The Spanish team won the silver medal in the European mixed 470... Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez finished the competition in fifth position

These results place Spain as one of the main powers to take into account in the next class world championship, which will be held in late October in Israel. It should be recalled that 470 was, until Tokyo 2020, a ship with a male and female category and for Paris 2024 has become a mixed class.

Xammar and Brugman started their Olympic campaign in March of this year won the Princess Sofia Trophy and since then have been placed as one of the best crews in the world. In this 470 European, Catalans have remained in podium positions since the beginning of the championship and finally won the silver medal. The gold has been for the Swedes Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson, and the bronze has fallen into the Italian Giacomo Ferrari and Bianca Carusso.

Less adaptation time has had Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez, who first joined the 470 in early August. A Silvia injury had kept them away from the water and after a month of training they have achieved a fifth meritorious position in which it has been their first international competition. Since the first compasses of the championship, Silvia and Nico have held podium positions although in the penultimate day they fell to the fourth square. Finally today, in a Medal Race marked by a wind above 15 knots, they have been classified in the fifth position.

In addition to these two teams, the Spanish Maria Bover and Pablo García (36), Neus Ballester and Pablo García (42) and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia (43) have also competed in the 470 European Championship.

The competition started last Tuesday 13 and has been held until Sunday 18 with a participation of 52 teams representing 20 countries. The next international meeting of the class will be the 470 world event to be held in Israel from 21 to 29 October.

2022-09-17: At the end of the 470 European Spain chooses two medals

Xammar and Brugman present themselves to the final race in second position... But and Cantero will seek the medals from the fourth square

The penultimate day of the 470 European Championship being held in Turkey has ended with two Spanish teams in a position to compete tomorrow, Sunday, for the continental medals. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman hold second position and their colleagues Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez are fourth.

Today, the last two fleet races have been completed before closing the top 10 that tomorrow will be in the European race medal of 470. The day has been valid for Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman to settle in the second position at six points of gold, for the moment in the hands of the Swedes Dahlberg and Karlsson, and with an income of fifteen points on the classified third parties, the Italians Ferrari and Caruso. In the fourth position, only four points from the podium, are Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez.

The final race, which is intended for the first ten classified and with a double non-disposable score, leaves Xammar and Brugman as the only gold contenders due to the difference in points between Dahlberg / Karlsson and the third classified. For their part, Mas and Rodríguez will have the double mission of trying to take the bronze from the Italians, or to reach the silver, and keep their persecutors at bay.

The 470 European Championship began last Tuesday, September 13 and will end tomorrow, Sunday 18, with the medal race. In the silver group have sailed Maria Bover and Pablo García (36), Neus Ballester and Pablo García (42) and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia (43).

2022 EUROPEAN 470 CLASSIF.GENERAL

2022-09-16: Spain is a little low, but still on the podium of the 470 European

Xammar and Brugman occupy the second position of General Mas and Rodríguez are third in the absence of two days in the end

The 470 Spanish teams keep their medal options intact in the first European championship of the class in mixed Olympic format. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman are second while Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez are in third position.

The fourth day of the 470 European has been closed with a double podium option for Spanish teams. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman have started the day with a third position that kept them in front of the table but the 14 added in the last sleeve, now their discard, has relegated them to the second position, behind the Dahlberg and Karlsson Swedes.

In the third position of the general are Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez. The beginning of the day for them has been unencouraging, an 18 that became their worst result so far. In the second and last manga of the day, Silvia and Nico have sealed a fifth position that allowed them to stay on the provisional podium.

In the silver group, Maria Bover and Pablo García (33), Neus Ballester and Pablo García (40) and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia (44) compete.

Tomorrow the last two fleet races will be held to close the top 10 that will compete at Sunday's Medal Race.

2022-09-15: The fold for Spain... getting closer in the 470 European

Xammar and Brugman lead the classification... More and Rodriguez go up to second position

Spain has two clear medal options after the end of the first day of the final phase of the 470 European Championship being held in Turkey. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman lead the classification while Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez are second. In front of it, two more days of final-phase races before the Sunday medal race.

With the fleet divided into gold and silver groups, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman have taken one more step towards the classification to be the new leaders of the 470 European. Although they have started the day with 10 that quickly became their discard, a third place in the second race of the has placed Xammar and Brugman in the first position with 16 net points.

The second square is defended by Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez, with 21 points. The day for them has been similar to that of their companions, adding a 9, now their discards, on the first sleeve and winning the second test of the day. In third position are the Germans Wanser and Autenrieth, with 23 points.

Tomorrow, Friday, the penultimate day of the final phase will be held. This means that the fleet can complete four more races before facing the Sunday medal race, the last test of the championship for the top ten.

In the silver group, Maria Bover and Pablo García (28), Neus Ballester and Pablo García (41) and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia (44) compete.

2022-09-14: Spain maintains two teams among the first five of the European 470

Xammar / Brugman, seconds tied to points with leaders
Mas / Rodríguez, fifths only four points from the podium

The second day of the 470 European Championship that is being held in Turkey has developed with a strong eye, more even that of yesterday, and has ended with two Spanish teams in the top 5. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman are second, tied to points with the Germans Diesch and Markfort, provisional leaders. Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez occupy the fifth position and only four points are separated from the podium.

The strong wind has led to a change in the heads but a very tight top 10, with a difference of only twelve points from first to tenth. At the top of the table, the German team Diesch / Markfort points to points with Xammar and Brugman, who today have added a 6 + 3 that, thanks to 1 + 2 + 1 yesterday, allows them to stay in podium positions.

For their part, Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez have more accused the conditions of strong wind and have added to their locker a 5 + 8 that places them in the fifth provisional position. However, the Spanish team is five points away from gold and four points from bronze. There are three days of fleet competition ahead before the middle race on Sunday.

These two Spanish teams will be the only ones to compete from tomorrow in the gold group of the European 470, with the court at the 26th of today's general. In this way, Maria Bover and Pablo García (29), Neus Ballester and Pablo García (35) and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia (41) will sail from now on in the silver group.

2022-09-14: European opening of 470: Spain with two duplas in its head

Two national crews lead the first ranking of the 470 European Championship with Xammar / Brugman in first position and Mas / Rodríguez seconds (Photo Sedat Yilmaz)

The 470 European Championship has started today in Turkey with three contested sleeves and a first ranking in which the Spaniards, with Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman as leaders followed by Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez.

As planned by the organisation, the wind conditions have been perfect for the first three European tests. Xammar and Brugman have sailed in the Yellow group, adding two first posts and one second they have ruled out. Mas y Rodríguez, in the Azul group, get rid of the fourth place on the first sleeve to add a second and a first and stand at a single point of their teammates.

In third position and tied with the Spaniards are the Swedish Dahlberg and Karlsson. The classification is extremely tight to the tenth position, with a narrow margin of five points to the leaders.

The next Spanish crew is made up of María Bover and Pablo García, in position 29, followed by Neus Ballester and Pablo García, 36, and Pablo Ruiz and Marta Peñarrubia, 42.

For tomorrow, the organization has planned to dispute two new tests within the classification series.

2022-09-12: Spain with 5 teams in the European 470 in Turkey

Mas and Rodríguez during the Warm Up Regatta. Photo: Sedat)

Tuesday will start in Çeşme, Turkey, the 470 European Championship, which is attended by five Spanish crews led by members of the pre-Olympic team Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, Silvia Más / Nico Rodríguez and María Bover / Pablo García. Next to them will sail Pablo Ruiz / Marta Peñarrubia and Neus Ballester / Pablo García.

The competition, which will continue until next Sunday 18, has a fleet of more than half a hundred participants, who will sail in two groups to fight a qualifying series and a final series, ending with the Medal Race among the top ten classified.

The change to mixed category of the Olympic sailing discipline with more medals in its existence for Spain (4 oros, 2 cans and 1 bronze) has brought together in the new pre-Olympic team three of the four national regatists who competed in the Tokyo JJOO in the male and female divisions respectively, providing a sports level that promises maximum emotion.

Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman present the Olympic bronze of Xammar as a voucher, along with their European and third world subchampionship 2021, and having started their Olympic campaign towards Paris with a first place on the first international date, the Princess Sofia Trophy.

Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez had to delay the start of their way to the next Games due to a Silvia injury. The glow of the results that Nico shares with Xammar, the fourth place of Mas in the European 2021 and its current title as World Champion, have shown its weight with the second position achieved by the Spanish dupla in the pre-European Warm Up Regatta.