Lappa's premiere was postponed due to apnea

The 24 windsurfing women (IQFOIL) got here in, acquired moist and located themselves idle, identical to the boys, since in Marseille on Sunday (28/7) there was warmth but additionally apnea. In no case did the wind exceed 7 Knots which is the minimal for windsurfing competitions, so the premiere of Natasha Lappa on the thirty third Olympic Video games was postponed to midday on Monday (29/7), wind… allowing – the forecast shouldn’t be notably encouraging.

At round 13:00 native time the windsurfers entered the water the place they waited with the sails down for about an hour, whereas the wait was then transferred to the seaside the place at 16:30 the postponement of the day's sailings was lastly introduced.

Till subsequent Thursday, August 1, no less than six races have to be accomplished in IQFOIL, whereas in sooner or later the utmost that may be achieved is 4 races. Within the distant sufficient occasion that this isn’t doable, then the race at IQFOIL will probably be postponed by a day or two.

Nevertheless, on Sunday (28/7) there have been three races in Males's and Ladies's Skiff, the place not as a lot wind is required as in IQFOIL.

Hundreds of individuals within the Marina

On Sunday (28/7), the primary day of the Crusing races in Marseille, individuals flocked to the Marina by the hundreds to get pleasure from each the spectacle and swimming on the seaside which was suffocatingly full, but additionally to have enjoyable within the large fan zone the place the sponsors and the organizers had organized many actions. Crusing is predicted to expertise nice moments in Marseille when it comes to public attendance, since it’s a city-port of just about a million inhabitants, with the races really going down inside the metropolis. Along with crusing, town additionally hosts soccer video games of the Olympic Video games. The town is 800 kilometers from Paris.

Proud father

Among the many followers have been Lappa's mother and father and household, together with her father Dimitris returning as a spectator to the Olympic Video games, 24 years after his participation in Sydney, whereas he had additionally taken half in Atlanta in 1996, in windsurfing (then referred to as mistral ) in addition to his daughter, who continues the household custom.

The remainder of the group

Pavlos Kontidis and Marilena Makri went all the way down to the Marseille Marina on Sunday to rely gear. Makri tried to coach within the water but it surely was nearly unimaginable. Their match begins on August 1st. On August 4, Denis Tarantin will begin his Kite race.

Regardless of being the primary day of competitors, nevertheless, each the French organizers and the World Crusing Federation did very effectively organizationally, since no issues occurred.

The Cyprus Olympic Committee extends its heat due to the Ministry of Schooling, Sports activities and Youth, the Platinum Sponsor OPAP Cyprus and the Official Companions Toyota and Deloitte for the cooperation and help to implement its mission, reminding that on the highway to Paris we’re all #TeamCyprus .

CORRESPONDENCE: Mikaelo Papadakis

(KOE Accredited Journalist)