Only five days remain before the first race of the famous spring regatta in the Olympic classes – Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar on the Spanish island of Majorca, which celebrates this year anniversary it is 50th time!
This regatta is always popular with boaters, but this year the level is high as never before! Suffice it to say that to participate in the Trofeo Princesa Sofía this time will the gold medal winners of last year’s comprehensive world Cup in nine categories out of ten!And just to start out the more than 1,200 sailors (850 ships) from 68 countries.
And, imagine, not the final figures. In honor of the anniversary, the organizers decided to extend the deadline for the submission of applications for participation almost to the start of the race in order to be able absolutely everyone. However, it concerns not all disciplines. For example, in “Laser standard” quota is already selected – there will be 191 yachtsman.
But who will represent Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar our country (according to the entry lists):
470 (men). Paul Sozykin/ Denis Gribanov, Christian Czech/ Viktor Tarasov, Boris Kucherenko/ Maxim Cuttings.
470 (women). Alisa Kirilyuk/ Angelica Chernyakhovskaya.
49er. Jan Cech/ Ivan Zotov, Konstantin Nosov/ Alexander Gaydaenko.
49erFX. Zoya Novikova/ Diana Zabirova.
Finn. Vladimir Krutskikh, Arkady Kistanov, Michael Yatsun, Yury Polovinkin.
Laser. Sergey Komissarov, Daniil Krutskikh, Maxim Nikolaev, Kirill Evfimievski, Dmitry Bondarenko.
Laser Radial. Ekaterina Morgun, Maria Kisluhina, Yekaterina Zyuzina, Valeria, Lomachenko, Ekaterina Guseva, Ekaterina Bereza.
Nakra17. Sergey Dzhienbaev/ Sofia Kiselev, Maxim Semenov/ Alina Schetinkin.
RS:X (men). Eugene Ayvazyan, Alexander Askerov, Maxim Tokarev, Vladislav Burmistenko.
RS:X (women). Maria Semenkova.
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