Although only a few months have passed since the last Olympic event, Paris 2024 is mentally far away. «We are already working for Los Angeles 2028. Well, we’ve been doing it for a while now,” Xisco Gil, director of Olympic Preparation of the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, acknowledged a few days ago. As always at the beginning of the Olympic cycle, the team is swelled with promises and juniors, who have stopped little after the Games. The representatives in Paris 2024 have taken a well-deserved break, although in some cases it has been very short. But who is still on the team? In 49er, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, gold in the last Games, confirm that they will carry out a new campaign, which will begin in 2025, at the World Cup. For now, they focus on SailGP. In addition, Botín is sailing on Moth and will compete in the 2024 World Cup, which takes place in January next year, and the 2025 World Cup, which takes place in June in Garda. “We like the 49er, but with the experience we already have, the most important thing is to arrive with the necessary energy for the last two years,” said Trittel. In 49er FX, the great Támara Echegoyen has retired from the Olympic scene. We will have to wait to find out what Paula Barceló does, until now her crew member and with years still ahead of her, although her medical career must also knock at the door. In any case, Silvia Mas could join this class, who after her time in the 470 Mixto prefers to form a women’s team and is waiting for possible changes in the class to choose a crew member. Furthermore, the Royal Galician Sailing Federation has just kicked off the new sports project of the Vigo sailor Patricia Suárez, in an event held at the Galician Sailing Center. Together with her new partner, the Balearic Melania Henke, and with the Arousan Antón Paz as coach and campaign director, the new 49er FX team is already preparing to fight to fulfill the Olympic dream. Presentation of Patricia and Melania’s team. RFGVAccording to federal sources, two continuities are confirmed and are a cause for joy. On the one hand, Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman have announced that they will carry out a new campaign on 470. After bad luck in Marseille they deserve to give themselves a new chance. What is a surprise is the confirmation of Gisela Pulido to continue in the Olympic race starting in 2025, in Formula Kite. Her opinion about the experience in Marseille did not suggest that she would continue. Gisela Pulido. SAILING ENERGY / RFEVY also surprises in Nacra 17. On the one hand, Tara Pacheco is encouraged by her fifth Olympic campaign, and she does so with her former coach in Paris 2024, Pablo García. In addition, Joan Cardona, bronze in Tokyo 2020 on Finn, is betting on the flying catamaran with Nicole van der Velden, a partner in SailGP. Both have already started their training and are confirmed as crew for the next regattas.
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