Sailing: Italy joins Tita-Banti in search of the Olympic cards at the World Championships in The Hague

For all sailors in the Olympic classes, the most important date of this season is in The Hague (Holland or the Netherlands), where the unified world championships begin today. The regattas are also considered qualifications for the Paris 2024 Games (Marseille for sailing, where the test event took place in July). 107 passes (40% of the places available per country) are up for grabs, spread across the ten classes of the Olympic program.

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There are 11 nations that will qualify in The Hague in Men’s Sailboard (iQ-Foil) and as many in Women’s, 8 in Men’s Kitesurfing and 8 in Women’s, 16 in Men’s Singles (ILCA 7, ex Laser) and 16 in women’s singles (ILCA 6, ex Laser), 10 in men’s skiff (49er) and 10 in women’s race (49erFX), 8 in mixed doubles (470) and 9 in mixed catamaran (Nacra 17). When selecting the nations in each class, the placement of the best team in the final standings will be taken into account. Italy has high hopes of immediately securing a ticket to the next Olympic Games in the Nacra 17 class, which will feature Olympic champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, Luigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei, as well as recent winners of the Marseille test event, Vittorio Bissaro and Maelle will be Frascari, Margherita Porro and Stefano Dezulian. There are also good chances of qualifying in the other classes, starting with the men’s iQ-Foil with Nicolò Renna, the youngest European champion, (also nominated by Benedetti, Di Tomassi) and the women’s iQ-Foil with Giorgia Speciale and Marta Maggetti. On Ilca 6, Zennaro, Benini Floriani, Della Valle, Albano and Talluri compete for the Olympic passport, while on Ilca 7, Spadoni, Chiavarini, Peroni and Barabino battle it out. The blues of the 470 are Ferrari – Caruso, Berta – Festo, Di Salle – Bellico. The players called up in the 49 class are Crivelli Visconti – Calabrò and Ferrarese – Chiste, in the 49 class Germani – Bertuzzi, Stadler-Speri, Giunchiglia-Schio, Omari – Carraro. For the male dragon formula Boschetti, Calbucci, Pianosi, female Tomasoni, Pescetto. It will be possible to follow the regattas in live streaming on the World Sailing YouTube channel, while the medal races (final regattas with double points) will also be live on the Eurosport channels and streaming on Eurosport.it, Discovery +, Sky Go , be transmitted. and now.