The Royal Spanish Sailing Federation announced this Tuesday the three other names that will form the Olympic Sailing Team in Paris 2024. He Iberostar Princess Sofia Trophy This is the last observation regatta for the iQFoil Women, ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 classes, and finally the selections are Pilar Lamadrid, Joaquín Blanco and Ana Moncada.
Pilar Lamadrid is an open secret, but for unknown reasons, the federation is rushing until the last moment to confirm the Sevillian as an Olympian in windsurfing. He is currently ranked number four in the world, and during this Olympic season he became number 1 and also, except for World Cup in The Hagueis in all of Medal Series in the last three years. The other candidate is Nicole van der Veldenwho is always behind Lamadrid.
Joaquin Blanco He will once again enjoy the Olympic Games. He was at the Rio 2016 Games but not at the Tokyo 2020 Games, where his club mate was, Joel Rodriguez, and where the selection is replayed. The Canarian wants to get rid of the thorn in Brazil, where he has had no luck in penalties. Now, with more experience, he hopes to be one of the surprises, as he did at the World Championships in The Hague where he entered the Medal Race and finished eighth in the largest class.
Ana Moncada will be like Lamadrid, debutant at the Olympic Games. Malagueña played in the national team with Catalan Cristina Pujol, who is the representative in Japan. The Andalusian is the one who classifies the country in the last World Cup, and this is the strongest argument presented by the team. Olympic Selection Committee.
In this way, Spain has already selected nine of the ten classes with their names. Lamadrid, Blanco and Moncada join Nacho Baltasar (iQFoil Men), Gisela Pulido (Formula Kite Women), Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman (470), Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló (FX), Diego Botín and Florian Trittel (49er). and Tara Pacheco and Andrés Barrio (Nacra 17).
There is only one class left to classify, the Men’s Formula Kite, where at the Hyères World Championship at the end of this month there are five places at stake, the favorite being the Catalan. Bernard Cortes.
Source: La Verdad
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