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LUCIE BELBEOCH (FRA) AND NICOLAS GOYARD (FRA)ARE THE WINNERS OF 2021 iQFOiL INTERNATIONAL GAMES

They came, they saw and they conquered. The French squadron was the largest national group at Univela Sailing for the 2021 iQFOiL International Games and the one featuring some of the strongest athletes. Among them, Lucie Belbeoch and Nicolas Goyard who have been leading their respective ranking for most of the week and sailed flawlessly in every one of the three formats of the iQFOiL Class, Course, Slalom and Marathon. The rest of the podium for the Women is composed by Islay Watson (GBR) second and Delphine Cousin (FRA) third, while in the Men’s the second is Huig-Jan Tak (NED) and the third Matthew Barton (GBR).







The revolutionary format always ends with a spectacular day of three Medal Races for the best twelve athletes of each fleet. Today, after a very short postponement ashore, the North wind built to 10-12 knots and allowed very fast and exciting quarters, semis and finals for both the Women and Men. Many French flags on the Men quarter final starting line: Ethan Westera (ARU), Elia Colombo (SUI), Alexandre Cousin (FRA), Oel Pouliquen (FRA), Nicolò Renna (ITA), Mathurin Jolivet (FRA), Max Castelein (NED) and Matthew Barton (GBR). Only four moved forward, Max Castelein, Mathurin Jolivet, Nicolò Renna and Matthew Barton, to join last night’s third and fourth in the semi, Clement Bourgeois (FRA) and 2020 winner Sebastian Koerdel (GER). The latter won the race and with Matthew Barton acceded to the final to meet yesterday’s first and second, respectively Nicolas Goyard and Huig-Jan Tak, who eventually confirmed their position welcoming Matthew Barton on the third step of the podium.


The girls in the quarter final were Marion Mortefon (FRA), Sara Wennekes (NED), Maja Natalia Dziamowska (POL), Daniela Peleg (ISR), Lena Erdil (GER), Manon Pianazza (FRA), Maya Morris (ISR) and Delphine Cousin (FRA). The last four were the fastest and went through to the semi to meet Lola Sorin (FRA) and Mariana Aguillar Chavez Peon (MEX). The French sailors, Lola Sorin and Delphine Cousin conquered the two available tickets to the semi, joining their countrywoman Lucie Belbeoch and British Islay Watson. Just like in the Men’s fleet, Lucie and Islay defended their positions, respectively first and second, with Delphine Cousin winning bronze.


To cap the day and the perfect week organized by Univela Sailing and Società Canottieri Garda e Salò with the patronage of Regione Lombardia, the rest of the sailors went out for a racing session with some slaloms in the early afternoon. This shaped the ranking from the 13th to the bottom and the podiums of the U21 athletes.


The flourishing Olympic iQFOiL Class squadron will now head into some training before the World Championship in Silvaplana, Switzerland, from 16 to 22 of August.



TOP 12 MEN

1st FRA465 Nicolas Goyard

2nd NED465 Huig-Jan Tak

3rd GBR983 Matthew Barton

4th GER220 Sebastian Koerdel

5th FRA53 Clement Bourgeois

6th NED36 Max Castelein U21

7th FRA9 Mathurin Jolivet

8th ITA150 Nicolo Renna U21

9th FRA10 Oel Pouliquen

10th FRA752 Alexandre Cousin

11th SUI63 Elia Colombo

12th ARU4 Ethan Westera


TOP 12 WOMEN

1st FRA18 Lucie Belbeoch

2nd GBR529 Islay Watson

3rd FRA775 Delphine Cousin

4th FRA31 Lola Sorin U21

5th ISR7 Maya Morris

6th FRA712 Manon Pianazza U21

7th GER33 Lena Erdil

8th MEX28 Mariana Aguilar Chavez Peon

9th ISR2 Daniela Peleg U21

10th POL7 Maja Natalia Dziarnowska

11th NED33 Sara Wennekes

12th FRA118 Marion Mortefon


U21 MEN

1st NED36 Max Castelein

2nd ITA150 Nicolo Renna

3rd FRA16 Yun Pouliquen

4th FRA628 Louis Pignolet

5th NED17 Joost Vink


U21 WOMEN

1st FRA31 Lola Sorin

2nd FRA712 Manon Pianazza

3rd ISR2 Daniela Peleg

4th NOR29 Helle Oppedal

5th FRA11 Marion Couturier



Full results here:

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Women



For more information:

Rachele Vitello

IQFoil International Games Communication



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