Gold Cup that is being held in Portuguese waters will crown the new world champion of this Olympic discipline and will distribute the last European square of country to Tokyo 2020, as it chooses Spain.

Provisional classification. Day 4 - 6 tests
1. NZL Andy Maloney: 3-2-8- (23) -3-2 = 18 sts
2. HUN Zsombor Berecz: 9- (11) -1-2-6-5 = 23 sts
3. NZL Josh Junior: 10-5-10- (20) -2-1 = 28 sts
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4.- ESP Joan Cardona: (11) -1-2-11-5-10 = 29 sts
8. ESP Pablo Guitian: 17-6-4- (27) -15 = 46 sts
17.- ESP Alejandro Muscat: 14-3-6 - (36) -26-28 = 77 sts
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47.- ESP Gerardo Seelinger: 49-51-48-28-52- (DNS53) = 228 sts

2021 / 05 / 10: In Porto the wind is still absent and for the second day without regatta in the World Cup of Finn

Finnists continue to make tourism in the beautiful city of Porto (Photo Nezua Aires)

The wind has shown itself for the second day in a row with the coast of Porto, where half a hundred regatists compete at the Finn Gold Cup, the world championship that will decide the last European square of the country to be in Tokyo 2020 and for which the Spanish sailing team is fighting.

On Saturday he started the competition with three disputed tests, yesterday Sunday the lack of wind left the fleet on the ground and today the conditions of instability, both in direction and intensity, have truncated the efforts of the organizing committee to complete a test.

In the middle of the morning the international fleet has gone out to the race field between strong winds and chubbascos in search of competition. The committee has come to establish a race field and it has been given way to which it could have been the only test of the day but, finally, it has been abandoned after an intense change in the direction of the wind that prevented a change of course.

For both tomorrow Tuesday and Wednesday 12 the weather part also wakes complicated days, which can result in very difficult races to face. For the championship to be valid it is necessary to complete a minimum of four sleeves and, for the time being, three have already been contested.

2021 / 05 / 09: Cancelled for lack of wind the second day of the Finn World Cup in Porto

The low wind, accompanied by a strong wave, has forced the day to end in the middle of the morning.

The organizers of the Finn Gold Cup, the World Championship of this Olympic discipline, have been forced to cancel the second day of competition due to the low intensity of the wind and the strong waves recorded this morning in Porto, Portugal.

In this way, the classification remains intact with Joan Cardona in second position, Alex Muscat in fourth and Pablo Guitián in sixth. The Finn Gold Cup, the last test in which to get the country square to be in Tokyo 2020, will resume tomorrow, Monday 10, and will continue until Wednesday 12.

2021 / 05 / 08: The Finn World Cup begins with three Spaniards at the Top Ten

The Joan Cardona Ballet begins taking the second position of the provisional general... Alex Muscat, fourth, and Pablo Guitián, seventh, reinforce Spain's options of getting Olympic Square (Photo Maria Muíña)

The first day of the Finn Gold Cup, the world championship of this kind in which the last European country square is decided to compete in Tokyo 2020, has been resolved with three Spaniards among the seven best classified. Joan Cardona ends the day in second position, Alex Muscat in fourth square and Pablo Guitián does it in seventh position.

The Joan Cardona ballast premiered the world championship locker with an 11, a result that would be more than compensated by the two next tests of the day in which the Spanish regatist ended in first and second position respectively. These partials place Cardona at only one point from the provisional leader, New Zealand leader Andy Maloney, and with a seven-point advantage over his main pursuer, the Hungarian Zsombor Berecz, third.

In the fourth position is Catalan Alex Muscat, who today has added a 14 + 3 + 6 that leaves him only two points from the head trio. In addition, in seventh position is the Andalusian Pablo Guitián, who with a 16 + 7 + 4 stands just ahead of the Swiss Nils Theuninck, first of the direct rivals in the struggle for the Olympic square of the country.

The Finn Gold Cup has started today, Saturday, May 8, and will be held until next Wednesday 12 in the waters of Porto, Portugal, when the new world champion will be crowned and the last European square will be awarded to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Provisional classification. Day 1 - 3 tests
1. NZL Andy Maloney: 3-2-8 = 13 sts
2. ESP Joan Cardona: 11-1-2 = 14 sts
3. HUN Zsombor Berecz: 9-11-1 = 21 sts
4.- ESP Alejandro Muscat: 14-3-6 = 23 sts
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7.- ESP Pablo Guitian: 17-6-4 = 27 sts
50- ESP Gerardo Seelinger: 49-51-48 = 148 sts