Nacho Baltasar subchampion of the IQFoil World Championship sub23

Exciting final day of the iQFOiL World Championship, the Olympic windsurfing class that for nine days has gathered in Lanzarote more than 200 athletes from 43 countries around the world. On the last day and with a competition format in which the scores are set to zero, nothing was written.

Quarterfinals, semifinals and Grand Final were the three events that were on the program of the last day. Three very fast races in which there is a lot at stake and in which the tension and mistakes or unforeseen events are very expensive. Between nine and 11 knots of wind from the East have accompanied the competitors and spectators who have come to Marina Rubicon to live this vibrant last day.

The sailor of the Club Nàutic Sa Ràpita, Nacho Baltasar said goodbye after the first race of the last day of the World Championship in a creditable tenth place. He arrived calm and aware that the first race was dangerous "because we were all going to press and there could be some out of line". He pushed too hard and with an out of line ended a great World Championship for him.

Thus, the Mallorcan "iqfoiler" has finished in the TOP 10 overall in this World Championship in which the best internationals have participated, but also has been crowned runner-up in the U23 World Championship. "Happy because the objectives are set at the Olympic Games and these are opportunities to train and learn. It has been a tough week, sailing very well as all my teammates, the level is incredible" he acknowledges. 

Italy's Nicolo Renna and Pawel Tarnowski were the two who emerged victorious from the Semifinal to face the defending champion Luuc van Opzeeland (NED), the big favorite in Lanzarote, in a quick Grand Final -it was resolved in seven minutes. After an intense start and several changes at the front, in the last upwind the Italian decided to go to the right, unlike his rivals, a decision that proclaimed him iQFOiL World Champion in Lanzarote. Tarnowski takes the World silver while Luuc van Opzeeland takes the bronze.