Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona continue Intratables on his way to Los Angeles 2028. After proclaiming yourself European champions Almost a month ago, this time the Gold Medal in the Mixed 470 World Cup that is played in Gdynia (Poland). The Catalan pattern revalidated the crown that achieved last year next to Nora Brugman and adds her Seventh world medal (2 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes). In the case of Cardona, it is the first in this class in which it has been sailing since February. Together they carry three podiums in four competitions. To the two golds add the French Olympic Week Silver that is celebrated in Hyères. For its part, Silvia Mas and Alejandro de Macha They leave Poland with very good feelings after their first competition together in which They have finished tenths.
Xammar and Cardona merged into a hug Nothing more proclaimed champions. La Mallorquina, during a conversation prior to the World Cup with a brand, acknowledged that It is hard for him to be affectionate. The first was given after achieving European gold. “I am sure that you have to win medal for hugs. It is another motivation, “Jordi added between laughs. And today he could not miss.
The Medal Race began 2 points from the leaders, the Germans Simon Dian Y Anna Markfortand ended up tied with them, which were the runners -up (48), thanks to having a better discard. The Spaniards had to go back during the final until they finished rooms, while the Germans were fifth in the final, which scores double. The British Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris (49) completed the podium.
A meteoric progression
The progression of the Spanish couple has been meteoriclike the adaptation to Cardona's class 470, which had been 420 World Champion but that it came from navigating in 49er FX. They tried for the first time together in February, on the Mallorcan beach of El Arenal. The Balearic was at home. Precisely in the club there and in those waters it was in which it started in the candle with 6 years. Recognize that That first day with Jordi was “shocking. I had a lot of respect because for me it was a reference and I was ashamed,” reveals.
Jordi Xammar, coach Juan de la Fuente and Marta Cardona celebrate European gold.
Xammar had run out of crew. Nora Brugmanwith which he had been champion of Europe and the world last year, I left the candle Olympic after the Varapalo de Paris 2024, where they lost the medal on the last day in the Medal Race. That first day in the water with Cardona he removed the memories. “They weren't easy days because it was the first time I got on the ship after gamesLeo (his son) was newborn and it was the first time that he left home. Many times I thought: 'Where am I getting into? Because you had to start over “recalls. However, despite everything, The Olympic flame was still alive and the “flashes of marta's brilliance” from that first day They were the definitive impulse I needed.
And since then they have been growing as a couple in the water every day. Cardona sees it as “A unique opportunity” that has arrived before what I expected, but that is taking full advantage. Since navigating Optimist, he is very competitive, just like Xammar. The first two months, Brugman went to Mallorca her days free to help her. “I had his gym routines, supplementation, what he ate … and came to the water for many days. It helped me a lot to do the playbook of the steps I have to do, “says Cardona, who has had to take the notes to the World Cup because he is of exam. Double degree of primary and childhood education. He had two before traveling to Poland already his return awaits him three more.
Silvia Mas and Alejandro de Macha, in the 470 World Cup.
A very promising start as a couple
The other mixed 470 Spanish crew that has set its way to Los Angeles 2028 is the one formed by Silvia Mas and Alejandro de Macha. In their case, they have been sailing together even less time. In December 2024, the Catalan employer had started training with Álex Marsans. They had measured the rest of the international fleet in the Princess Trophy Sofia Mallorca and in Hyères Olympic week. In neither they managed to enter the Medal Race that dispute the best 10. In the World Cup, with a macha, they have succeeded at the first. They had only sailed together, literal, four days before they started competing.
The rapid adaptation of 'Tano' is surprisedas they call, class 470. The Catalan, which Silvia says he has “a lot of potential” presents a Profile similar to Cardona. He is a 21 -year -old promising young man who was also 420 world champion (in 2023). But he acknowledges that being in the Top10 in his first championship together is a motivation to continue working and that from the beginning he has felt very comfortable with the regatist of Arenys de Mar
