Decisive medal races

09/04/2022

UPDATE


Going into the showdown Saturday with a lead of 24 points, French iQFOiL windsurfer Hélène Noesmoen would have won her division with a day to spare. But the Finals format for foiling windsurfers - which are making their Olympic classes debut - here means Noesmoen goes direct to the three board Final Saturday to face the two riders who will have advanced all the way through tomorrow’s quarter and semi finals.  But at least she, like Mens iQFOiL leader GBR’s Andy Brown, is certain of a medal.

Noesmoen is well used to the winner-takes-all finale and, as world and double European champion, has both track record and experience in her corner. She enthused, “I am happy with the week. And it is all the same in the final, we have all done a lot of racing and are tired but this is not the first time I have been in this position and I like it. I do my own warm up and get into the mind set you have to have. We know in this kind of final anything can happen. I just try to have a good technique on the foil and I always manage to look around and adjust my tactics. For some girls that is a problem.”
Like Noesmoen in the Women’s division, leader of the iQFOiL Men’s fleet, Andy Brown (GBR), is unfazed by the prospect of final day jeopardy. “It’s the whole aim of the elimination finals. It’s the same as SailGP, same as sprint finals on the track, lots of other sports. It brings a high element of pressure and you need to execute. And usually, that’s what the best athletes do. So we’ll just go out to do our best. Bring it on!”

 

See the results

 

For more information on the Trofeo Sofia Mallorca: www.trofeoprincesasofia.org

 

Source: Trofeo Sofia Mallorca
Photos: Sailing Energy/Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca

tags: Trofeo Sofia Mallorca Palma Hélène Noesmoen Andrew Brown

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