The balearic sailors fight for the top 10 at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Fergus Hotels

The third day of competition at the 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels took place in a 12-knot Levante wind that increased to 18 knots throughout the day. These conditions marked the beginning of the final heats in most classes, and the favorites began to take positions at the top of the standings.

The Spaniards are fighting in or for the top ten in four categories: Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona are seventh in the 470 mixed class, Conrad Konitzer and Antonio Torrado are seventh in the 49er class, Joel Rodríguez is tenth in the ILCA 7 class, and Nacho Baltasar moved up to thirteenth in the iQFOiL men's class.

The mixed 470 fleet saw another change of leadership, now in the hands of Italians Elena Berta and Giulia Calabro, who now hold a two-point lead over Britons Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris. Spaniards Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona dropped a place and are now seventh in the standings. The Catalan-Majorcan crew managed to take victory in the first race of the final series, but in the second, they suffered a discard, resulting in their second puncture of the championship, which penalized their points. The other new Spanish crew, formed by Catalans Silvia Mas and Alex Marsans, posted partial times of 12-24 and placed twentieth in the gold group.

In the 49er category , Germans Richard Schultheis and Fabian Rieger remain in the lead after the first four runs of the final heats, pulling away by six points from their closest rivals, Frenchmen Erwan Fischer and Clément Péquin. Mallorca's Conrad Konitzer and Alicante's Antonio Torrado performed solidly, climbing three places in the standings to seventh with times of 14-9-3-9. The Wizner brothers are in twenty-third place.

Briton Michael Beckett demonstrated his mastery of the ILCA 7 and added two more partial wins in the first races of the gold group of the finals series. He now has a 15-point lead over his closest rival, his compatriot Elliot Hanson. Gran Canarian Joel Rodríguez maintained his composure in this challenging fleet and is in tenth place, after scoring 15-51 in the partials of this third day of competition at the 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels.

In the men's iQFOiL , Frenchman Nicolas Goyard remains in the lead but is closely followed by China's Kun Bi, who scored four stage wins today. Mallorca's Nacho Baltasar began the comeback and placed thirteenth, after posting scores of 13-7-5-7 in the final races of the qualifying series.

In Nacra 17 , the most solid performers of the day were Italians Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei, who distanced themselves from their closest pursuers, Chinese Huancheng Zhao and Su Sha. Canarians Tara Pacheco and Pablo García remain in the battle among the world's top twenty teams, currently ranked eighteenth. Joan Cardona and Nicole Van der Velden also did not compete due to health problems for the Balearic sailor.

The third day of the 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels in the 49er FX fleet was marked by another change at the top of the leaderboard. Britons Freya Black and Saskia Tidey regained the top spot they had nearly secured on the first day, with Denmark's Johanne and Andrea Schmidt lurking in second place. Among the Spanish crews, the tandem formed by Galician Patricia Suárez and Mallorcan Melania Henke is in twentieth place, two places ahead of Canary Islanders Alicia Fras and Elena Barrio, who were penalized today for an off-line incident.

Among the flying kites, in the men's Formula Kite category , Singaporean Max Maeder made his way into the finals. Austrian Valentin Bontus, the 2024 Paris Olympic champion, made a dramatic change and snatched the provisional top spot by a mere two points, after scoring 1-6-2-4. Maeder is second, and Frenchman Benoit Gomez completes the provisional podium. Valencian Alex Climent remains in twenty-fourth place, with a score of 16-19-12-19 in the first rounds of the finals.

In the women's iQFOiL, Britain's Emma Wilson maintains her lead at the top of the standings, but her 12-point advantage yesterday was reduced to just two by China's Zheng Yan, who crossed the finish line first in all four races of the day. It wasn't the best day for Andalusian Pilar Lamadrid, who dropped to thirty-second place, leaving the honor of first place in the country to young Mallorcan Andrea Torres, who is thirtieth.

The large and competitive ILCA 6 fleet is dominated today by Britain's Daisy Collingridge, the new leader after finishing sixth and second in the first races of the final heats, where Belgian Emma Plasschaert couldn't perform at her best and dropped to fourth. Among the Spanish competitors, Canary Islander Isabel Hernández is thirty-sixth, one place ahead of Alicante's Ascensión Roca.

In the women's Formula Kite category , Frenchwoman Lysa Caval overtook China's Si Wang at the top of the leaderboard, although the podium remains very tight, with the Chinese armada stalking the French rider . Four Chinese riders are in the top seven.

Strong Levante winds are expected for tomorrow, Thursday, the fourth day of competition in the waters of the Bay of Palma. These significantly different conditions could lead to major changes in the standings of the 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels.

The 54th Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by FERGUS Hotels is jointly organized by the Club Nàutic S'Arenal, the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa, the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation, and the Balearic Sailing Federation, with the support of World Sailing, and co-financed by the Sustainable Tourism Tax fund of the Balearic Islands Government.