Among the defending and regatist champions to follow this year are the Italian Chiara Benini Floriani (ILCA 6), Nicholas Halliday (ILCA 7) of Hong Kong, Tamar Steinberg (iQFoil) of Israel, Kun Bi (iQFoil) of China, Wan Li (Formula Kite) of China, Nevin Snow and Ian Macdiarmid (49er) of the United States and John Gimson and Anna Burnet (Nacra) of Great Britain (Photo of the Olympic Week French)

The world elite of the Olympic Sail will be found in Hyères for the French Olympic Week-TPM within exactly a month, the Bay of Hyères will again become one of the world centers of the Olympic Sail. From April 18 to 25, 2026, the Gala Week will host the world's best regatists for the second stage of the Sailing Grand Slam, the main international circuit of Olympic sailing classes.

Organized by the French Vela Federation, this iconic event will bring together several hundred regatists from more than 50 nations, who will compete in the ten Olympic disciplines: female and male individual light candle (ILCA 6 and ILCA 7), double light candle (49er FX and 49er), windfire (iQFoil), kitefoil (Forula Kite), mixed double light candle (470) and mixed double catamaran (Nacra). 17.