Daniel Cardona competing in Hyeres

The Daniel Cardona ballast was made with the bronze medal in the European Championship of ILCA 6 in the male category Sub 21. The competition, which has been held in Hyeres since Wednesday 16, has also had the participation of the Olympic classes ILCA 6 and 7, in which Ana Moncada has ended in the 22 and Joel Rodríguez in the 26.

Daniel Cardona's bronze has been highly contested and the shooting has ended on the podium with a only two-point advantage over the fourth, fifth and sixth classified. In fifth position, the Valencian Joan Ravie has finished.

In the women's Olympic category ILCA 6, the best Spanish regatist has been Ana Moncada, ending at 22 in the general and 18 European. For its part, Cristina Pujol has ended up at 37 General and Roca Ascension in 47. The European title was taken by the Polish Agata Barwinska.

In ILCA 7, Joel Rodríguez has completed the European Championship at the 26th place of General Open and as the twenty-first in the continental classification. The Canarian regatist has been the best Spanish in this Olympic category in which Joaquín Blanco has finished at 40 and Joan Cardona in 41. The victory has been for the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides.

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2022-11-19: Six Spaniards: ILCA 6 (3) and ILCA 7 (3) to the European gold group

Ana Moncada (23), Cristina Pujol (39) and Ascension Roca (46) in ILCA 6... Joel Rodríguez (28), Joaquín Blanco (40) and Joan Cardona (48) in ILCA 7

The third day of the senior European of ILCA being held in Hyeres has been affected by the strong wind that has blown today on the French coast. After several hours of waiting on the ground, the Committee has finally set up Delta first thing in the afternoon and the fleets have gone out to compete to close, with a new sleeve, the classification phase.

Ana Moncada (23), Cristina Pujol (39) and Ascension Roca (46) have been the Spanish ones who have managed to overcome the court to compete, from tomorrow Saturday, in the gold group of the European Championship of ILCA 6.

In class ILCA 7 there have also been three national athletes who have been classified within the gold group. Joel Rodríguez (28), Joaquín Blanco (40) and Joan Cardona (48) will sail from tomorrow among the best in their class in a European that has a world size due to the high participation of regatists from outside the continent.

Once it has managed to enter the preferred group, and with three new days ahead, the goal now for the Spanish regatists of ILCA 6 and 7 will be to be consolidated within 20% of the European fleet in order to achieve a place within the pre-Olympic team for Paris 2024.

Tomorrow, start the final phase of the European Championship, which will be held until Monday, November 21.

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2022-11-18: The Spanish are heading for the Gold Group of the European Hyeres ILCA

Ana Moncada and Joel Rodríguez lead national representation in absolute category... in ILCA 6 sub 21 highlights the sixth provisional position of Daniel Cardona

The numbers of the Spanish regatists in the European Championship of ILCA 6 and 7 that is being held in Hyeres have improved substantially after the second day of competition. As Ana Moncada and Joel Rodríguez lead the national participation, the results of today's rise of Joan Cardona to position 44, climbing forty-three positions, stand out.

In ILCA 7 the canary Joel Rodríguez has been in the 26 position, yesterday was on 35, and it is most prominent national to enter the gold group and continue to add good results to the end of the championship. It also highlights the progression of Joan Cardona, a bronze medalist in the Finn class in Tokyo 2022 and that this year he faces his first Olympic campaign in the ILCA class. Cardona yesterday began at the 87 post of the general but on this second day of competition has managed to catapult to the 44 post, even becoming third in the last sleeve of the day.

In ILCA 6 the Andalusian Ana Moncada leads the Spanish fleet from position 26, after losing three positions today. However, the regularity of Moncada is such that yesterday it was 18 + 7 and today it has solved the day with 18 + 10, numbers that would allow it to get over the cut of the gold group tomorrow.

In ILCA 6 male sub 21 stands out the participation of Daniel Cardona, sixth, and Joan Ravie, thirteenth.

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2022-11-16: Ana Moncada starts the European of ILCA6 in the top 25

ILCA 7 highlights the provisional results of Joel Rodríguez (35) and Leo Barreto (37)

First complicated day for the Spaniards in the European Hyeres, the wind has blown with 15 knots of East component. The organizers have been able to release the two tests scheduled for each group and complete the inaugural day without incident.

Although a difficult day in the water, Jano Toro, national coach of ILCA 6, draws "positive conclusions." "We have made some mistakes that have made Ana and Cristina not in TOP 10 but are very identified and we hope to improve tomorrow," she says. For the moment, Ana Moncada is the 23 General and is the most outstanding Spanish, followed by Ascensión Roca (25) and Isabel Hernández (36). Cristina Pujo is at 39.

In ILCA 7, the national squadron has been led by Joel Rodríguez (35) and Leo Barreto (37). Although they have not achieved their best results, Coach Gustavo Lima is optimistic about the work done. "Today's wind conditions have been new to us and we have had to collect a lot of information and adapt to the circumstances." Lima, world champion on two occasions and with three Olympic diplomas, highlights the progression of Leo Barreto throughout this season and augurs an improvement for him in the competition.

The male category of ILCA 6 shows good results for the Spaniards, with Daniel Cardona highlighting from the ninth general position, fifth sub 21. In place 14 is Max Urquizu and in 16th, and as ninth sub 21, is Joan Ravie. The Spanish lasers are thus in their respective categories:

ILCA 6
Ana Moncada 23
Rock Ascension 25
Isabel Hernández 36
Cristina Pujol 39
Martina Reino 61
Claudia Sobral 78
Lara Himmes 80
Miriam Sitges 85
Angela Andúgar 88
Marga Perelló 100
Sheila Martínez 107

ILCA 7
Joel Rodríguez 35
Leo Barreto 37
Joaquín Blanco 47
Mario Plomer 68
Pep Hunter 82
Gonzalo Suárez 85
Joran Cardona 87
Ricard Castellví 99
Victor Gorostegui 108
Marcos Altarribia 110
Diego Peleteiro 137
Pol Font 150
Jorge González 154

ILCA 6 M
Daniel Cardona 9
Max Urquizu 14
Joan Ravie 16

2022-11-15: With more than 350 lasers starts in Hyeres the European of ILCA 6 and 7

29 national lasers compete in the ILCA class European Championship: 14 in ILCA 7, 11 in ILCA 6 female and 4 in ILCA 6 male

It begins in Hyères, France, the European Championship of the class ILCA (7, 6 female and 6 male) which will last until next Monday and in which a total of 29 Spanish regatists will take part.

As is common in the championships of this Olympic class, participation is very high. In the case of ILCA 7, the total number of registered persons is 177, 143 of them with European flag (14 Spanish) and 36 non-European. In ILCA 6 women will be 110 the regatists who fight for victory, 95 European (11 Spanish) and 18 non-European. And in ILCA 6 men have registered 66 athletes, all of them European (4 Spanish), 52 Sub21 (2 Spanish).

Among the Spaniards, the community with the highest representation is the Valencian with eight regatists: Ascension Roca, Sheila Martínez, Lara Himmes and Angela Andúgar in ILCA 6 female; Gonzalo Suárez, Jorge Gonzalvez and Marcos Altarribia in ILCA 7; and Joan Ravie in ILCA 6 male. It is followed by the Balearic Islands with seven regatists: Marga Perelló and Miriam Sitges in female ILCA 6; Joan Cardona, Pep Cazador, Javier Segui and Mario Plomer in ILCA 7; and Daniel Cardona in male ILCA 6. Five are the athletes of the Canary Islands: Joel Rodríguez, Joaquín Blanco and Leo Barreto in ILCA 7; and Martina Reino and Isabel Hernández in ILCA 6 female. With five athletes there will also be Catalonia: Cristina Pujol in ILCA 6 female; Ricard Castellvi and Pol Font in ILCA 7; and Mon Cañellas and Max Urquizu in ILCA 6 male. Galicia has two regatists: Claudia Sobral in ILCA 6 female and Diego Peleteiro in ILCA 7. And with an inscription will be Andalusia, Ana Moncada in ILCA 6 female, and Cantabria, Víctor Gorostegui in ILCA 7.