Nacho Baltasar first leader in the iQFOil Lanzarote

Nacho Baltasar, a member of the Olympic team, leads the first day of competition in Lanzarote. The British Emma Wilson, bronze in Paris 2024, heads the female general

The iQFOiL Games have started today in Marina Rubicón, marking the beginning of the first official tests of the Los Angeles Olympic cycle 2028 for the class. It has been a day of challenging conditions for the hundreds of windsurfers who have gathered in Lanzarote, as the wind has shown several faces testing both competitors and the Committee of Regates: strong wind of 20 knots in the morning, light and changing early in the afternoon, and at the end of the day, again wind above the 20 knots accompanied by great state of the sea... The ability of competitors to adapt has been key.

The morning began with a brief deferral on the ground waiting for the wind to stabilize. At noon, the wind of the North stable around 16-20 knots allowed to fight the first races of the classification series. By falling the wind to 6-8 knots and changing direction, the Regatas Committee quickly announced the change to slalon-type races. Then the wind completely gushed and when it seemed that the day had ended, it went up to 20 knots and continued to rise to 25 - 30, with a significant sea state, which allowed to complete the day with two most demanding races.

The Spanish representative in the last games, Nacho Baltasar, is the first leader of the male fleet with two partial victories, a third and despite a fall and a disappointing 32nd in the last test, which discards.

Male (61 participants)
1. Nacho Baltasar (ESP), 5 points; 2. Johan Soe (DEN), 8; 3. Nicolas Goyard (FRA), 9

Women (32 participants)
1. Emma Wilson (GBR), 4 points; 2. Shahar Tibi (ISR), 5 points; 3. Marta Maggetti (ITA), 6 points

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Euromarina Optimist Torrevieja... 43o ships from 29 countries start in alicantine waters

The international event, organized by the Royal Nautical Club of Torrevieja, starts on Thursday, January 30, and will end on Sunday, February 2. The exit line will include 430 regatists represented in 29 countries.

The Torreviejense race, under the sponsorship of Euromarina, reaches the 430 regatists representing 29 countries. Poland will be the country with the highest representation, 49; the Netherlands and Turkey will have 20; Germany 11 and the United States 10. In addition to these countries, it should be noted that they will come to the meeting of regatists from Singapore (2), Tajikistan (1) Hong Kong (4), Ukraine (2), China (1) Estonia (2) or Hungary (1). Spain, for its part, will have the participation of 8 autonomous communities with a total of almost 215 regatists from Galicia, Basque Country, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia, Murcia Region, Andalusia and the Canary Islands, representing 36 nautical clubs.

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