Optimism and confidence among the Spanish sailors present in Marseille

The parts of the Spanish sailing fleet They presented themselves with optimism and confidence in the days leading up to the start of the Marseillesheadquarters of this sport at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the competition program, which It starts on Sunday with the first races in the men’s and women’s iQFOiL windsurfing classes and the 49er and 49er FX.

Spanish sailors They recognize the good work done during the Olympic cycle and highlight the enthusiasmas some of them pointed out this Tuesday in a telematic press conference organized by the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) from Marseille.

Nora Brugmanthat participating with Jordi Xammar in the 470 classwhich in these Games presents the mixed newsstated that they were thinking about it “The Spanish team has enormous potential” and what do you think they will give “very happy” because they include “options”.

The 32-year-old from Barcelona disputed this “new class, saw that all competitors performed well and any country in these Games can perform”but with him Xammar -which has already achieved a bronze in Nicolás Rodríguez in Tokyo– They are more focused on their work than others.

“I like Marseille, we train a lot here. It’s a regatta course that can hit you with anything and we like any conditions because we’re not specialists in a certain wind and we face the day in whatever there is. we fell in love in this bay”, argument Brugmanwhich presented at the Games as number one in the international ranking and current world class champions.

He 49er by Diego Botín and Florián Trittel This is another boat that arrived in Marseille with many options, as they won silver in the 2022 World Cup and bronze in 2023 and 2024.

Swag He said that Spain, in general, has “a strong team” and the desire to “put the icing on the cake” with the great preparation built in recent years and, in particular, the Hispanic 49er “is very good at everything of the range of conditions.”

“We fight for top positions, we rarely win championships easily but we play the card of constant pressing,” said the Cantabrian sailor, making that clear in these Games “The only difference is that the regattas are quite late” and they have to adapt to it.

Trittelfor his part, was the most outspoken press conference ever predict “between two and three medals” for the Spanish delegation, although he did not want to specify or know the classes from which they could be obtained because “At the Tokyo Games they finished fourth in two classes and those medals are hard to come by. Two to three is a good number and the team will be happy.”

Gisela PulidoOlympic debutant in a class also debuting at the Games, the Kite Formula (board with a kite)ensured that the team’s preparation was “good” and that the performance depended on their “heads.”

“In my case the competition was short, only four days and it was my first experience. I’m happy but I don’t want to deviate from the focus and I want to concentrate”declared a native of Barcelona living in Tarifa (Cádiz).

Pulido revealed that He was suffering from a “small sprain” of his ankle from which he has since recovered.in addition to the fact that his competition starts at the latest – Sunday, August 4 – and he has more time to prepare and also to “Enjoy the other classes and to see the conditions of how the race course behaves.”

The young sailor made sure of that in his case “Favorite this regatta course” because In Marseille, the air conditions change a lot and “it’s very technical and varied”, in addition to insisting on highlighting his happiness at making his debut at the Games.

“My dad said goodbye giving me a hug, it was hard for him to hug me, and that says it all, and he told me to enjoy it,” stand up