The 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar closed the curtain tonight with the ceremony of trophy delivery, gold brooch for an edition with record participation that represents the starting pistolet of a decisive season in the race for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024

The event was held in Ses Voltes after six days of intense competition in the waters of Palma Bay, in an event that has been the first to be noted for the Sailing World Cup, the world Olympic sailing circuit. A total of 976 teams and 1,259 regatists from 66 countries met in the great Majorcan race, organized by the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa (CMSAP), the Club Nàutic S'Arenal (CNA) and the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP) with the collaboration of the Balearic and Spanish sailing federations, and the support of the main Balearic institutions.

The ceremony was attended by the general director of Turisme del Govern de les Illes Balears, Isabel Vidal; the island director of Turisme del Consell de Mallorca, Lucía Escribano, and the councillor of Turisme del Ajuntment de Palma, Elena Navarro.

The president of the Royal Spanish Vela Federation, Javier Sanz, and the president of the Balear Vela Federation, Catalina Darder, as well as the presidents of CMSAP and CNA, Jesús Comas and José Ramón Picó, respectively, also participated.

The main protagonist of the event was the Singaporean Max Maeder, who at only 16 years old was the absolute winner of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar. The regatist of the new Olympic class Formula Kite Men scored ten partial wins in a total of 17 tests.

In addition to the Asian, which raised the absolute trophy that bears the name of all the winners, the first three classified from each of the ten participating Olympic classes also received their awards.

With four oars and two plates, Britain was the best country in this edition, followed by France and New Zealand, with one gold, one silver and two bronzes each.

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List of winners of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar

470 Mixed: Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka (JPN)
49er: Logan Dunning and Oscar Gunn (NZL)
49er FX: Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA)
Kite Men: Max Maeder (SGP)
Formula Kite Women: Lauriane Nolot (FRA)
ILCA 6: Marit Bouwmeester (NED)
ILCA 7: Michael Beckett (GBR)
iQFOiL Men: Sam Sills (GBR)
iQFOiL Women: Emma Wilson (GBR)
Born 17: John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR)
Absolute avenger: Max Maeder (SGP)

The 52 S.A.R. Trophy Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar is the first noteworthy test for the Sailing World Cup 2023 and was held from March 29 to April 8 under the joint organization of the Níutic S'Arenal Club, the San Antonio de la Playa Maritime Club, the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the Real Federación Española de Vela and the Federation Balear de Vela, with the support of World Sailing and the main public institutions of the Balearic Islands. It is funded by the European Union Next Generation EU, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the Tourism Strategy Agency of the Balearic Islands.

2023-04-07: In the absence of the final day at the Princess Sofia by Iberostar de Palma

In the final series phase, the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar faces tomorrow his last day with two determined titles and eight to fight. The triple Dutch Olympic medalist Marit Bouwmeester was proclaimed ILCA 6 champion and the British Michael Beckett revalidated its title 2022 of ILCA 7. The expulsions reduced the Spanish presence in the Races Medal to two teams: in 470 Mixed, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman face the Races Medal from the second provisional square; in 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel access from the tenth position

The couple formed by Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman did not have their best day in Princess Sofia, with novies in the renditions of the day of 470 Mixed, but the rivals were also not fine and the Catalans access the Medal Race in the second drawer of the provisional podium. Up to 18 points separate them from the leaders, the Japanese Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka, a complicated distance from their aspirations to revalidate the title obtained last year in Sofia.

In 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel signed a third, seventh and tenth to certify their access to the Medal Race in Extremis after two posts on the provisional table... New Zealanders Isaac Mchardie and William Mckenzie lead in front of their compatriots Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn, and Australians Tom Burton and Max Paul.

The pluricampeone of kite freestyle Gisela Pulido surrounded the Formula Kite Women Medal of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia. By signing some 15-13-6-9 partials, the Catalan remained at the top ten, closing its participation in eleventh position. French Lauriane Nolot and British Ellie Aldridge have access to the final as top candidates for the title.

The Sevillian windsurfer Pilar Lamadrid also finished Princess Sofia today, falling to the seventeenth position of iQFOiL Women. The day began very strong, with a partial triumph, and also marked a third, but he punctured in the last three rounds with a 35, a black flag disqualification and a retired one, ending all his hopes of access to theMedal Series. The British Emma Wilson, for her part, secured one of the three medals of the class by confirming herself as the best in the fleet and directly accessing the great final, in which only three tables compete.

Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló did not get into the end of tomorrow either. The current world bronze49er FX they ended their participation in the 52 Princess Sofia Trophy in the tenth square. Today they were penalized with a black flag disqualification on the first exit, and then signed a third and a tenth in the next rounds. The Brazilian Olympic bicampeons Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze became leaders.

In ILCA 6 the identity of the champion is already known... the triple Olympic medalist Marit Bouwmeester won the final victory in the absence of the Medal Race dispute. Among the Spanish, Ana Moncada finished the great Majorcan race by signing a tenth and a tenth that allowed her to climb six posts on the table and finish the 20th.

In ILCA 7, the British Michael Beckett managed to take the title of the Princess Sofia Trophy one day before the end of the championship and revalidate last year's victory. New Zealand Thomas Saunders and Cypriot Pavlos Kontides complete the provisional podium, which will be decided tomorrow at the Medal Race. The best Spanish was the canary Joel Rodríguez, the absolute twenty-first.

In Nacra 17, the Canaries Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio today signed a modest performance, with a partial of 21-17-13 that confirmed their twenty-first final position. In the head of the table, the Italians Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle Frascari.

Vigesimoseptimo finished the Catalan Bernat Cortés in Formula Kite Men, a class in which the Singaporean Maximilian Maeder and the British Connor Bainbridge have direct access to the final. The third to tenth class will fight two semifinals to decide who enters this final that will decide the medals in a dramatic race to three.

In iQFOiL Men, the Mallorcan Nacho Baltasar ended up as the best Spanish, in the 32nd square, while the British Samuel Sills directly access the grand final and secured one of the three medals. The rest of thetop teneverything will be played in the final rooms or in the semi-final.

Tomorrow, the 10-class Olympic Medal will be held from 11: 30. The top ten in each discipline will be given in the waters of the bay of Palma, distributed in four regatta fields, to close a Princess Sofia Trophy of record figures to just over a year for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024... at 8: 00 p.m. the closing ceremony, at the foot of the Cathedral of Palma.

2023-04-06: One day from the finals, maximum tension in the Princess Sofia of Palma

The Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman (470 Mixed) are the highest Spanish bat in the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar after the fourth day dispute with light winds. It is only a day away to decide which teams will be fighting Saturday's Races Medal and national hopes are being reduced, but the tension will remain to the end

After the first four days of race in the bay of Palma, the 976 ships that compete in the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia face tomorrow the last day of final series, the phase that will decide the ten best crews of each class (14 for the Formula Kite Men and Women). After blowing with intensities close to 20 knots on Wednesday, the Embat reduced its intensity on this fourth day of race to the eight knots, enough to meet the program and give an opportunity to the teams that had suffered with strong winds.

The Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman, current subchampions of the world and of Europe of 470 Mixed, were able to give to the maximum with light breezes. They marked a fifth, a first and a ninth that allowed them to climb from the ninth to the third position. Four points separate them from the second drawer of the provisional podium, which continue to occupy the French Camille Lecointre and Jeremie Mion, and are placed to twelve of the new leaders, the Japanese Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka.

The Sevillian windsurfer Pilar Lamadrid accused the beginning of the final series and had to conform to a thirty-third and twenty-ninth in the assaults of the iQFOiL Women class day. These partials gave him six posts on the table and went down to the eighth place, although only five points separate it from thetop five. Lola Sorin, a component of the powerful French fleet, took advantage of her great regularity and the ability to rule out two disqualifications to place new class head, ahead of the British Olympic medalist Emma Wilson.

In Formula Kite Women, Gisela Polido continued to press to climb two more posts on the table. With a partial of 14, 7, 10 and 9, it is classified in the tenth position, which would give the pass to theRaces Medalof the flying comets (in this class they pass to the final the 14 bestriders). The French Lauriane Nolot continues to dominate, followed now to five points by her compatriot Jessie Kampman.

Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, champions of Europe and subchampions of the world of 2022, continue to improve and are already stalking thetop tenof49er. On the fourth day of this 52 Trophy Princess Sofia went from less to more, with some partials of 19, 12, 8 and 1 who took them to the tenth square of the general, four points from the anxious pass to theMedal Race. New Zealanders Logan Dunning and Oscar Gunn were the best of the day and were first.

Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló, who achieved bronze in the World past, improved three positions in the general49er FXAnd now they're ten-six after adding some 12-16-9 partials. Thirteen points separate them from the tenth place and from the pass to theMedal RaceSaturday, still possible. The Dutch Odile Van Aanholt and Annette Duetz, the current world champions, continue to dominate the classification but their day was not excellent and the Brazilian Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, Olympic bicampeons, are now just three points away.

In ILCA 7, the canary Joel Rodríguez retightened and managed to sign a fourth place on one of the three sleeves of the day. This excellent partial allowed him to climb up to the tenth place of the general, which continues to lead the British Daniel Whiteley, now with a wide gap over the second one, the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides.

The new Spanish crew of Nacra 17 formed by Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio signed a 14-20-21-15 card in the competing gold fleet of the flying catamarans. The canaries are located 20 seconds. The table is dominated by the British John Gimson and Anna Burnet, Olympic subchampions of Tokyo 2020, followed by three Italian crews: Vittorio Bisaro and Maelle Frascari (seconds), the Tokyo 2020 champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (third) and, at the doors of the provisional podium, Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei.

In Formula Kite Men, with a four-test program, Catalan Bernat Cortés ascended to the twenty-seventh position, while Singaporean Maximilian Maeder overtook French Axel Mazella at the head of the table.

In ILCA 6, Ana Moncada remains the best national, twenty-sixth, but now closely followed by three compatriots: the Olympic Cristina Pujol, Martina Reino and Lara Himmes. At the front of the provisional is also a battle between compatriots, this time between Dutch: the Olympic tribedalist Marit Bouwmeester was placed leader and takes 24 points to Maxime Jonker.

With three more tests in the iQFOiL Men locker, the Nacho Baltasar mallorquin remains thirty-first of the provisional classification. At the top of the table, the German Sebastian Koerdel took the position of honor from French Nicolas Goyard.

Tomorrow, there will be an intense battle in Palma Bay between the teams that defend the positions of Medal Race and those who aspire to take them away. The forecast indicates conditions similar to today's. The show is served.

2023-04-05: Princess Sofia: The Lamadrid Sevillian gets second on iQFoil Women

After a third Marathon day in which a total of 86 tests were completed, the Spanish pre-Olympic sailing team access the final series of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar with representation in the gold groups of all the Olympic classes, and with serious podium options at least in the iQFOiL Women class, with a Lamadrid Pilar that marches second

It perfect the conditions of sea and wind in the bay of Palma, which allowed a total of 86 sleeves to be counted among all the classes in competition.

In iQFOiL Women splendid Pilar Lamadrid... the Sevillian was marked a quarter, three seconds and one first, which allowed him to ascend two posts and reach second place, only three bunts of Israeli Sharon Kantor, and ahead of British Emma Wilson, bronze in Tokyo 2020 and current subchampion of Europe.

Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman form the other Spanish crew with more options to aspire to the podium of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia, this time in class 470 Mixed. With an eighth, a tenth and a quarter on the part of the day, they occupy the ninth position but only nine points from the medal squares. The Germans Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort were the best of this third day and went up to the top of the table, followed only one point by the French Camille Lecointre and Jeremie Mion.

The world-wide Gisela Pulido took advantage of the five trials that were fought to take nine steps in the classification of Formula Kite Women... and to get into the gold group... French Lauriane Nolot is the new leader, followed by American Daniela Moroz.

In 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel occupy the fifth position of the general... the Spaniards punctured in the first manga (16) but were compensated with a first and a fourth and the disqualification of the first day could be ruled out; the Irish Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove are the new dominators.

The Olympic Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló have access to the gold group of 49er FX in the tenth position, a better place than yesterday. New Zealanders Jo Aleh and Molly Meech, they're coming down from yesterday's leadership position... to the twenty-first place. The Dutch, Odile Van Aanholt and Annette Duetz, are now dominated by current world champions.

In Nacra 17, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio went down five posts on the table after signing a 13-14-11 card. Surely, in spite of the lack of hours sailing together, the twenty-first marches and enter the gold group. In this class of flying catamarans, today the Italians Vittorio Bisaro and Maelle Frascari were featured, with three partial wins. The Italian couple became a solo leader, followed now by the British John Gimson and Anna Burnet.

The grancanary Joel Rodríguez today reduced his performance in the bay of Palma, and after scoring 11-10, he went down twelve steps on the table of ILCA 7, to the twenty-third place. In this case, you can access the gold group, composed of 62 units. The British Daniel Whiteley and the German Philipp Buhl lead the classification with only one point of difference between each other.

In ILCA 6, Ana Moncada added two tenth third parties to the twenty-sixth place, enough to move to the gold group. At the front of the table, the American Charlotte Rose unbanished the Dutch Marit Bouwmeester.

Catalan Bernat Cortés is the best Spanish in the classification of Formula Kite Men, now in the twenty-ninth place, so he would enter the gold group of this class by the hairs. The French Axel Mazella went to the position of honor with five partial wins in a row.

The iQFOiL Men fleet today completed a very intensive day that relegated the Majorcan Nacho Baltasar to the thirty-first square, thus honouring the gold group of the flying windsurfs, composed of 68 units. The French Nicolas Goyard managed to break the multiple outflow that was at the head of the general with an almost impeccable performance, although his leadership has a profit of only three points on his immediate pursuer, the German Sebastian Koerdel.

Tomorrow the Final Series begins in all classes, the penultimate step to define the teams that will pass to the Races Medal on Saturday, when the identity of the champions of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar will be known.

2023-04-05: 976 ships in the bay of Palma... on a spectacular day of Princess Sofia

The second day of competition of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar brought together for the first time the 976 vessels of 66 countries that compete for glory on this first date of the Sailing World Cup 2023. Among the Spanish representation, the best classified are the Mallorquins Albert Torres and Elías Aretz, third in 49er, and the Sevillian Pilar Lamadrid, fourth in iQFOiL Women

The bay of Palma again presented complicated conditions for fleet and organization in the second day of competition of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar... but after two difficult days, the ten classes already have partial in their locker.

In 49er, the young Majorkines Albert Torres and Elias Leonard Aretz, who opened their locker with two third parties and held the same position in the provisional general, tied to points with the second, the Dutch Bart Lambriex and Floris Van de Werken, winners of the last two worlds. The fleet is led by the French Kévin Fischer and Yann Jauvin, who demonstrated their dominance with two first. Diego Botín and Florian Trittel added a third and a disqualified.

The windsurfer Pilar Lamadrid occupies the fourth place in the provisional classification of iQFOiL Women, tied to points with the third, the Italian Giorgia Speciale. The sevillana added a first, two third and a forty-fifth, which can already be ruled out. The table is led by the Israeli Sharon Kantor, followed by the British Emma Wilson, bronze in Tokyo 2020 in RS: X Women and current European windsurfing subchampion with stones.

In 49er FX, the grancanaries Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio marched seven after signing a sixth and a seventh in the partials of the day. The Majorcan Galician couple formed by Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló premiered with a second in the first partial, but in the next one had to conform to a twenty-third, so they are classified in the 20th place of the provisional general head of the New Zealand team formed by the experienced Jo Aleh and his partner Molly Meech.

In 470 Mixed, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman marched in the eighth position of a general who lead two German crews: the current world champions Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth in first position, and Malte Winkel and Anastasiya Winkel in the second drawer of the provisional podium. After yesterday's blank day, the Spaniards started the championship with a tenth second, from which they were then compensated with a partial win. The third planned test could not be completed.

The canary Joel Rodríguez is the best-classified Spanish in ILCA 7. With a sixth and an eighth in his locker, it is located in the first tenth position. The Croatian Tucci Stipanovic, silver medal in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, leads an still very compact table.

The iQFOiL Men fleet could not complete any tests, so the Nacho Baltasar mallorcan is maintained in the tenth square. By the competition format of this class, the general now has six provisional leaders.

The new Spanish crew of Nacra 17, formed by Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio, began the Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy by Iberostar in the sixth place after signing a fifth and a tenth. At the front of the table were two Italian teams: Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei in the head, and Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle Frascari Diotallevi in second position, while their fellow citizens Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, current Olympic champions, marched ten third.

In ILCA 6, with two tests in the locker, the best Spanish is Ana Moncada, which marches the tenth seventh. The Dutch Marit Bouwmeester, who is an Olympic tribedalist, imposed her dominion with a third and a first in those opening partials.

Twenty-second began the Catalan Gisela Polido on the 52 Princess Sofia Trophy of the Formula Kite Women class. He signed two quarters but then added an off-line disqualification, which is expected to become his discard when the worst score can be subtracted from the general. The French Poema Newland goes up to the first drawer of the provisional podium after these opening tests.

The Formula Kite Men class, which is led by German Jannis Maus and Slovenian Toni Vodesek tied to points, has the Valencian Jacobo Espi as the best national, in the thirty-seventh position.

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2023-04-04: Princess Sofia: an appetizer with the iQFOiL in the bay of Palma

Meteorology complicated the opening day of the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar for the 597 Olympic vessels cited in Palma Bay. In spite of numerous attempts, only the iQFOiL Men class was able to complete a test due to the instability of the wind caused by the blanks

The iQFOiL Men planned on the foils to complete one of the four tests they had on their program to start their locker. With a very complicated weather, the young Mallorcan Nacho Baltasar managed to enter fifth in hisheatto place the tenth third in a provisional classification that dominates the powerful French fleet.

The rest of the classes that competed on this first day (iQFOiL Women, 470 Mixed, ILCA 7 and ILCA 6) tried unsuccessfully. In ILCA 7, the Yellow group was able to finish a test, but the score did not rise to the score because the other two groups did not complete the sleeve.

In 470 Mixed, the Committee gave several exits with Embat, but the evidence could not be completed by the arrival of the chubacco.

The second day of competition calls in the water all the participating classes. In addition to the 470 Mixed, ILCA 6 and 7 and iQFOiL Men and Women, which will continue to compete, the 49er and 49er FX, the Nacra 17 and the Kite Women and Men Formula will be regated. The 976 ships and almost 1,300 regatists of 66 nationalities who compete for the 52 Trophy Princess Sofia Mallorca by Iberostar will fill the bay of Palma.

On the national scene, all the looks will be placed on the Catalan cantabre couple formed by Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, current European champions and 49er world subchampions. In the female category, the Galician Támara Echegoyen and the Mallorcan Paula Barceló hung bronze in the World past and also have many options. Another crew to follow will be that of Nacra 17 composed of Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio, not to forget Gisela Polido in Formula Kite Women.

According to the Chief Regata Officer, Luky Serrano, the weather forecast is similar to that of the first day, but the Committee will go out in the water with the intention of adding partial in all classes. If the wind allows it.