In 49er, Botín and Trittel revalidated the title of French Olympic Week champions... in 470, Xammar and Brugman stayed at the podium's gates

With today's blank day in French Olympic Week due to the wind season, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel revalidated their title as Hyères champions of the 49th class in which it is their last event before the Olympic Games this summer, a gold that is added to the one achieved a few weeks ago at Princess Sofia in Mallorca. In 470 Junta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman stayed at the podium doors, rooms tied with third parties.

The last day of the French Olympic Week dawned in Hyères with sun and strong winds. An hour before the beginning of the 49er Medal Race, the wind reading of the race field marked 35 knots held with 40-year-old East-direction rachas, which made important waves from outside the bay. In the face of this situation, the ground deferral was carried out, pending an improvement in conditions, which in the end did not take place.

With a wind limit of 25 knots for optimal navigation for the fleet of 49er, the regatta committee decided to cancel its Medal Race, confirming the resale of the title of French Olympic Week champions for Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, who had reached the final classified in first place, with the silver medal secured and gold almost in the pocket, due to the advantage of 17 points on the second, Poles D. Buksak and S. Wierzbicki, and 25 on the third, the French E. Fischer and C. Pequin. This was therefore the final podium of Hyères.

The Catalan cantabre crew thus sealed an excellent final phase of season before the Olympic Games this summer, chaining three consecutive podias in the 2024: bronze races at the Lanzarote World Cup in March, gold at the Princess Sofia of Mallorca in early April, and now again gold at the French meeting.

In 470 Junta, the cancellation of the Medal Race left Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman at the podium doors, rooms tied to points with third parties. The French C. Lecointre and J. Mion went up to the top of the podium, with the silver medal for the Swedes A. Dahlberg and L. Karlsson and the bronze for the British M. Wrigley and B. Harris.

The next dates for the Spanish sailing team are the World Cup of Nacra 17 and the European of 49er FX and 49er, which are held in the same championship, from 4 to 12 May in La Grande Motte (France), and where they are scheduled to participate Tara Pacheco / Andrés Barrio (Nacra 17), Támara Echegoyen / Paula Barceló and Paula Van Wieringen / Claudia Sobral (49er FX), and Martín Wizner / Jaime Wizner, Pol Marsans / José Manuel Ruiz, Conrad Konitzer / Antonio / Martínez and Torres (Aretz). On the same dates but in Cannes, the 470 will play the European Championship, in which Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman will participate.

2024-04-26: The Botín-Trittel tandem, with gold in sight in Hyères

Diego Botín and Florian Trittel (Photo Sailing Energy)

The penultimate day of competition at the French Olympic Week served to secure a silver medal for Spain in 49er. Diego Botín and Florian Trittel will fight tomorrow the Medal Race with the tranquility of having the guaranteed subchampionship and with many options to revalidate last year's gold. In 470 Junta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman occupy the fourth place on the provisional table, tied to points with third parties, and face the end of tomorrow they have the unattainable gold and the very difficult silver.

Today, the Spanish sailing team was represented in the French Olympic Week in four categories (49er, 470 Junta, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7), which had an appointment with the fifth and last day of competition before tomorrow's Medal Races dispute. The day was cloudy and the rain began to rise from the first hour, but it was not an impediment to competition. The first exits were delayed about an hour due to lack of wind, but then all the tests were completed, with winds of between 10 and 15 knots rather unstable.

Diego Botín and Florian Trittel will fight tomorrow the 49th Medal Race with the tranquility of knowing that at least the silver medal of the French Olympic Week is hanging. The Spanish locker today scored 8-5-1-12 in the four sleeves held, which allowed them to maintain the leadership and to accumulate an advantage of 17 points on the second, Poles D. Buksak and S. Wierzbicki, and 25 on the third, French E. Fischer and C. Pequin. Mathematically, they are very little away from revalidating the title of Hyères champions that they won last year, and only a few weeks after they took the crown of the winner of the Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy by Iberosar. Konrad Konitzer and Antonio Torrado close the championship at the 19th, and Martin and Jaime Wizner at the 27th.

In 470 Junta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman today added 13-5 partials that placed them in fourth place of the provisional general, tied with the third, the British M. Wrigley and B. Harris. The French C. Lecointre and J. Mion outperformed the Swedes A. Dahlberg and L. Karlsson in front of the table and secured at least the silver medal, as they beat the Spanish and the British by 20 points. Jordi and Nora have mathematical options to fight for the subchampionship, but it's 14 points that separate them from the Swedes, which means having to win them at the Medal for seven positions. The second Spanish team in Hyères, formed by Neus Ballester and Alejandro de Maqua, was twenty-fifth.

In ILCA 6, the Grancanaria Isabel Hernández finished the French Olympic Week in thirty-fourth position, after adding today 45-27. The Andalusian Ana Moncada managed to get a few posts and ranked the thirty-ninth, with 24-42 scores today. The American Charlotte Rose will fight tomorrow's Medal Race to take away the gold, with the Dutch M. Bouwmeester as the main rival.

In ILCA 7, the canary Joaquín Blanco was able to mark today a tenth and a tenth first, his best part of the championship, which allowed him to climb to the thirty-fifth final position. The Tinerfeño Leo Barreto finished the forty-fifth, with 50-57 as today's results. The British M. Beckett and the Australian M. Wearn dominated Hyères' appointment in this competitive discipline, accumulating enough money to secure silver; tomorrow, their Medal Race will be a kind of match race in search of the crown of winner of the French Olympic Week.

Tomorrow, it is the last day of the French Olympic Week, with Spanish representation at the 49th and 470 Races Medal. The weather side provides strong winds for this closing day in Hyères.

2024-04-25: Bronze for Baltasar and two more medal options in Hyères

Nacho Baltasar hangs the bronze of iQFOiL M, the first medal in a championship of this caliber for this 19-year-old... Diego Botín and Florian Trittel are placed leaders of 49er Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman follow third of 470 Junta

Nacho Baltasar hung the bronze medal of iQFOiL Male in French Olympic Week, after winning both the final and semi-final rooms today and remaining third in the final. In Formula Kite Feminino, Gisela Pulido finished the quote of Hyères in sixth position. In the categories that compete until Saturday, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel are the new leaders of 49er and Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman follow third from 470 Junta, after an intense day with media winds to strong.

In iQFOiL Male, Nacho Baltasar accessed the Medal Series in the sixth square. He managed to win with master both the final and the semi-final rooms, which assured him of a medal. He disputed the final with the Australian G. Morris, who had mastered the qualifying series, and the Arubeño E. Westera, who also got the pass from room to room. In the final, the young Majorcan regatist began leading but a role in the second corner did not favour him and crossed the finish line in third position to hang the bronze. At 19, it is his first medal in an international championship of this caliber. Westera took the gold and Morris went up to the second podium drawer.

In Forula Kite Feminino, Gisela Pulido also accessed her Medal Series from the sixth place of the provisional general, a position that did not vary after the dispute of the last day. In its semifinal, the French L. Nolot was the first in a group, leaving with two wins in the locker. The test left no choice and the victory was recorded to move on to the next phase and fight for a medal. The final decided the gold for the French J. Kampman. The British E. Aldridge and the French L. Nolot completed the podium, in this order.

Four categories (49er, 470 Joint, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7) today contested in the waters of Hyères their fourth day of competition, of the five that decide the Top10 that will pass to the Medal Races on Saturday.

In 49er, the domain of Diego Botín and Florian Trittel today in the waters of Hyères was indisputable. The Catalan cantabre crew marked a first, a second and a third. Their closest rivals, on the contrary, punctured at least one test and in another they had regular results. This made the Spaniards climb from the third to the first drawer of the provisional podium, and gave them a 14-point advantage over the second, the Dutch B. Lambriex and F. Van de Weken, and 19 over the third, the Poles D. Buksak and S. Wierzbicki.

In 470 Junta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman are still in the third position on the provisional table after signing an eighth and a partial win today. The maximum rivals did not fail and slightly increased their return on the Catalan crew. The Swedes A. Dahlberg and L. Karlsson retain the lead, followed by the French C. Lecointre and J. Mion.

In ILCA 6, the Grancanaria Isabel Hernández occupies the thirty-first position, while the Andalusian Ana Moncada marches the forty-second. In ILCA 7, the Leopold Leopold Barreto is 40, and three positions further back is the canary Joaquín Blanco. The two teams acknowledged still accusing the tiredness of Princess Sofia's Trophy a few weeks ago.

Tomorrow is the decisive day to define the Top10 that will access the Sunday Medal Races, the last day in Hyères.

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2024-04-24: Two provisional pods and two passes to Medal Series in Hyères

Formula Kite Male closes its participation in French Olympic Week very close to the goal and satisfied with the spirit of sacrifice and the immense work done in record time

Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman, in 470 Junta, and Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, in 49er, were placed today in the provisional podiums of the French Olympic Week, in the absence of three days to be completed in these categories. Nacho Baltasar, in iQFOiL Male, and Gisela Polido, in Forula Kite Female, will be playing tomorrow the Medal Series classified in the sixth square. In Formula Kite Male, Bernat Cortés remained only one place to enter the Medal Series that will distribute the last country squares for the Paris Games 2024.

The strong winds that were expected today in the waters of the Bay of Hyères did not come to their point, and much of the day was disputed with a lot of variability of conditions, both in intensity and in direction, which forced the Spanish crews to use themselves in depth.

Today in Hyères, the last day of qualifying series was held for the iQFOiL and Formula Kite, in male and female categories, which tomorrow will play their respective Medal Series, with Spanish presence in iQFOiL Male and Formula Kite Female by Nacho Baltasar and Gisela Pulido, respectively.

In Formula Kite Male, Bernat Cortés stayed at a position and four points to enter the Medal Series that tomorrow will deliver the last five passports for Paris 2024. Today's conditions in the waters of Hyères were not the expected, the strong winds that favored the Catalan kiter, and of the five planned sleeves only three could be disputed, which were 24-11-9 for Bernat, which left him in the tenth square of the table. The Valencian Alex Client also stayed close to the target, the fifth after signing today 9-20-18. The British C. Bainbridge remains intractable at the front of the table.

Gisela Pulido continued its upward progression today in the French Olympic Week, to which the Formula Kite Women's Medal Series has access classified in the sixth square. The Catalan kiter today added a partial of 12-4-7-4, which confirm its excellent adaptation to the race format from the free kitesurf.

We entered the semifinal from the sixth place, we are happy because the goal here was to train the semifinal for the Games. "The British E. Aldridge, leader of the table, will directly fight the final with two wins of advantage, as will the French J. Kampman, who will have a victory of profit by being second. The athletes classified from three to ten will sail the semi-finals divided into two groups, with Gisela Polido in the A as the second group and therefore a victory in their favor. The French L. Nolot is the head of this group, with two wins of advantage. The winners of both semifinals will be those who face Aldridge and Kampman in the final.

After starting first hour with the double-score Marathon test, the iQFOiL remained long hours on the beach waiting to celebrate the other three sleeves planned, which the wind conditions did not allow. In the male category, Nacho Baltasar signed a tenth place in this resistance test, in which he "wins the last that falls," in the words of the young Mallorcan. After this manga, Nacho remains sixth in the provisional classification, thus sealing his pass to tomorrow's Medal Series, divided into quarters, semi-finals and final, with Australian G. Morris as a leading leader. Bernat Tomás finished his participation in Hyères in a tenth place, and Jorge Aranzueque finished the tenth.

In women's iQFOiL, Pilar Lamadrid closed the day and French Olympic Week in twenty-first position, with an unfinished double-score Marathon test.

For the rest of the classes with country classification, the battle to enter the Medal Races will continue for two more days, with provisional positions of Top10 Spanish in 470 Junta and 49er.

In 470 Junta, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman were able to enter the provisional podium today, after signing a second and a twentieth in the partials of the day, with very variable winds in intensity and direction. The British crew of M. Wrigley and B. Harris, and they have their top rivals very close: the Swedes A. Dahlberg and L. Karlsson are leaders with four points less than the Spanish, and the French C. Lecointre and J. Mion are seconds with only one point less than Jordi and Nora.

With three more partials on their score, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel entered the provisional podium of 49er. Their day partials, 3-10-1, allowed them to climb three posts on the table and place third. The Dutch B. Lambriex and F. Van de Werken remain in the lead, with nine points of advantage over the Catalan Cantabrian crew and stalked with only one more point by the seconds, Poles D. Buksak and S. Wierzbicki... at the time of closing these lines, classes ILCA 6 and 7 continued to sail.

Tomorrow, the Spanish team has a meeting at the French Olympic Week with the Medical Series of Formula Women's Kite and iQFOiL Male. In addition, the fleets of 470 Joint, 49er, ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 will continue the qualifying series, with the Medal Races scheduled for Saturday, last day in Hyères.