The Royal Galician Vela Federation closes the Youth Vela World Championship in Vilagarcía in a brilliant way

The first to hang the gold medal have been the favorites in 49er in this world since the last days, the Maltese Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin, with 73 points, who have been able to bear the pressure very well, even though the New Zealanders Francesco Kayrouz and Hamish McLaren, have put the accelerator on this last day, appearing in the candidacy with 85 points to the golden scepter, above their classmates Sebastian Menzies and George Lee, who had been more leading and coming down from the podium over these days and have finally been with 104 points.

The bronze was awarded by the Germans Simon Heindl and Conrad Jacobs, with 90 points. The Germans had managed to avoid the third step of the podium, as they kept to the end and closed their participation in the world with the last of the 15 sleeves.

After the male category of the 49th he played the medal shift to the female representatives of the FX, where the Italian Sofia Giunchiglia and Giulia Schio signed a great last day, with partials of 3-2-1 closing their participation with this last triumph with which they crowned the world with 51 points. The silver has been for the German Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze, with 68 points. And the bronze for the Polacas Gabriela Czzska and Hanna Rajchert who with 88 points made their appearance, for the first time, on the podium, awarded the third step of the British Eleanor Keers and Jessica Jobson, finally sextas.

Excellent world for the Galician Stella Maris Enriquez and the Balar Marta Cardona, which kept the eighth square yesterday. Viguesa and Majorcan began in general on the first day of the championship in which they were awarded a first and two seconds, being their best place on this last day a seventh.

The 17 were the last to leave the race field. The mixed class showed well the high level and the adjustment of its results in the table without being very clear, until the last moment, who was going to hang the gold that, finally, was the Belgians Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs, which ended with 49 points. Second, his peers, Arthur de Jonghe and Janne Ravelingien, with 57 points, the same as the bronze that went to France, with his ambassadors Thomas Prouts and Eloise Clabón.

As best Sub21 in Nacra 17, the Borghijs brothers from Belgium. In FX Anna Barth and Emma Kohlhoff, from Germany. And in 49er, Simon Heindl and Conrad Jacobs, from Germany.

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2024-07-20: Junior World Championship of Vilagarcía: Malta favorite in 49er

The Maltese Schultheis and Bertin stand firm at 49er at the beginning of the final series and apply to gold... for their part the German Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze command in FX and the Belgian brothers Borghijs in the mixed of the Nacra 17

Unlike the third day, the first to go out into the water was the 49er. The Alfa camp, located on the side of the Port of Vilagarcía, was made by the Oro group and the Bravo were moved by the Plata group, near the town of Rianxo.

In the closest to the Vilagaran town they competed the 30 best tannems of the World Championship, a selection process that was obtained by results from their series of ratings resolved from last Wednesday to Friday, in three days of competition.

In the absence of a single day, the Maltese Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin stand as a clear favorite to get the gold of the Vilagarcía World Cup, ratifying their great moment when regularity is the key. In the three sleeves validated this fourth day, their partials were 13-3-2, having in their 49 points.

The second are the New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee, who go up a step in the drawer, with 72 points; and close Germany, with Simon Heindl and Conrad Jacobs, with 76 points, who hang on the bronze to the detriment of the representatives of the Netherlands, Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast, who are now fifth.

In the second round of races the fleets of 49er FX were born 17. The first to the Bravo field and the second to the Alpha, the closest to the Galician Vela Center. As in the male category, there was only variation in the podium steps in the bronze post over the third day, where the Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze germanas follow at the head with 41 points. Very close, with only four more points, the Italian Sofia Giunchiglia and Giula Schio.

The ones that did take a jump and reached the podium in the third provisional square were the British Eleanor Keers and Jessica Jobson, who are with 70 points and finished the third sleeve being first. The Danish Rebekka Johannesen and Silje Cerup- Simonsen, who were bronze, move to the fifth position with 82 points.

Stella Maris Enríquez and Marta Cardona, who are playing an extraordinary role in this championship, lower a position and are now octaves, being a tenth of their best result on this day.

In the Nacra 17, mixed class, which on this day made four sleeves, the Belgian brothers Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs manage to climb to the gold, having passed these days through all the steps of the podium, rising to the first place for the first time since the silver of Friday. They take the road and rule with 32 points. Second are the French Clément Martineau and Adélie Bertin, with 40 points. And only two of his compatriots Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac, with two more.

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2024-07-19: Junior World Championship of Vilagarcía: extraordinary day in Arousa

The Ria de Arousa offers another great day of competition

Third day of competition in the 2024 Junior World Champioship, which ends this Sunday in the waters of the Arousa Ria. The Vilagaran waters of the Galego de Vela Center again offered an extraordinary day for navigation, where the south-west is reigning with intensities that surrounded this Friday from 8 to 12 knots.

Change of course in the headlines of some of the classes that are played the world of Vilagarcía, as in the case of the Nacra 17, where the French Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac take away the position of leaders of their fellow countrymen Thomas Proust and Eloise Clabon, who are now third parties. In the provisional silver are the brothers Kwinten and Lieselotte Borghijs. The Belgians are tied to 23 points with the first and three points of bronze.

The fleet of the Nacra 17 was finally able to start in competition the new "reaching course" format, which modifies the traditional output system by another in which the teams start in direct course from through to the first beacon of the route. A whole speed show that allows Olympic catamarans to yield 100% from minute one.

In FX, with the daily sports program (three tests per day) the German Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze maintain their position as leaders with 27 points, in a category in which the French Manon Peyre Clara- Sofia Stamminger de Moura shone on Thursday.

The current youth world champions ended with two first and are fourth in the general ranking. Second, for their part, are the Italian Sofia Giunchiglia and Giula Schio two points from the German, and in the bronze the Danish Rebekka Johannesburg and Silje Cerup- Simonsen with 56 points. The Spanish representatives, Stella Enríquez and Marta Cardona, are now seventh in the general.

The last to go out in the water on this third day of competition was the 49er. The Yellow group went to the Alfa field and the blue to Bravo, validating four sleeves each fleet in two fields. After three days of competition looking for classification in the Oro group (half of the fleet with better results), tomorrow they start their final series until this Sunday that ends the world.

Tetris of combination in the podium drawer where the three steps have been exchanged from day to day. After this third day, the Maltese Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin are now sent with the permission of New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee, who are now third parties. In the second square are the representatives of the Netherlands, Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast. Malta with 31 points, Netherlands with 41 and New Zealand, with one more.

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2024-07-18: Junior World Championship of Vilagarcía: the main wind

In 49er, the New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee Rush hold the lead and in Nacra 17 he will command the classification of the French team formed by Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac

Long day in the waters of the river of Arousa, where since yesterday the Youth World of 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 is disputed. The wind was made to beg in this second round of the intercontinental date, and while the beginning of the tests was initially scheduled for 11: 00 hours, it was not until three hours later that the Regatas Committee was able to give the first run with a soft wind - and at times inestablished - of a southwestern component.

The 49th blue and yellow fleets were the first to be thrown into the water to complete a total of two sleeves in which New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee Rush managed to maintain their provisional leadership one day.

With a second and an eighth that becomes their discard, Menzies and Lee Rush now have a four-point advantage over the second classified, the Maltese Richard Schultheis and Youenn Bertin, who yesterday were third parties. The third drawer, for its part, is being occupied by the tandem of the Netherlands made up of Wiebrand de Vos and Stijn Gast, which have been sailing together for just two weeks and are already demonstrating great potential with a first and third noted today.

As for the Spanish team, the Galician Jacobo García and Jaime Wizner are today the first of the table in the 36th place. With a tenth and a bright fourth place on Thursday in the Arousan era, the Arousan-Vigués duo dates back ten positions on the table, standing just ahead and tied to points with Daniel Cardona and Pablo Llorens.

In the race field opposite Rianxo, the Nacra 17 fleet was able to complete a single test on Thursday that again dominated France with full authority. The partial victory was taken by Thomas Prousty Eloise Clabon, who were provisionally placed in the second drawer tied to points with Titouan Petard and Thea Lubac, who with a third place became the new provisional leaders this afternoon.

Terceros, for their part, are Clément Martineau and Adélie Bertin and the Spanish team formed by Daniel and Nora García are in the eighth position after signing a fifth in the manga today.

At the time of writing this information, at 8: 00 p.m., the 49er FX class was still in the third and last test of the day. With the results of the first two of the day, the Galician-Balear duo formed by Stella Enríquez and Marta Cardona provisionally occupies the third place of the general after signing a 24th that becomes its discard and a fifteenth place.

In the front, German Katharina Schwachhofer and Elena Stoltze are now the new leaders of the board and second are Italian Sofia Giunchiglia and Giulia Schio.

Tomorrow Friday, third day of competition from 11: 00.

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2024-07-17: Galicia takes the initiative at the Junior World Championship in Vilagarcía

The Viguese Stella Maris Enríquez and the balar Marta Cardona command in the 49th class FX... domain for France in the 17th and for New Zealand in the 49th with little margin of points

He could not start in a better way for Spanish interests on the 2024 Junior World Championship of 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17, citing that from this Wednesday and until next Sunday it is disputed in Arousan waters, having for epicentre the Galego de Vela Center located in the Pontevedresa town of Vilagarcía de Arousa.

After a small break on the ground on the first day of the intercontinental competition, waiting for the weather component necessary for sailing to be presented in the race field, the Committee izó Delta, that is, exit to the water at 12: 45 hours for the 49er FX and at 13: 00 hours for the Nacra 17, moving to the two areas chosen to develop the world-wide meeting: the first of them close to the Harbour Authority of the Port of Vilagarcía and the second under the Island of Cortegada.

After completing their respective programs, three sleeves per category, the turn was reached to the bulk of the fleet of this championship, the 49er, which are divided two groups: the yellow, which went out into the water at 15: 15 hours and the blue, which did it six minutes later.

Day with a south-west wind predominance, starting the first sleeves with a 245th and closing the day with a 220th, that is, from right to left, with intensities ranging from 8 knots to 12.

In 49er FX, a brilliant start for the Galician / Balear tandem formed by the Viguese Stella Maris Enríquez and the Majorcan Marta Cardona, who have taken the lead with an extraordinary World Cup premiere reflected in their partial results with a silver, gold and silver, which give them the first 5 points.

Second are the German Katharina Schwachoper and Elena Stoltze, which with results 5-2-5 add up to 12 points. And already further away from the table, but in the third step of the drawer, the other Spanish team formed by the Marina Garau and María del Mar Gil baleares, with 31 points.

In the 49th male, after three other validated sleeves and intertwined the results of the two groups, the general lead the New Zealanders Sebastian Menzies and George Lee with 10 points (2-7-1), with the minimum difference of one point over the second of the list, the representatives of the Netherlands Robbert Huisman and John Swart (4-5-2). The third place is for the Maltese Richard Schultheis and Younenn Bertin, with 14 points (7-1-6).

The first Spanish in the classification are the balar Daniel Cardona and the Coruñés Pablo Llorens in the seventeenth place with a total of 33 points; and already in the 46th the vilagardean Jacobo García and the vineyard Jaime Wizner, with 61 points.

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