Sailing Discussion | Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Road to LA 2028

[phelps 8,757]

18 minutes ago, copravolley said:

3 medals + a potential medal in Nacra and that's OK for me. The goal should also be to qualify for the Olympics in all disciplines in 2028.

the target is 6 medals (with 4 golds) in LA

[Josh 13,615]

4 minutes ago, phelps said:

the target is 6 medals (with 4 golds) in LA

 

Wait is it your target or the Italian federation’s ? Not that it matters, but that total would be close to best case scenario. 
 

There’s only 10 events in the Olympic programme, and while Italy have a lot of medal contenders, Italy doesn’t have a lot of dominant athletes in sailing that are “locks” for the podium (like China in table tennis, going 1-2 in each gender and winning gold in the team events), it would be an amazing outcome and far from impossible but surprising and would require a lot of things to go right. 

[phelps 8,757]

of course it's my target and it's the best case scenario

 

however, Nacra 17 is almost a lock for gold (the only crew that might have a chance to beat our best crews are Gimson & Burnet, but only in light wind conditions)

 

then, given the results of the last big events, both iQFoiL and men's Kite are definitely gold medal contenders and coming home with no metal at all would be an absolute failure

 

those 4 medals should be the bare minimum

 

then, I expect mixed 470, women's ilca6 and maybe even women's 49er fx to be at least "competitive" (given that a medal in those classes would be quite surprising, but not impossible)

Edited April 5 by phelps

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2026 Sailing Grand Slam Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia #1/5  - Mallorca 

 

Results (March 27 - April 4, 2026)

 

Men's IQFoil:

1. Nicolas Goyard

2. Noah Lyons

3. Nicolo Renna

4. Duncan Monaghan  

5. Yoav Cohen

6. Tom Arnoux  

7. Johan Soe  

8. Tom Reuveny  

9. Luuc van Opzeeland  

10. Federico Alan Pilloni  

11. Yoav Omer  

12. Grae Morris  

13. Kun Bi  

14. Andy Brown  

15. Elia Colombo  

 

Men's Formula Kite:

1. Maximilian Maeder  

2. Riccardo Pianosi  

3. Valentin Bontus  

4. Noah Runciman  

5. Gian Stragiotti  

6. Bruno Lobo  

7. Jan Voster  

8. Vojtech Koska  

9. Zhang Haoran  

10. Benoit Gomez  

11. Jannis Maus  

12. Jan Marciniak  

13. Kameron Maramenidis  

14. Huang Qibin  

15. Lucas Pes Fonseca  

 

Men's ILCA 7: (199 athletes )

1. Matthew Wearn  

2. Elliot Hanson  

3. Michael Beckett  

4. Philipp Buhl  

5. George Gautrey  

6. Filip Jurisic  

7. Ha Jee-min  

8. Sam Whaley  

9. Nik Aaron Willim  

10. Ole Schweckendiek  

11. Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini  

12. Ryan Lo  

13. Ethan McAullay  

14. Ewan McMahon  

15. Julian Hoffmann

 

Men's 49er:

1. Germany  (Schultheis - Rieger)

2. United States  (Snow - MacDiarmid)

3. China  (Xin - Tianyu)

4. Australia  (Price - Paul)

5. Uruguay  (Umpierre - Diz)

6. Poland  (Staniul - Sztorch)

7. Austria  (Prettner - Flachberger)

8. Netherlands  (Lambriex van Aanholt - van de Werken)

9. Denmark  (Rask - Precht Jensen)

10. Italy  (Pezzilli - Torroni)

11. France  (Rual - Amoros)

12. China  (Zaiding - Tian)

13. France  (Fischer - Pequin)

14. Great Britain  (Grummett - Hawes)

15. Germany  (Dorau - Rockenbauch)

 

Women's IQFoil:

1. Tamar Steinberg  

2. Marta Maggetti  

3. Maya Gysler  

4. Li Wenqi  

5. Yan Zheng  

6. Emma Wilson  

7. Tuva Oppedal  

8. Helene Noesmoen  

9. Medea Falcioni  

10. Anastasiya Valkevich  

11. Shahar Tibi  

12. Stella Bilger  

13. Sharon Kantor  

14. Palma Cargo  

15. Emma Viktoria Millend  

 

Women's Formula Kite:

1. Lauriane Nolot  

2. Jessie Kampman  

3. Liu Chenxue  

4. Lysa Caval  

5. Li Wan  

6. Daniela Moroz  

7. Catalina Turienzo  

8. Wang Si  

9. Xiao Meijing  

10. Lily Young  

11. Breiana Whitehead  

12. Julia Damasiewicz  

13. Izabela Satrjan  

14. Gal Zukerman  

15. Ella Geiger  

 

Women's ILCA 6:

1. Eve McMahon  

2. Daisy Collingridge  

3. Emma Plasschaert  

4. Charlotte Rose  

5. Maud Jayet  

6. Julia Buesselberg  

7. Maxime van de Werken-Jonker  

8. Mara Stransky  

9. Zoe Thomson  

10. Hannah Snellgrove  

11. Casey Imeneo  

12. Agata Barwinska  

13. Anna Munch  

14. Louise Cervera  

15. Chiara Benini Floriani

 

Women's 49erFX:

1. Canada  (G Lewin-Lafrance - A Lewin-Lafrance)

2. Germany  (Steinlein - Bartelheimer)

3. Spain  (Barcelo - Cantero)

4. Sweden  (Bobeck - Berntsson)

5. Germany  (Bergmann - Wille)

6. Denmark  (Seaton - Andersen)

7. Netherlands  (Lambriex van Aanholt - Ijben)

8. Germany  (Scheel - Feilcke)

9. Norway  (Dahl Andersen - Edland)

10. Spain  (Suarez Gonzalez - Henke Riera)

11. Germani  & de Kort  

12. Great Britain  (Black - Tidey)

13. Belgium  (Maenhaut - Geurts)

14. Germany  (Barth - Kohlhoff)

15. France  (Lovadina - Berthomieu)

 

Mixed 470:

1. Spain  (Xammar Hernandez - Cardona Alcantara)

2. Great Britain  (Wrigley - Harris)

3. France  (Pacaud - de Gennes)

4. France  (Pennaneac'h - Williot)

5. Italy  (Ferrari - Dubbini)

6. Germany  (Diesch - Markfort)

7. Germany  (Loffler - Hoerr)

8. Portugal  (Costa - Joao)

9. Japan  (Isozaki - Seki)

10. Great Britain  (Bristow - Taylor)

11. Italy  (Berta - Calabro)

12. Spain  (Mas Depares - de Maqua Xalabarder)

13. Israel  (Levy - Gal)

14. France  (Jannin - Cornic)

15. Switzerland  (Mermod - Siegenthaler)

 

Mixed Nacra 17:

1. Sweden  (Jarudd - Jonsson)

2. Argentina  (Majdalani - Bosco)

3. Great Britain  (Gimson - Burnet)

4. Sweden  (Svensson - Dackhammar)

5. France  (Mourniac - Retornaz)

6. Netherlands  (Offerman - Houtman)

7. China  (Jingcheng - Ting)

8. Australia  (Liddell - Brown)

9. Turkey  (Kurtbay - Kaynar)

10. Austria  (Farese - Zochling)

11. Belgium  (Claeyssens - Verstraelen)

12. Italy  (Figlia di Granara - Sedmak)

13. Austria  (Haberl - Stamminger)

14. New Zealand  (Wilkinson - Stewart)

15. Finland  (Keskinen - Roihu)

 

Results

 

Next Stop: 2026 Sailing Grand Slam Semaine Olympique Francaise #2 in Hyeres  (April 18-25, 2026)

Edited April 6 by MatiReimundo

[phelps 8,757]

2026 Sailing Grand Slam, Semaine Olympique Française ( Hyères)

 

ILCA 6
Gold:  Charlotte Rose
Silver:  Eve McMahon
Bronze:  Maria Erdi

ILCA 7
Gold:  Matt Wearn
Silver:  Michael Beckett
Bronze:  Elliot Hanson

49er
Gold:  Wen Zaiding & Liu Tian
Silver:  Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove
Bronze:  Erwan Fischer & Clèment Pèquin

49er FX
Gold:  Sofia Giunchiglia & Giulia Schio
Silver:  Laura Harding & Annie Wilmot
Bronze:  Manon Peyre & Amèlie Riou

Mixed 470
Gold:  Jordi Xammar Hernandez & Marta Cardona Alcantara
Silver:  Martin Wrigley & Bettine Harris
Bronze:  Matisse Pacaud & Lucie De Gennes

women's iQFoil
Gold:  Marta Maggetti
Silver:  Tamar Steinberg
Bronze:  Yan Zheng

men's iQFoil
Gold:  Grae Morris
Silver:  Federico Alan Pilloni
Bronze:  Bi Kun

women's Formula Kite
Gold:  Lauriane Nolot
Silver:  Catalina Turienzo
Bronze:  Lysa Caval

men's Formula Kite
Gold:  Maximilian Maeder
Silver:  Riccardo Pianosi
Bronze:  Huang Qibin

Mixed Nacra 17
Gold:  Gianluigi Ugolini & Maria Giubilei
Silver:  Mateo Majdalani & Eugenia Bosco
Bronze:  Tim Mourniac & Aloise Retornaz

 

 

Full Results & Rankings

https://sof.regatta.ffvoile.fr/races/race-resultsall/text/sof-2026-french-olympic-week-en

[phelps 8,757]

great week for the  crews! 

 

3 wins, 5 medals, a few good placings and Tita / Banti coming back just as good as they were in the Nacra 17, ending up in 4th place only because of a technical fail on their boat (which led them to abandon a race and to a DNS in the following one, when they were comfortably leading the overall standings )

 

sailing is slowly becoming one of our strongest Olympic sports