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Russian crew in 470 class won the first two races of the Princess Sofia Cup

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Russian yachtsmen in 470 class Pavel Sozykin and Denis Gribanov are on the first place according to the results of the first day of the race for Princess Sofia Cup which started yesterday in Palma, Spain. The Krasnodar driver won both races held on that day.

In RS:X class Russian athlete Stefania Elfutina is in the third place. She has one victory and one seventh place in her assets.

Others have less impressive results. Alisa Kirilyuk and Anzhelika Cherniakhovskaya finished 23rd in women's 470 class, finishing 12th, 11th and 7th. The result of the worst race in this class is not counted. Konstantin Nosov and Alexander Gaidaenko are 36th in 49er class (7 and 21 coming), Arkady Kistanov is 17th in Finn class (8, 18 and 31 coming), Sergey Komissarov is best of Russians in «Laser». He is in 20th place with 7th and 8th comes. Ekaterina Zyuzina is in 27th place in «Laser Radial». In men's windsurfing Alexander Askerov is also in 27th place.

Altogether 833 yachtsmen from 53 countries on 646 boats participate in Trofeo Princesa Sofía IBEROSTAR regatta. For many it is a chance to win a place on the 2020 Olympic team.

All the results are at the link.

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