MADRID, 22 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish regatists Silvia Mas and Alex Marsans have fallen this Saturday to the second position of the mixed class 470 in the penultimate day of the fifth edition of the Lanzarote International Regatta, which is being played in waters near the Lanzarote port of Marina Rubicón.
With conditions of six to ten knots of wind and long wave, the Portuguese Diogo Costa and Carolina Joao have signed a second and two partial victories, which together with a less fortunate day of the first ones, Silvia Mas and Alex Marsans ( 3-4-3), allows them to ascend to the leadership. Meanwhile, the Spaniards are second to a single point away. Portuguese Bea Gago and Rodolfo Pires close the provisional podium.
In Ilca, where three three tests have been played, Dutch Duko Bos and Montenegrino Mikivoj Dukic, take the witness of Jonatan Vadnai and Pavlos Kontides, first and second on Friday respectively, which this Saturday has not competed. Slovenian Luka Zabukovec is third.
One of the novelties of this edition of the regatta is the inclusion of SNIPS as a guest class. “We have been adding new classes such as the ILCA, which for the year will play here the U-21 World Cup, and we also wanted The test.
“The idea is that this event that we have been doing for five years to have an impact on the Canarian candle and raised a seed in it, so we decided to invite the snipe and we hope that every year they will join the Lanzarote International Regatta in its second end of week, “he added.
On this first occasion there are 20 ships from the Nautical Clubs of Arrecife, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Castillo del Águila de Playa Blanca who have taken the starting line. In the fleet, many familiar faces of the Canarian and world candle such as Alicia Cebrián -olimpica in London 2012 and Rio 2016-, Julia Ivory -subcampeone of Europe and Spain with Alicia-, Gustavo del Castillo -To sometimes world champion and tricampeón of Europe- and Christian Sánchez-world champion in 2022-.
Del Castillo and Sánchez come from winning last weekend the Cup of Canary Islands of Snipe and are the first leaders of the Lanzarote International Regatta, after having won the two tests played. Ronejeros Miguel Ángel Navan and Lucho Hernández are paid to the two, with two seconds and the provisional silver of a podium that CASTO MARTÍNEZ and JULIA MARFIL, of the RCN of Tenerife.
The Lanzarote International Regatta has the sponsorship of Tourism Lanzarote through its sports tourist product from Yaiza; and the collaboration, among others, of the Canarian Federation of Vela, the Latin candle and Dinghycoach federations.