Jordi Zimmer and Nora Brugman, in the fight for medals: “it was our best da”
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JOrde Zimmer and Nora Brugman return to the coronation sites in Marseille. In the The third day of the 470 mixed, A category including the reigning world and European champion, the Catalan duo They placed sixth in the first boat race and third in the second, two segments that place them second overall With a difference of only 5 points from the Austrians Lara fadlau and Lukas Mahr, the new leaders of the class. The Japanese Keijo Okada and Miho Yoshioka, the regulars of MS so far today, punctured with 14 and 12.
“Tournaments are built one by one, brick by brick. We are glad that there is half of the tournament left. We have to stay focused on doing our job,” Piper admitted upon arrival on the ground.
With an ace up their sleeve: they keep ignoring
The Spanish are the only ship of the 19 that make up the fleet that has not yet used the dump pile. In the candle the worst result can be excluded. They prefer to keep this comfortable until the second part of the tournament. There are four races left before the medal race and they hide that ace up their sleeve. At the moment they prefer not to even look at the points that separate them from their competitors. They are 5 behind the Austrians and one ahead of the Japanese, who are in third place overall.
Our plan is to keep ignoring until the end
Jordi Zimmer, world and European Championships 470
“Our strategy is long-term. And on the last day we will look at what situation we got. Our plan is to keep getting rid. It is very important to keep this discard until the end. It can be stressful. But we have to be patient and wait for the fruits of our labor”.
Brugman, making his debut in his first matches, was very pleased with how things were going. “We are very pleased with the speed, start, technique and strategy. We are fulfilling our business plan”.
The couple came out of Complex conditions They met in the Bay of Marseille, with a wind of 12-15 knots. Today was a day when it was very easy to make mistakes in the water, as it happened to the Japanese. “It was our best in the championship, especially compared to our rivals,”admitted Zammar.
