Valentin Bontus (AUT) struck a semi-submerged water bottle that was anchored to the sea floor and crashed out of gold fleet by two places and four points. The end of qualifying is for some the relief of making it through to the gold fleet, but for others is the agony of just missing out. Not much you can do about that, we have to deal with it." "I had to slow down to shake it off and Theo went past me. You really have to be able to see the gusts and react accordingly." It might have been two wins for Taradin today but for picking up a plastic bag on his foil. It's harder for everyone because the wind is more gusty and shifty. "My goal was to try to stay in the centre of the course and not push too much to the edges. "There were ventilation issues again in the water so I wasn't pushing too hard," said Taradin in spite of his good scores. Offshore breeze was a tactical minefield - 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia - Day 3 - photo © Robert Hajduk / IKA media However today saw Maeder suffer a rare slip from form as scores of 9,10 dropped the Singaporean to 9th overall, 3 points behind Pianosi. The 17-year-old Italian has often had to live in the shadow of the 16-year-old Max Maeder (SGP), twice taking the Youth Worlds silver medal behind the double Youth World Champion from Singapore. Considering Pianosi has no former background in watersports, coming instead from a street life of parkour and skateboarding, it's impressive that the athletic Italian made sense of such difficult, tactical conditions.
Best performance of the day came from Riccardo Pianosi (ITA) who scored 1,2 to rise to 8th overall. None of the multiple-race winners won a race today, yet two 2nd places keep Toni Vodisek (SLO) at the top of the pile, with Axel Mazella (FRA) on equal points with the Slovenian once the discard is taken into account. Two races for each of the three qualifying groups in the men's fleet, and from those six races came six different winners. Meyer's 2nd in the race behind Moroz puts the German in third place overall going into Friday's gold fleet competition.Įllie Aldridge leans into her skiff sailing experience - 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia - Day 3 - photo © Robert Hajduk / IKA media Also going well is another former 49erFX sailor, Leonie Meyer (GER), who is being coached by 49er Olympic gold medallist and now kiteboarding addict, Iker Martinez. "I think that a sailing background really helps you out on a tactical, shifty day like we had today," she said. The more you sail in it, the more you get used to it, and you know what to expect from it."Īldridge switched to kiting after growing up racing in dinghies, including two years of campaigning the 49erFX Olympic skiff. It's about spotting where the pressure is coming from, avoiding the big holes and making sure you're taking the right wind shift to take you towards the best pressure. "Today was a reminder that we made the right decision to spend more time here, for sure," said Aldridge, runner-up in last year's Worlds. Riccardo Pianosi (ITA) was the fastest finisher in the men's fleet - 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia - Day 3 - photo © Robert Hajduk / IKA media The winner of the race was Ellie Aldridge (GBR), part of the British squad who had also missed out the Europeans for more training time in Sardinia. "Flat water, the whole fleet was on 21 square metre kites and everyone going the same speed," said Nolot, who is used to exerting a speed advantage in wavier conditions. Lauriane Nolot (FRA) admitted she didn't enjoy today's more tactical conditions although a 2nd place was far from a disaster for the fast Frenchwoman. There was only one race for the women today, but Moroz did at least win her side of the qualifying heats, and counts a perfect five wins from five races.
"We haven't had many offshore racing days on the circuit this season and I wanted to come here early to experience the whole range of conditions that Cagliari offers," said the American. The offshore Mistral breeze looked promising but only half-choked into action for day three of the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia.įor the riders who chose to sit out the recent Lepanto Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, Greece, this was a day to prove that the extra training time out of Poetto Beach had been worth it.ĭaniela Moroz (USA) gave up the chance to defend her European title in order to improve her chances of defending the world title.
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