Countdown to Lanzarote International Regatta

The 2023 Lanzarote International Regatta has attracted 369 sailors from four continents for competition in six Olympic classes on February 10 to 17, providing an early season test in the Canary Islands. The 49er, 49erFX, 470, iQFOil Women and Men, and Nacra 17 includes Olympic champions and medalists, world and continental champions and many of the top three in the world.

The first classes to compete will be 470 Mixed, 49er, and 49erFX on February 10-13 with the iQFOil and Nacra 17 to begin racing on February 14-17.

Among the new events for Paris 2024 is the 470 mixed class, and has attracted more than 30 crews from countries such as Argentina, Italy, France, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Turkey, and Spain to Lanzarote. There is no shortage of the last world and European class podiums, with the current world champions, Germans Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth; the world and European runners-up, the Spanish Jordi Xammar and Nora Brugman; and the European champions, the Swedes Anton Dahlberg – silver in Tokyo in the former 470 Men and now racing with Lovisa Karlsson.

As the 470 class is now mixed, we also see in its ranks many Olympic medalists now sailing with new crews. Thus, athletes like Spaniard Nico Rodríguez (bronze medal in Tokyo together with Xammar) is now sailing with his compatriot Silvia Mas, or the French Camille Lecointre and Aloïse Retornaz (bronze in Tokyo) will also compete for the title in Lanzarote with a new crewmember.

At the start line of the 49erFX class, we will see a total of 58 sailors with the Brazilians Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, two-time Olympic champions (Rio 2016 and Tokyo), as well as world champions.

The Brazilians are undoubtedly one of the benchmarks in the class, however it is a very close category in which we will also see the current world champions, the Dutch Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz, who are already in Lanzarote.

A beautiful fight is also expected in the 49er class, with the presence of crews from 15 countries, including the current top three in the world: world champions Dutch Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken; the Spaniards Diego Botín and Florian Trittel, runners-up at the worlds; and the Croatian brothers Sime and Mihovil Fantela. Sime already knows what it is to win an Olympic medal thanks to the gold achieved in Rio 2016 in the 470 Men.

The Nacra 17 mixed catamaran makes its debut at the Lanzarote International Regatta with almost fifty sailors from 16 countries.

The iQFOil, which will debut in Paris 2024, will be the largest classes with 77 male competitors and 65 women. Once again the current world champions Sebastian Kölder (GER) and Marta Maggetti (ITA) will compete in Lanzarote, as well as the European champion Nicolas Goyard (FRA) and the current #1 in the world ranking Pilar Lamadrid (ESP).

Details: https://www.lanzarotesailingcenter.com/lanzarote_international_regatta/index.php

Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Program:
Men’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 7
Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6
Mixed Two Person Dinghy – 470
Men’s Skiff – 49er
Women’s Skiff – 49erFx
Men’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class
Men’s Windsurfing – iQFoil
Women’s Windsurfing – iQFoil
Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17

Venue: Marseille, France
Dates: July 26-August 11

Details: https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/