The Spanish pre-Olympic sailing team has serious medal options in four of the ten Olympic classes that are listed in the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar, first quote of the Sailing World Cup 2023

On the first day of competition, up to 597 boats of the almost 1,000 are released and this 52nd edition is one of the best races in the Olympic sailing world. A spectacular day of sun and wind has framed the last preparations in the three venues of the event: Club Nàutic S'Arenal, Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa and the spa 14 of Palma beach.

Tomorrow is the opening day for the Olympic classes at the 52 Princess Sofia Trophy. Specifically, the 470 Mixed, ILCA 7, ILCA 6 and iQFOiL Men and Women will start to compete. A total of 669 regatists on board 597 ships will be thrown into the water of Palma Bay to dispute the opening tests of the great Majorcan regatta, which gathers on the island the best regatists in the world until next Saturday.

Spain aspires to be among the honours after the end of Saturday at least four classes. Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman in 470 Mixed, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel in 49er, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló in 49er FX and Pilar Lamadrid in iQFOiL Women are the main national bazas.

In 470 Mixed, the Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman aspire to revalidate last year's victory at the Princess Sofia Trophy. In the year of his debut as a crew, apart from crowned champions of the Majorcan race, they achieved silver medals in the World Cup and the European, so they are one of the favorite teams. The world gold of the category, Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth (GER), and the European champions, Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa Karlsson (SWE), will be the rivals to beat, with the permission of the Catalan Silvia Mas, who will sail with a new crew, the grancanary Pablo García, because of the injury that affects Nico Rodríguez.

The Catalan Cantabrian couple formed by Diego Botín and Florian Trittel also part as a great favorite in their class, 49er. In the year of his debut as a team, European champions were crowned and the world silver was hung. Its main rivals will be Bart Lambriex and Floris van der Werken (NED), winners of the last two world championships, as well as James Peters and Fynn Stortt (GBR), Sime and Mihovil Fantela (CRO) and Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn (NZL).

In 49er FX, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barcelona are a guarantee. After the fourth place in Tokyo 2020 they took a long and deserved rest and did not return to the races until last year's European championship, in which they ended in fifth position, and then took the bronze from the World Cup. During the previous week they have not been able to train at the highest level for the health problems of the Galician patron, but they will surely fight among the best with Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz (NED), winners of the last two world titles, and the Olympic bicampeons Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA).

The Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid is the other great Spanish band, this time in iQFOiL Women class, and her second place in the Princess Sofia Trophy last year shows it... the winner of the 2022 Sofia, Hélène Noesmoen (FRA), and the current world gold, Marta Maggetti (ITA), are also candidates for the podium, along with Shahar Tibi (ISR) and Emma Wilson (GBR).

Polished Gisela in Formula Kite Women can also give you to talk. The Catalan is supported by the ten world titles achieved in freestyle, but the leap to the Olympic category of kitesurf was more arduous than expected. In the last season he won his first medal in this class, European bronze, in a class dominated by Lauriane Nolot (FRA) and Daniela Moroz (USA).

Among the national team is a great unknown new couple of Nacra 17 formed by Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio. The experienced canarian patron was seventh in Tokyo 2020 with Florian Trittel and then tested luck with Iago Ópez- Marra, former Diego Botín crew in 49er. From the end of 2022 he sailed with Andrés Barrio, also from the 49th. It will not be easy to stand out in the 52 Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy by Iberostar, as the three Olympic medalists of Tokyo 2020 are listed in the catamaran alignment with foils: Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA), John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR), and Paul Kohlhhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer (GER). The Italians are especially favorite, winners of the absolute title of Princess Sofia last year and crowned Rolex World Sailors of the Year... Spain also competes in the iQFOiL Men classes, Formula Kite Men, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7, although without great hope.