Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman sign a second place on the Medal Race to comfortably rise with gold in 470... in 49er, with a hard fight for podium posts, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel were clear worthy of gold

French Olympic Week comes down the curtain with a bright finish for Spain that returns home with two gold medals: Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman in 470 and Diego Botín and Florian Trittel in 49er.

After five days of race, in which the wind conditions have been variable and all the fleets have had a blank day except for ILCA 6 and 7, the Spanish team reached the Medal Races with two crews at the head of their respective classifications in 470 and 49er.

Xammar and Brugman, in 470, had kept the board leaders on each day, but yesterday they lost the succulent advantage harvested and faced the Medal tied to points with the Austrians Vadlau and Mähr.

Under wind conditions of about 8 knots and being the first to compete today in Hyéres, the Spaniards were able to position themselves in the head group from the exit, holding firmly until they crossed the arrival line in second place, behind the Germans Winkel and Winkel, bronze medal.

The Austrians did not show the same fineness and were sexted in the final test, so Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman not only rose with gold but did so with a comfortable advantage over the second podium drawer, occupied by Vadlau and Mähr.

The second crew of the Spanish Olympic team in 470, Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez, who arrived in Hyères after a Galician crew injury, fired from the French coast at 17.

The wind was already over 10 knots when the 49er shift came in the round of Medal Races. Diego Botín and Florian Trittel were cautious and did not risk an apex on their way to the gold.

In the select fleet of the top 10 crews of the championship, the Spaniards left with a 16-point advantage over the Poles Staniul and Sztorch, while from the second to the sixth place, the spooks five points of difference augured a hard battle from which it was best to stay on the sidelines.

Botín and Trittel closed their partials with a seventh in the Medal Race that served them the gold medal with total tranquility. They had left behind an arduous fight after which the Austrians Colley and Connor won their enemies' hand to rise with the silver leaving the Poles Staniul and Sztorch on the third step of the podium.

In Formula Kite Feminino, Gisela Pulido was the first, only four points to enter the final races, after an unfortunate penultimate day, with two falls in sleeves, after which he signed a third partial position as a farewell from the waters of Hyères, where the victory was for the French Lauriane Nolot.

In the male category, Alex Citation, the only national representative in the gold group, closed his participation in position 26. The winner was French Axel Mazella.

Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio finished their participation in Nacra 17 at the 18 General's, led by the British John Gimson and Anna Burnet.

In ILCA 6, with the victory of the Canadian Sarah Douglas, the Spanish representatives ended with Martina Reino 26th, followed by Ana Moncada, 27\, and Cristina Pujol, 31st. In ILCA 7, the best Spanish was Joaquín Blanco, 28th, followed by Joel Rodríguez, 32nd, taking the first position, the British Elliot Hanson.

In 49er FX, Patricia Suárez and María Cantero closed their participation in French Olympic Week at 36 and Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio at 39. The gold was hung by the Dutch Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz.

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2023-04-28: The Red is a candidate for two oars at the Hyères Week

The Botín-Trittel tandem defend the first position of the 49er with a wide difference of points over its persecutors... Xammar -Brugman, first tied to points with the second, keep the medal options at 470... Gisela Polido, 1st, stays at the door of the Formula Kite Medal Series

The last day of final series in French Olympic Week has shown the expertise of several Spanish crews, with two posts in the late morning and serious medal options. Diego Botín and Florian Trittel will defend the first position in the 49th Medal Race, while Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman will do the same in 470.

With a light wind, which has ranged between 7 and 10 knots, the international fleet congregated in Hyères has been able to complete the program scheduled for today, leaving closed the groups that will participate in the races by the medals.

Diego Botín and Florian Trittel will defend tomorrow the first position in the 49th Medal Race. In five days of competition, with a total of 13 regatas completed, the Spaniards have proved to be the strongest rival in their class and have settled at the top of the table with a very high income for the final race.

Although today their results have not been the best of the week, 13- (RET) -3-10, Botín and Trittel close the final phase with 64 points, while Poles Staniul and Sztorch, seconds, add up to 80. In the race for the medals, in which only the top 10 are involved and the score is double and not disposable, the Spaniards have enough advantage to finish the week at the top of the podium.

It should be noted that, in today's second test, once they have arrived on the ground, Botín and Trittel have decided to sign a retainer because they have committed a barlovent- sotavento infringement in a passage by buoy. Still, the medal options remain intact.

In 470, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman will defend the first position at the Medal Race tomorrow. The Spanish team has lost the large income that it held yesterday and ends the day by tying with the second classified, the Austrians Vadlau / Mähr. In addition, Xammar and Brugman keep the classified third parties, the Portuguese team Costa / Joao, away from them at 12 points.

Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez, who arrived in Hyères after an injury by the Galician crew, fired from the French coast at the 17 of the 470.

In Formula Kite Feminino, Gisela Pulido has suffered a fall in the fourth race and another in the fifth test of the day, which has served him DNC, results that have taken him away from the semifinal posts. In the last sleeve of the day, Pulido has signed a third with which he ends his participation in Hyères in the thirteenth position, just four points from the final races.

In the male category, Alex Citation, the only national representative in the gold group, closes his participation in position 26.

In Nacra 17, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio have completed their participation in the Hyères race at the 18 of the general. In today's first trial they have been penalized with an offline and in the following they have recorded a 19-22-14, their less outstanding results of the week.

In ILCA 6, it also ends the competition for the Spanish representatives with Martina Reino in position 26, followed by Ana Moncada, 27, and Cristina Pujol, 31. In ILCA 7 the best Spanish has been Joaquín Blanco, which ends 28th, while Joel Rodríguez is 32nd of the final general.

In 49er FX, without representation in the gold group, Patricia Suárez and María Cantero end up at 36 and Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio in 39.

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2023-03-27: Spain in front of two classes at the Hyères Week

Xammar and Brugman strengthen their leadership in 470 and Botín and Trittel rise to the first step of the podium in 49er

Day of medium winds in the French Olympic Week with good results for Spain in 470, where Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman stand at the head of the classification, and for Diego Botín and Florian Trittel that rise to the first position in 49er.

The best partials of the day have been those of Botín and Trittel in 49er, who have lost only mamba in one of the four contested races. The total of 2- (12) -1-1 reinforces the tendency of Top5 posts to raise them to the first step of the provisional podium.

In 470, Xammar and Brugman add another excellent series of results (4-2-6) to reaffirm themselves as leaders of the provisional classification, with a sluggish 17-point advantage over the second one. His companions in the Olympic team, Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez, are in position 19.

Improvement also for Gisela Polido, Formula Kite Feminino, who after the six races planned for today, ascends to post 12. In Formula Kite Male, Alejandro Climent is 26.

With three sleeves for the Nacra 17, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio are in the 13th position.

In ILCA 7, Joel Rodríguez overcomes his teammate, Joaquín Blanco, and is located in the 22nd square, while Blanco is 24th. Ana Moncada follows the national team in ILCA 6 and is 31st, Martina Reino is 35th and Cristina Pujol follows him to one point at 37th.

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2023-04-26: Xammar-Brugman maintain leadership in the Hyères Week

After two days of great wind, today the French Olympic Week has been fought with a lighter and more unstable wind. For the moment, it stands out the first position of Xammar and Brugman in 470, the seventh of Botín and Trittel in 49er, and the tenth square of Pacheco and Barrio in Nacra 17

The French Olympic Week has distributed all kinds of conditions in its first three days of competition. If the first two days were to be awarded with strong winds, today's has had a lighter and more unstable wind, conditions that have once again tested the expertise of the more than 660 teams gathered in Hyeres.

Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman continue to lead the 470 classification after a day of light and unstable wind. In the first race of the day they have added a 12, but they have gone back with a 3 + 2 to stay in the first position.

Also for Diego Botín and Florian Trittel that climb to the seventh square. Although they started with a 5, in the second test of the day they were 18, which they have quickly forgotten to win the last sleeve. For their part, Albert Torres and Elías Aretz are at 45.

The Nacra 17 today managed to compete in four sleeves, to add a total of 5 tests, in which Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio have recorded a partial of 4 + 9 + 14 + 4. These results, together with the 4 of the first day, place them at the 10 of the general, tying to points with the novies classified and only nine of the podium.

In ILCA 6 Spain has obtained full of athletes who get the pass to the gold group. With two new regats completed, Ana Moncada is at the head of the national representation at position 30, followed closely by Martina Reino (32) and Cristina Pujol (34).

ILCA 7, with one test today, Joel Rodríguez leads the male representation from the 29th position. Joaquín Blanco is 39 and Leo Barreto 45.

With only one test today, the three Spanish regatists of ILCA 7 have also managed to enter the gold group, with Joel Rodríguez leading the group from position 29. Joaquín Blanco is 39 and Leo Barreto 45.

The male Kite Formula have completed the file with a race after which Alex Climent occupies position 22, enough to enter the gold group. The women of the class have not competed, so Gisela Polido remains 15.

A complicated day for Spanish FX, after adding three new tests to its locker. Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio are in position 27 while Patricia Suárez and María Cantero are up to the 32nd position. The results of both crews leave them in the silver group facing the final series that begin tomorrow.

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2023-04-25: The strong winds partially paralyze the competition in Hyères

The 49er and FX are premiered in the race field while the 470, the Nacra 17 and the Formula Kite are still not competing for overwind today.

The strong wind showers have today been the protagonists in the Hyères race field, putting on pause the markers of the French Olympic Week for some classes (470, Nacra 17 and Formula Kite M and F). Others, on the contrary, release their lockers (49er and FX), and the rest (ILCA6, ILCA 7) continues to add partial.

The wind has been increasing throughout the day, with an average of 18 knots in the morning and recording more than 30 knots from 13: 00.

Under these difficult conditions, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel stand out as the best Spanish team of the day. The Catalan-Cantabrian dupla signed a first in the first test of the 49er class, to which it added an 11, discarded, and a 5 to finish the day in the ninth place. Albert Torres and Elías Aretz are 53rd and Pol Marsans and José Manuel Ruiz 66th.

In 49er FX, with two contested races, Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio occupy the 18th position, third Sub23. Patricia Suárez and María Cantero began with an 8th to which they followed an off-line, closing the day in the 33rd position.

Three tests are already available for ILCA 6, among which the best Spanish is Ana Moncada, who rises from position 38 to 32. With two new sleeves, for a total of four, Joel Rodríguez also improves the classification of ILCA 7, going up to the 35th square.

The classifications remain as they were yesterday in 470, with Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman as leaders after winning the first two races, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio quarter in Nacra 17, Gisela Pulido 14 in Formula Kite Female, and Alejandro Climent 22 in Formula Kite Male.

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2023-04-24: Xammar-Brugman wins the two opening sleeves in Hyères

The Spanish dupla composed of Xammar and Brugman (Photo Sailing Energy)

The opening day of the French Olympic Week, which is disputed until next Saturday 29 in Hyères, has developed with a strong and unstable wind that has left part of the fleet on the ground, as has been the case of the 49er and the FX. After this first day of regatta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman, first in 470, and Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio, rooms in the only test of the day for the Nacra 17.

Jordri Xammar and Nora Brugman have starred in a strong start of competition by winning the two races of the day, results that place them at the front of the 470. For their part, Silvia Mas and Nico Rodríguez, who return to the competition after a Galician crew injury, have added a 16 + 4 that will seat them at position 17 of the provisional general.

In Nacra 17, the fleet has managed to add a race but the second test of the day has been suspended due to weather conditions. In this first test, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio have signed a fourth position.

In Formula Kite Women, with four tests in the locker, Gisela Pulido premiered in Hyères at position 15. In the male fleet, Alejandro Climent is in position 22 after having also held four races.

In ILCA 6, the best-positioned Spanish is Ana Moncada, 38, with two tests completed. In ILCA 7, with the same number of contested races, Joel Rodríguez leads the national representation since position 39.

The French Olympic Week has started today Monday and will be held until next in the waters of Hyeres with the presence of 23 Spanish crews

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2023-04-23: The Spanish Olympic candle is quoted in the legendary Hyères Week

New Olympic pulse on the French Riviera with 23 Spanish teams registered (Photo Sailing Energy)

Tomorrow Monday the second international meeting of the year for the Olympic classes, the French Olympic Week, begins in Hyères, where Spain will be represented by 23 crews.

Once again the Mediterranean, and very close to Marseille, the venue of the Paris 2024 Games, the international Olympic candle begins tomorrow one of the most emblematic dates on the continent. Despite the fact that attendance is somewhat lower than in previous years, the 54 French Olympic Week has 673 registered teams, which translates into almost a thousand medal-hungry regatists. For Spain there will be 23 crews, 33 athletes, who will sail under our flag.

In 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel come ready to get over the fourth place last year and stand on the podium of this edition. The other two national crews are those formed by Albert Torres and Elias Aretz, and Pol Marsans and José Manuel Ruiz.

Also in Top10 posts he finished Joaquín Blanco in the previous edition, specifically in the sixth place. The Spanish team of ILCA 7 is completed with Joel Rodríguez, Leopoldo Barreto and Victor Gorostegui. The women of ILCA 6 are headed by Ana Moncada next to Cristina Pujol and Martina Reino.

In 470, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman arrived ready to surpass their seventh place in 2022, while Silvia Mas and Nicolás Rodríguez, Neus Ballester and Jaime Wizner both premiered in Hyéres as a crew. In this same situation are the crew of Nacra 17, Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio, as well as Patricia Suárez and María Cantero and Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio in 49er FX.

A large team of five Spaniards will participate in the male Formula Kite, made up of Bernat Cortes, Alejandro Climent, Marcelo Cairo, Carlos Espi and Jacobo Espi, while Gisela Polido will defend our colors in the female division.

The competition will continue until Saturday, April 29, when the Medal Race and Medal Series will take place for each of the classes. The weather forecast is of strong winds in the first days that will be softened later.