Lamadrid and Van der Velden close the iQFoil European Championship with a fifth and seventh place respectively... by country, Spain is fourth in female category and ninth in male

The IQFoil European Championship came to an end today in the waters of Marseille with two Spanish regatists, Pilar Lamadrid and Nicole van der Velden, in the Continental Top10 with a fifth and a seventh place respectively.

The Medal Series has consisted of three tests, contested with winds up to 17 knots, in which the eight participants split with twice as many points as their position in the classification phase. Pilar Lamadrid performed a 3-4-4 and Nicole van der Velden a 5-6-7, which resulted in an escalation of one post for both in the final classification.

The French Helene Noesmoen, the current champion of the world, is also the champion of Europe. He was accompanied on the podium by the British Islay Watson and the Israli Shachar Reshef. France also takes the male title with the victory of Nicolas Goyard, followed by the Dutch Huig Jan Tak and Luuc van Opzeeland. The first Spanish representative of the classification has been Tomás Vieito in position 23.

In view of the competition for the Olympic country squares for Paris 2024, Spain is located in Top10 in both categories, with a fourth place per country among the girls and a ninth among the boys.

2021-10-27: Pilar Lamadrid and Nicole van der Velden to the European IQFoil Medal Series

The forecasts for this Thursday, the day of the end and the last of the European, point to good wind conditions

The Spanish candle will have two women's representatives in the Medal Series of the iQFoil European Championship, which started last Saturday and will end this Thursday in the waters of Marseille.

The French Helene Noesmoen leads the European, after taking a 29-point advantage of the second ranked, the British Islay Watson. Third is Israeli Shachar Reshef. Lamadrid is sixth and Van der Velden is eighth.

The Medal Series will consist of three sleeves in which the first eight classified ones will take part with a score equivalent to their post multiplied by two; that is, Noesmoen does it with 2 points, Lamadrid with 12 and Van der Velden with 16.

In the male category, six Spaniards passed to the gold group, but none could be classified for the Medal Series. The best has been the Galician Tomas Vieito, in position 23; Bernat Tomas in the 33; Ángel Granda in the 45; Joan Carles Cardona in the 52; José Luis Boronat in the 67 and Fernando Lamadrid in the 70.