The wait is over. Everything will be resolved today (11 a.m. ETB 1) at the rowing dream theater After little more than twenty minutes of arduous work in which the boat that makes the fewest mistakes, better knows how to manage its forces and has a greater capacity to solve the different traps and complicated racing situations that may arise, will win the glory. Hondarribia and Zierbena, with the permission of Santurtzi and Orio, of course, are playing the La Concha Flag, the one that every rower hopes to be able to wave at least once in his life, in a narrow margin.
Seven seconds and 92 hundredths is the disadvantage that the men led by Juan Zunzunegui will have to overcome if they want to release their record at the peak of the season, while ‘Sotera’ and ‘San Nikolas’ have it much more complicated. Purples and yellows lost 19 and 23 seconds, respectively, last Sunday and it seems unlikely, at least a priori, that border and ‘galipos’ fail at the same time seeing the level shown by both over the last month, but the sea rules.
This quartet will play the round of honor, while Urdaibai, Donostiarra, Cabo Cruz and Zarautz they will be in charge of opening the fire. A pompadour appetizer. And it is that, the pulse between the ‘Bou Bizkaia’ and the hosts, separated by little more than a second, also promises with an eye, in addition, to be able to climb a position little that one of the quartet that precedes them gets lost. Yesterday, several of the contestants -Hondarribia, Santurtzi, Orio and Urdaibai- carried out their last training session in the San Sebastian bay.
Zierbena, faithful to his routine of recent years in the mother of all regattas, chose to prepare the test at home and then eat the entire team together in the pavilion, just like seven days ago. «The team knows that if we do things right, they have flag options because we have already beaten Hondarribia by more than that difference “, the ‘galipo’ coach, Juan Zunzunegui, has reiterated ad nauseam.
The challenge brings them because the ‘Ama Guadalupekoa’ was very solid in the first round and showed a mastery of the difficult situation to counteract. Greens are also very strong from a psychological point of view after its spectacular progression in the last month. «Every day the boat goes faster and we have had very good sensations in the water. We will go out to give 100% “, said the hondarribitarra rower, Urko Redondo, when disembarking yesterday in the San Sebastian port.
Flag in water
The duel is promising and the previous draw for lanes can mark the final outcome quite a bit. The forecasts, while waiting for what the boats will finally find in the battle scene, announce a southeast wind that could roll east-northeast with an intensity of between 11 and 13 kilometers per hour. The wave, between a meter and a meter and a half high, will mark the northwest With the tide rising “The conditions for downwash will be good and differences can be opened. Our goal is to try to win the batch and, if we succeed, it will be time to look at the chronometer, “said Santurtzi’s coach, Iker Zabala.
This year, due to the security measures adopted by the pandemic, the delivery of the flag, instead of taking place inside the port as usual, will take place in the ‘City of San Sebastián’, but in the waters of the bay. Only he and the winning skipper will access the official boat. The crew that wins, in addition to waving the ikurriña, will win a cash prize of 25,000 euros, while the second and third will get 15,550 and 12,250 euros, respectively.
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