Based on the CN Mar Menor, the tests will begin tomorrow Tuesday and continue until Sunday (Photo Agustín Argüelles)

Everything is prepared in the Bat town of Los Alcázares for the celebration of the European Championship of the Formula Kite class, the new Olympic class, and in which will participate the best riders in the world, who will have the race as a reference for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In addition, this championship came to Spain after Israel last-minute renounced its organization, and the witness took the Nautical Club Mar Menor, European Sailing Federation and Univela Sailing, organizers along with the International Kiteboarding Association.

The title of continental champions is defended by the Italian Ricardo Pianosi and the British Eleanor Aldridge, who already leave the group of favorites, where there are also the two number 1 of the world ranking, the French Alex Mazzela and Poema Newland, known in Spain as they were fixed by the Formula Kite Spain Series, which in recent years has been the world reference circuit.

We also find all the finalists of the last European, in addition to Pianosi and Adridge, are the subchampions, the French Maxime Nocher and the third of the world ranking and the Dutch Annelly Lammers and the bronze the Italian Lorenzo Brosseti and Poema Newland. Besides the gala Laurinne Nolet, number of the world.

As for the Spanish participation, the Catalan Gisela Pulido, already classified for the Paris Olympic Games, stands out in the female category and was last year in the semi-finals in Portsmouth, finishing the European in sixth position.

In the male category is the full podium of the last two years of the Spanish Championship, in 2023 in Palamós and the recently held in 2024 in Los Alcázares, with Bernat Cortés, champion and the Valencians Alex Citation, second and Jacobo Espí, third.

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