First Polishing Medal in the New Olympic Class

With the French Nolot and Kampman in the final for their results in the Final Series, the Women's Semifinal A was resolved to a single race with victory for the Israeli Gal Zukerman, who left with two so many advantage for her third place in the Final Series.

Things were different in Semifinal B, in which the Spanish Gisela Pulido left with two victories of advantage and the Polish Izabela Satrjan with one.

The French Poema Newland scored the first and started a second unfit test for heart disease. Pulido started well and was made with the head of the fleet, but a failure of manoeuvre almost gave it in the water in the first stretch, a transpiés that the Spanish was able to solve quickly again to take over the race. But in the last stretch, Newland crossed the Spanish path that could not prevent his comets from getting hooked.

The situation led to victory for Polish Satrjan and Polido's protest against Newland. The Jury was right about the Spanish and disqualified the French. In a third confrontation, with a strong mark between Newland and Polido, the French crossed the line of arrival first, but a new protest between them was resolved with DSQ for Newland and passed to the Polido final.

With two starting wins in its scoreboard, the French Lauriane Nolot stood in the final and reached European gold after a hard fight with Gisela Pulido, who, despite her second place in the final race, saw the gala Jessie Kampman go up to the second podium drawer thanks to her victory for positions in the final series. The Spanish closed the winning podium of this European conflict and rose with second place per country, with the view already set at the next World Championship.

As far as the male fleet is concerned, it was the Italian Riccardo Pianosi and the French Benoit Gomez, who in the Final faced the Singaporean Maximilian Maeder and the Slovenian Toni Vodisek. Maeder, only 16 years old, was in the first race to rise with the final victory in the championship for the second consecutive year, although the European title was for the Toni Vodisek. The best Spanish in the male category has been Alejandro Citation, 16th European and 20th in the general classification.

2022-09-30: After a terrible day of wind... everything remains the same in Lepanto

Gisela Polido is eighth... and is kept in positions of Medal Series a day from the end

The wind conditions have again sent in Lepanto waters on the program of the European Championship of Formula Kite where, a single day from the final races, the Spanish Gisela Pulido is kept in the Top10 of the women's fleet.

Both categories, male and female, today sailed divided into Gold, Silver and Bronze Groups for boys and Gold and Silver for girls, starting the Final Series. The computation of today's and tomorrow's tests will uncover the names of the ten regatists who, in all categories, will play the Medal Series on Sunday.

The day has been, in the words of the coach of the Spanish female team, Antonio Mínguez, "to wait a lot and to sail little," with a long deferral on the ground and a just wind that has cost him to keep the 6 knots necessary to perform the tests.

Under these conditions it has been possible only the three-sleeved dispute, one for the boys of the Oro group and two for the girls of the Oro group, after which Gisela Polido (9-11) occupies the eighth position in a classification that remains led by the French Jessie Kampman.

In the male category, only Alejandro Climent sails in the Oro group, with an 18th discarded today and staying in position 25. The Singaporean Maximilian Maeder is the new leader of the category.

2022-09-29: Polished Gisela holds within the top ten of the European Formula Kite

Long day in Lepanto, with four races for boys and two for girls

The organization of the European Championship of Formula Kite has today hastened the day to fight four sleeves for the male fleet and two for the female fleet, after which Gisela Pulido maintains the sixth square and Alejandro Citation remains the first Spanish among the boys in the 25th place.

The instability of the wind, which today has ranged between 7 and 13 knots, delayed the time to start sailing and it was the male fleet that opened the race field, consuming most of the day in the celebration of its four sleeves. The girls barely had an hour for the two-sleeved dispute, crossing the last line of arrival with barely light.

With a 5-3, Gisela Pulido maintains the sixth position in the provisional female classification, now led by the French also Jessie Kampman, with Adelaide Marquenie, second Spanish participant, in position 27.

A change of leader also among the boys, with a first temporary position that today passes to the Italian Lorenzo Boschetti. Alejandro Climent remains the first Spanish on the table, 25, followed by Bernat Cortes, 41, Jacobo Espi, 50, Kiko Peiro, 55, and Sebasthan Ducos, 56.

2022-09-28: Gisela Polido gets into the Top10 of the European Kite Formula of Lepanto

The European Kite Formula Championship begins its Classic Series with four races played by the female fleet and two by the male fleet... Gisela Polido leads the Spanish positions with a sixth place, just five points from the first provisional leader

After a first day in white for overwind, the European Championship of Formula Kite has started today in the waters of Lepanto, Greece. Gisela Pulido premires as the best Spanish regatist occupying the sixth position of the female classification, while Alejandro Citation holds position 24 in the male fleet.

The conditions of this first day have been variable in terms of the intensity of the wind and while the girls have sailed with 10-12 knots playing four sleeves, the rachas of up to 24 knots have only allowed the holding of two tests for the boys.

Gisela Polido has started as expected in the head group, with a 5-2-3- (11) that place it in the sixth place of a tight classification, only five points from the first place. The interim leader is French Poema Newland, a defender of the continental title.

Among the boys, Alejandro Citation is placed as best Spanish at the 24th of a provisional led by German Jannis Maus.

2022-09-27: The excess wind in Lepanto prevents the start of the European Formula Kite

The complicated weather conditions in Lepanto force the first tests of the European Championship of Formula Kite

The Greek coast of Lepanto was now dominated by strong winds and storm conditions, which led local authorities to ban access to water for participants in the European Championship of Formula Kite, which postponed until tomorrow's opening day.

The fleet has remained on the ground and the markers have been blank waiting for the usual conditions of the Gulf of Patras to allow tomorrow the start of the contest.

The Spanish team, made up of Gisela Pulido, Adelaide Marquine, Alejandro Climent, Bernat Cortés, Jacobo Espi, Kiko Peiró and Sebastián Ducos, must still wait to participate in the long-awaited battle for the European scepter.

2022-09-26: European Formula Kite... the Navy presents battle in Lepanto

From izda to dcha.: Alejandro Climent, Jacobo Espi, Benat Cortés, Federico Esposito (male team coach), Adelaide Marquenie, Gisela Pulido and Antonio Minguez (female team coach)

Tuesday will start in the waters of Lepanto, Greece, the European Championship of Formula Kite, in which Spain will be represented by eight regatists: Gisela Pulido, Adelaida Marquine, Alejandro Climent, Bernat Cortés, Jacobo Espi, Kiko Peiró and Sebastián Ducos.

The competition will continue until Sunday, October 2, when the Medal Series is scheduled to be held, with Semifinal and Final among the top ten in the series of races that will take place until then.

With over a hundred registered, 62 in the male category and 50 in the female category, the proximity of the World Championship (11-16 October - Sardinia) certainly increases the pressure and technical level of the fleet. In this regard, Antonio Mínguez, coach of the national women's team, said that "the European goal is to be in Top5. In the training program we have prioritized the world and in these months we have made many material changes; we have not been able to test the level of the regatists, but the sensations are good in general."

With regard to Gisela Polido, the current number 1 of the International Ranking, Minguez highlights its technical progress in a wide range of conditions: "Gisela reaches the European much higher than it has had so far. Before their conditions were very marked, but at the moment their navigation is quite complete. A priori may favour the strong wind and the minced sea, but if we have little wind and flat sea it also has to be in the first group of the table."

The weather point to a strong wind for this week, in a regatta field without great complications in which the Formula Kite 2022 European Championship will be held from tomorrow Tuesday.