Ivan Pastor sailing the RS: X M Medal Race in Melbourne. Photo: Pedro Martínez / World Sailing

The Medal Race of the Sailing World Cup Final, held on Saturday in the waters of Melbourne (Australia), provided a wide range of results for the four Spanish crews that were played on the podium. Ivan Pastor in RS: X Male and Florian Trittel in Formula Kite finished seconds and Marina Paliau in RS: X Female and Diego Botín and Iago López Marra in 49er made an off-line on their respective Medal Race that ended up leaving them off the podium.

In RS: X Male Ivan Pastor was able to control the situation and know that to reach the Dutch Kirian Badloe - who would eventually win the Medal and the race - it would be complicated, his intention was to control those behind him. The Alicantino finished the seventh Medal, attached to the off-line of which he was his main rival, the British Tom Squires, used him to maintain the second place in the general, as the Japanese Makoto Tomizawa would not pass the fifth place. With all this, Pastor was made with silver with an advantage point above the nippon. The Sergi Scandinell baleares - which made a good Medal finishing fourth - closed their participation in Melbourne seventh in the general and Joan Cardona, tenth.

Pastor with the silver medal on the podium of the Sailing World Cup Final. Photo: Marina García / World Sailing

A total of 24 tests were held throughout the week in Formula Kite. Florian Trittel was all over the championship in the first positions, and although in the past penultimate day he was fourth, he was able to get over and finish second in the general, taking the silver, just over by the British Oliver Bridge. Third was his brother Guy Bridge. The Valencian Alejandro Client closed the competition in the sixth place of the final general.

Florian Trittel - left - on the podium of honor at Formula Kite. Photo: Marina García / World Sailing

The RS: Women X opened the day of Medal Race. Marina Paliau left second in the general, but made an off-line in the Medal Race - a race that scores double and is not discards. This meant that not only could he not fight for the title, but he would also lose his podium options falling to the fifth position in the general. He won the Medal Race and the Polish Regatta Zofia Nocti-Klepaka and the four Chinese outnumbered the Spanish, Manjia Zheng - second -, Yunxiu Lu - third - and Jiao Ma - fourth.

In 49er to Diego Botín and Iago López Marra something similar happened to Paliau. On this occasion a general call, in which the Committee failed to locate the ships that had gone off-line, followed a new black flag exit. Botín and López Marra left seconds in the classification with just one point behind the Australian brothers William and Sam Phillips. It seemed that all of them would be played by Australians and Spaniards, but both crews would go back out of line without a chance of return and on this occasion the Regatas Committee did see them and ended up with a BDF (disqualified by black flag). The Phillips fell to the fifth place and the crew was singing-galician to the seventh. Those who left third parties, the Austrians Benjamin Bilds tein and David Hussl, who would also win the Medal, would win.

Melbourne World Cup closes the 2016 World Cup world circuit. The next Olympic sailing race and youth classes of the World Sailing will be Christmas Race, to be held from 18 to 22 December, in the waters of Palamós Bay (Girona).

Pastor, Botín-López Marra, Paliau and Trittel will fight for victory in the World Cup Final

The Catalan Florian Trittel in action in Formula Kite in Melbourne waters. Photo: Pedro Martínez / World Sailing

All Spanish crews will be on Saturday at the Medal Race of the Sailing World Cup Final held in the waters of Melbourne (Australia) and closing the Olympic Sailing World Cup.

Three of the seven Spanish representatives occupy a podium area and will fight for victory. Ivan Pastor (RS: X Male) and Diego Botín and Iago López Marra (49er) are second in general and Marina Paliau (RS: X Female) and Florian Trittel (Formula Kite) are third.

In RS: X Male Pastor made a 3-6-4 that place him eight points from the leader, the Dutch Kirian Baloe. In this category the first five have options for victory, with a very open and alternative Medal Race. The British Tom Squires, the Israeli Yoav Omer and the Japanese Makoto Tomizawa will be the other alicantino rivals in the podium struggle. The Joan Cardona and Sergi Scandinell baleares are seventh and eighth respectively.

In 49er Botín and López Marra are seconds after a 6-2-4, a single point from the leaders, the Australians Williams and Sam Phillips. Two behind, third are the Austrians Benjamin Bildstein / David Hussl. The Cantabro-Galician crew has been throughout the competition in the podium area and with options for victory.

In RS: X Feminino Paliau has fallen to third position after performing a 6-2-3. As in the male category, the first five also have options to the final triumph. The Sevillana has eight points ahead of the Polish Noctia Zofia-Klepacka and two points ahead of the Chinese Manjia Zheng. Behind Chinese Yunxiu Lu and Jiao Ma. The victory will take place among them.

At Formula Kite Trittel still has options, although a number of problems on Thursday prevented him from being higher, he is third in general after a 3-4-5-3. The Catalan has far away the leader, the British Oliver Bridge, at 16 points, but not so much the second, his brother Guy just two from Spanish. The Valencian Alejandro Citation is sixth in the general.

After the strong time on Thursday day, the competition came back with good wind and quite a wave, which allowed for good plans in the soups.

The Medal Race is a unique race in which the score is double and not disposable.

More than 40 knots in Melbourne leave the fleet in port

The Gi-Intelligence Blow over A waving with the strong wind. Photo: Marina García / World Sailing

The strong winds throughout the day in Melbourne caused no trial to be held on the third day of the Sailing World Cup. Winds that reached 40 knots of intensity made it impossible for the fleet to go into the water, thus the organization ended the day until tomorrow.

With this, four Spanish crews remain in the struggle for victory in the absence of two days, that of tomorrow - the last of classification - and the Medal Race, which the first ten will fight on Saturday.

Marina Paliau (RS: X Female), Ivan Pastor (RS: X Male), Diego Botín and Iago López Marra (49er), occupy the second position in the general and Florian Trittel (Formula Kite) the third in their respective classes, with three sleeves ahead of them plus the Medal Race. The other Spaniards are Alejandro Citation (Formula Kite), sixth and Sergi Scandinell and Joan Cardona (RS: X Male), eighth and tenth respectively.

Praise, Pastor, Trittel and Button / López Marra are already seconds in Melbourne

Ivan Pastor is still on the ascending line in Melbourne. Photo: Pedro Martínez / World Sailing

All Spanish crews have climbed positions and improved scores following the second day of competition at the Sailing World Cup Final, which is held in the waters of Melbourne, Australia. Once it has reached the equator of the Marina Paliau and Ivan Pastor competition (RS: X), Florian Trittel (Formula Kite) and Diego Botín and Iago López Marra (49er) are second in their respective categories.

Praise, Pastor and Trittel have climbed each of them from the third to the second position and Botín / López Marra remain in the same position but remembering distance with the first.

In RS: X Feminine the Olympic champion Marina Paliau was marked 2-2-6 that place him six points from the new leader, the Polish Zofia Nocti-Klepacka. While the Chinese, the great dominators at the premiere have fallen several positions, the one that for now holds the pace of the European ones is Yunxiu Lu, tied to points with the sevillana but in third position.

In RS: X Male, the class in which there is the largest Spanish representation, the Alicantino Ivan Pastor made a 5-2-3 that put him second to five points of the leader, the Dutch Kiran Badloe, who won the three tests of the day. The Sergi Scandinell and Joan Cardona baleares are eighth and tenth respectively.

In Formula Kite, the Catalan Florian Trittle, continued with his great march with a 2-1-2-1-1-1. The British Oliver Bridge still has a four-point advantage. Third is his brother Guy, who after this second day has been overtaken by Spanish. The Valencian Alejandro Climent occupies the sixth place.

In 49er, the song Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra have been placed at one point of the leaders, the New Zealanders Isaac McHardie / William McKenzie. The Spanish Olympic crew made a 5-6-2. The Australian William and Sam Phillips have two points behind them.

On this second day of regatta in Melbourne the wind was very stable between 12- 15 knots.

Concentration of double classes in Barcelona

The Competitions Committee of the Royal Spanish Vela Federation has launched the Tecnification Plan for the Olympic cycle 2017-2020. To the concentration held at the CAR Region of Murcia (Los Alcázares) last October for the individual classes, a concentration that takes place from 7 to 11 December in the Barcelona International Sailing Center (Barcelona) for the double and Techno classes. All in youth categories

The double classes called in Barcelona are: 29er sub19 (coaches Roy Alonso / Toni Rivas), 420 sub19 (coach Santi-Lopez- Vázquez), 470 sub24 (coach Carlos Llamas) and 49er and FX sub24 (coach Pepe Lis). It has also incorporated the Techno 293 sub 16 and sub 17 class (coach Alex Guyader) that could not be performed in Murcia due to the match of dates with its World Cup.

Botín-Marra (49er), Paliau and Pastor (RS: X) and Trittel (F.Kite) podium in Melbourne

The song Diego Botín and the Galician Iago López Marra begin strong in Australian waters. Photo: Pedro Martínez / World Sailing

The Melbourne World Cup Final has been launched with a good debut of the Spanish crews, of which four of the seven occupy podium positions. Diego Botín and Iago López Marra are the ones that have premiered stronger in 49er with a second place at the end of the day, by a third Marina Paliau and Ivan Pastor in RS: X and Florian Trittel in Formula Kite. With a very oscillating wind between 5 and 9 knots of intensity in the board area and it has reached 12 in other regatta fields. The Spanish crews have been able to negotiate well and in the case of the Cantabre Botín and the Galician López Marra have been very regular in their partials with a 4-2-3 that place them three points from the first leaders, the New Zealanders Isaac McHardie / William McKenzie who started very strong with two first but who 'punctured' on the third sleeve with a tenth first.

In RS: X Feminine the Olympic champion in London and diploma in Rio, the Sevillian Paliau began leading the day by imposing on the first race of the championship what followed a 6-8. It is temporarily exceeded by two Chinese, Manjia Zheng and Jiao Ma, to ten and five points respectively.

In RS: X Male the alicantino Ivan Pastor is also third after the beginning of the final with a 4-10-1, the latter place allows him to hold the third place in the general, that just as in the females the Chinese windsurfers dominate, in the head is occupied by Bing Ye and the second place Chunzhuang Liu. The Sergi Scandinell and Joan Cardona baleares occupy the eighth and tenth positions respectively.

In Formula Kite the Catalan Florian Trittel, you know what it is to win a World Cup test (Weymouth 2015) and wants to end the year among the best. In Melbourne it has started in third place after 2-1-2-5-2-1. He has two British, the Oliver and Guy Bridge brothers. The Valencian Alejandro Climent occupies the sixth position.

Melbourne hosts the Sailing World Cup Final this week

The Olympic champion Marina Paliau is one of the favorites. Photo: Jesús Renedo / World Sailing

The Australian waters of Melbourne welcome from 6 to 11 December the Sailing World Cup Final with the participation of seven Spanish crews distributed in four classes: RS: X Female and Male, 49er and Formula Kite.

Among the participants are three Olympic in Rio 2016: the Andalusian Marina Paliau in the RS class: X Feminino, the Alicantino Ivan Pastor in RS: X Masculino and the cantabre Diego Botín with the Galician Iago López Marra in 49er. The other entries are in RS: X Male the baleares Joan Cardona and Sergi Scandinell and in Formula Kite the Catalan Florian Trittel and the Valencian Alejandro Citation.

The final Sailing World Cup consists of twelve tests per class - three per day - and the Medal Race, in which will be the first ten classified in each of them. For a large part of the participants the end of the World Cup will be the first test in which they participate after the Olympic Games in Rio 2016. Others such as Ivan Pastor or Joan Cardona and Sergi Scandinell have successfully competed this fall, proclaiming champions in races such as the Raceboard World Championship and the Windsurfing Spanish Championship, respectively.

The final Sailing World Cup is the culmination of the 2016 World Cup season, formed by five more tests. It was Melbourne who opened the circuit and now closes it. The others have been Miami (United States), Hyères (France), Weymouth & Portlant (Great Britain) and Quindao (China).

Next year the final race of the World Cup will be held in Santander.