Botín and Trittel lead the European 49er

The Spanish team formed by Diego Botín and Florian Trittel has reached the first provisional position of the 49er European Championship that is taking place in Aarhus, Denmark. In 49er FX, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló occupy the seventh position.

The first day of the finals has been fruitful for Botín and Trittel, who have started with two partial victories to access first place. A fifth in the last race of the day keeps them on top and gives the Cantabrian-Catalan duo six points ahead of the second-placed team, the Dutch Lambriex and van de Werken. Ahead, the Spaniards have one more day of fleet competition before competing in the medal race on Sunday, reserved for the top ten finishers.

In 49er FX, Támara Echegoyen and Paula Barceló are in the seventh European position and are the eleventh crew in the general open classification, as teams from non-European countries sail. The Spanish tandem started the day with a fourth place but a 25th and a 12th in the following tests has made them drop out of the provisional top 10.

In 18th place overall, and as eleventh Europeans, are Patricia Suárez and María Cantero, who today have signed their most discreet results of the competition: 22 + 6 + 22.

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 9, the gold groups of the 49er and 49er FX will compete in the last heats of the final phase before closing their pass to the regatta for the medals on Sunday, a non-disposable double point heat in which they will compete alone the top ten in each category.