Barcolana Young: 250 Optimist sailors in three regattas

250 young people officially opened the series of events at sea of Barcolana54 presented by Generali this morning: as per tradition, the Barcolana Young, which is dedicated to the Optimist class, opened the series of regattas of the 54th edition. Weather conditions were still not ideal in the morning, but they improved from 12:00 p.m. onwards, allowing to hold 3 races with Libeccio and variable wind conditions ranging from 5 to 13 knots with steady waves. Everybody was deeply satisfied with the fact that all the scheduled races took place despite challenging weather conditions, especially our youngest athletes, many of whom are participating in the Barcolana Young for the first time after attending the sailing school over the summer.

The Juniores provisional classification before protests is the following: Alberto Avanzini, from the Centro Nautico Bartolino, who ranked first in all three races; Mattia di Martino, from the SVBG, who ranked fourth once and second twice; Sviatoslav Madonich from Ukraine who ranked second once and third twice. The first ranked female sailor is Nina Cittar from Società Triestina della Vela, who ranked thirteenth in the overall classification. The Piccoli Cadetti’s provisional classification before protests is the following: Nicolò Santoro, from Società Triestina della Vela, who ranked second twice and first once; Pietro Vecchioni from SVBG (7th, 4th, 1st); Gianluca Zorzettig from SNPJ (8th, 15th, 12th). The first ranked female sailor is Modra Carlotta Fabec from the Cupa YC, who ranked sixth in the overall classification.

Three more regattas and the awards ceremony will take place at the Molo IV tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.. With the support of Fondazione CRTrieste, Murphy &Nye and BIC, the young athletes who excelled in the past season's World Championship and European Championship, individually and in crews, received an award as part of the Barcolana Young. They were awarded and celebrated by the AICO Optimist Class and by all young athletes in Trieste.