Ended the largest virtual regatta in Russia. The winners of the “E-sails of Russia 2020” were Nikita Black, max Cooper and Denis Kataev.
On the Cup of Russia on Virtual Regatta more than 326 riders from 60 regions of Russia were divided into three age groups – under 14 and 18 years and over 18 years. On 21 and 22 April on the regatta hosted the qualifying race, April 23 – semifinals, and April 24 – final series in all classes. In each series of riders waited for five races with one discards the worst result. Before the new stage of the regatta the results of the previous burn. In the finals participated 14-16 riders. The competition was held in the yacht class Star (“Star”).
First to start on the final day of “E-sails 2020” came the youngest participants of the regatta. In the final age group up to 14 years was dominated by the athletes of the St. Petersburg Academy sailing (7 people), and Sochi secondary school №13 (4). That’s between them unfolding struggle for medals. In this rivalry proved to be luckier the guys from the Northern capital. Nikita Chernykh and Andrey Susenkov to the last struggled for the victory, but the departure of Andrew from the third race has largely become decisive. Nikita took advantage of technical problems of his rival and beat him on three points. The third was Rostislav Titov (Krasnodar).
“This regatta is helping to train strategy and tactics – says the winner in an age category till 14 years of Nikita Black. – In the simulator, Virtual Regatta you know how the wind blows, just like in real life. Depending on this you can choose the tactics and strategy, where you go to specific wind conditions. It is seen that my rivals Andrew and Rostislav practiced a lot and knew almost all the cards. They won due to the fact that he acted always on one strategy. I didn’t know many of the intricacies of this online simulator. I had to improvise”.
In the age group of 18 years struggle for gold, did not really work out. In the first four races the athlete “Krestovsky island” Maxim Bondar won two and came second twice. Six points secured him the victory behind a clear advantage. Eight and ten points he lost to Vasily Bogdanov from Sebastopol and the athlete Academy Yegor Pakhmutov, who took second and third place respectively.
“I decided to register for the regatta, because for me, it was something new and unusual, says silver medalist Vasiliy Bogdanov. – Competition began for me quite well, but in the final I managed to take only second place. The guys fought well. In the final was very competitive. In terms of quarantine Virtual Regatta helps to keep strategic and tactical skills at the same level. I hope that the Academy and the Yacht club of St. Petersburg will continue to host competitions of this format.”
Age category: above 18 years – the most massive and representative on the “E-sail 2020”. This group claimed more than 170 athletes. Among the finalists were the participants of the RC44 Championship Tour, the National sailing League Sailing Champions League, world Cup and other regattas. The final series in this category was a real highlight of the program “E-sails” and fully justified the expectations of fans. The fate of gold was decided in the very last race, and the ending was unexpected even for riders.
Everyone seemed to be in the final race, the fight for gold between them were experienced specialist and expert sails Mikhail Fomin and racer of Sochi Andrey Ignatenko. We went at the end of the fleet, but still continued to match race each other. During the race Fomin even deliberately waited Ignatenko to a fair fight at the final tacking to decide the fate of the main prize. Michael did not take into account only in case of victory in the fifth race, it passed not only Ignatenko, but Denis Kataev. And if Ignatenko an experienced specialist really neutralized, the crowd brought the race to victory and sensationally won the tournament.
“Opinion about the regatta only positive experiences very much, – said the winner Denis Kataev (Veliky Novgorod). – I had a hard chase on stage. In the final I did not expect to win, didn’t watch the stream and I could not calculate the result. I assumed that, having won the final race, can be with three, but never thought about the final victory. I was lucky. I won not only the race but also the whole regatta”.
The next day after the finals, the organizers held the awards ceremony in the videoconference format with the winners in each age category. On behalf of the organizers to the racers and asked the Director of the Academy sailing Michael Khristinovsky. He welcomed the athletes and thanked them for their participation in the regatta. Recall that the winner in each group will receive 10 thousand rubles, a silver medalist – 7 thousand, and bronze – 5 thousand.
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The results can be found on the website of the Academy sailing
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