The end of the 52nd Sofia Princess Trophy and this year’s may not be especially remembered by the Spanish pre-Olympic team. After the first four days of regattas in the bay of Palma have been completed, the 976 boats competing will meet this Friday on the last day of the final series, which they will decide the ten best crews of each class (14 for the male and female Formula Kite) and the medals will be played tomorrow, Saturday. This Thursday, with an Embat around eight knots, it was a difficult day for the Spaniards. so much that only the Catalans Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman would have the chance to sneak into the Medal Race and be on the podium. These were able to perform to the maximum with light breezes and marked a fifth, a first and a ninth that allowed them to climb from ninth to third position. Four points separate them from second place on the provisional podium, which is still held by Frenchmen Camille Lecointre and Jeremie Mion. The leaders are the Japanese Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka.
As for the rest of the Spanish fleet, the sensations and lessons learned were more positive than the results. For example, The Sevillian windsurfer Pilar Lamadrid failed to continue showing regularity and had to settle, this Thursday, with a 33rd and a 29th in the assaults of the day of the female iQFOiL class. These partials made him drop six places in the table and drop to eighth place. Of course, it is only five points from the TOP-5. His classification for the Medal Race is possible, but then the podium options, on Saturday, are complicated. Who could also get a place for the Medal Race is Gisela Pulido, in Formula Kite Women. With some partials of 14, 7, 10 and 9 march classified in the 11th position (it would be worth the pass to the final on Saturday because the best 14 pass), but it is far from the first two: the French Lauriane Nolot and Jessie Kampman.
As for the 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, European champions and world runner-up in 2022, continue to improve and are close to the Top-10. AS spoke with Florian Trittel at the concentration hotel of the Spanish pre-Olympic team in Mallorca and found that “optimism” prevails in the couple. We are fine and we feel better every time”. This Thursday, without a doubt, they went from less to more with partial scores of 19, 12, 8 and 1 that raised them to 12th place overall. Tomorrow they will go “for all” and it is that they are four points away from the long-awaited pass to the Medal Race. In the female category, 49erFX, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló improved three places overall and are 16th after adding a 12-16-9 run. The math makes the Medal Race possible for them, but they also need a perfect Friday day because 13 points separate them from tenth place. In the rest of the classes, ILCA 6 and 7, Nacra 17, Formula Kite for men and iQFOiL for men, the pass to the Medal Race is impossible.