2024 iQFOiL World Championship: Renna second and Maggetti fourth

First day of finals in Lanzarote for the 2024 iQFOiL World Championship in which 5 course tests were held. Wind around 14-15 knots from the east which gradually dropped to 8 knots. It was raced on a stick alternating between the men's and women's Gold fleets. Perhaps the marathon scheduled tomorrow will depend on the weather conditions.

In the women's ranking, the English Wilson still leads, the Spanish Lamadrid Trueba comes second, while the Israelis alternate in third place, today it's Spycharov's turn. Excellent day for Maggetti in strong recovery - two victories - who placed fourth. The Italians: 4th Maggetti, 29th Speciale, 34th Renna, 51st Colasanto, 52nd Oprandi.

In the men's ranking, the Dutch Van Opzeeland still leads, second place goes to Nicolò Renna who places four excellent performances out of five and third goes to the Australian Morris. The Italians: 2nd N. Renna, 16th Di Tomassi, 54th Modena, 62nd Tomasini, 65th Pilloni, 118 J. Renna.

The athletes participating in the World Championship are 94 women and 118 men divided into the yellow fleet and the blue fleet. The program includes opening series tests from January 29th to February 2nd with the final medal series on February 3rd reserved for the top ten.

The voice of the protagonists:

Marta Maggetti: “The day was characterized by ups and downs, the first test for example went badly right from the start and I was no longer able to recover. In the others I started well and the thing I liked most was that I was always up front with good speed and good sensations on the board.“

Nicolò Renna: “Today was a very positive day, I managed to remain consistent throughout the tests and it wasn't easy. The wind was very swingy and light. Five more races are scheduled for tomorrow, I will try to attack again to get to first place which allows direct access to the medals."

Special Giorgia (Golden Flames)

Marta Maggetti (Yellow Flames)

Carola Colasanto (Tognazzi Marine Village) u23  

Sofia Renna (Circolo Surf Torbole) u23  

Linda Oprandi (Kalterer Sportverein Windsurfing) u23  

Luca Di Tomassi (Yellow Flames)

Nicolò Renna (Fiamme Oro)

Jacopo Renna (Circolo Surf Torbole)

Leonardo Tomasini (Circolo Surf Torbole) u23  

Manolo Modena (Circolo surf Torbole) u23  

Federico Alan Pilloni (YC Costa Smeralda) u23