MADRID, 27 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish sailors Jordi Isozaki-Yurie Seki and Ai Yoshida-Yugo Yoshida as co-leaders.
Xammar and Brugman, the only Spanish representatives in the event, started with a third place in the initial heat, won the second and were seventh in the third, all on a day in which the lack of conditions forced the postponement at first. start of the championship.
“These are good results in such a competitive fleet. It is important to start well, we had set it as a goal, and we are happy. Today are not our ideal conditions, but we have worked hard on them in recent months and we are very happy with how We have navigated. We expect a complicated week, but we are very focused on going day by day,” said Xammar.
The 61 boats of 26 nationalities that will compete for the 2024 title began the competition program divided into two groups – blue and yellow – with six days ahead and up to eleven scoring races before the Medal Race that will establish the absolute champion next Sunday.
With all teams able to discard their worst result, the Japanese Tetsuya Isozaki-Yurie Seki and Ai Yoshida-Yugo Yoshida got rid of each other’s 21st place and emerged as the first leaders. Behind them, they are followed in a three-way tie by the Germans Simon Diesch-Anna Markfort (3+1+5), the Spanish Xammar-Brugman and the Japanese Keiju Okada/Miho Yoshioka (2+2+8), current world champions. .
The four Japanese squads present in Mallorca are fighting their own battle to identify which of them will represent their country in the Games. The 470 World Championship continues on Wednesday with the second of the three qualifying days prior to the Final Series (Friday and Saturday) that will decide the positions for the Medal Race on Sunday.
The 470 World Championship is organized by Club Nàutic S’Arenal, the International 470 Class Association, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation and the Balearic Sailing Federation, with the support of the Government of the Balearic Islands, the Mallorca Island Council and Llucmajor Town Hall.