iQFOiL Youth & Junior Worldwide Video games at Torbole, Lake Garda – Day 4
by iQFOiL Class Affiliation 8 Could 01:41 PDT
4-9 Could 2026
Storms interrupt racing after temporary return of the Ora as solely the U19 Males full one Upwind Dash
After a powerful opening day and two consecutive days with out racing as a consequence of unsettled climate and the absence of the traditional thermal breeze Ora, the will to get again on the water in Torbole was extraordinarily excessive. The iQFOiL Worldwide Video games Youth & Junior, organized by Circolo Surf Torbole on behalf of the Italian Crusing Federation with the iQFOiL Youth & Junior Class, lastly resumed, even when solely partially, in one other weather-affected day.
The Ora crammed in calmly from the morning, and the Race Committee launched racing as quickly because the wind reached the minimal threshold, sending the U19 Males on the water for Upwind Slalom races. Nevertheless, the day got here to an early cease. A thunderstorm to the northwest of Torbole, within the mountains, shut down the wind and introduced rain over the racecourse, interrupting the schedule after three U19 Males’s heats, which have been thankfully accomplished.
Throughout the afternoon, the fleet waited till late within the hope that, with the return of sunshine, the breeze would rebuild. Nevertheless, the almost 200 sailors from 21 nations, along with their coaches, remained ashore because the wind by no means was robust sufficient to renew racing. It has been a difficult week thus far for the iQFOiL Youth & Junior Worldwide Video games, with significantly unstable climate. After the standstill on Days 2 and three, right this moment’s partial restart nonetheless delivered some spectacular moments, with the dramatic backdrop of the Ponale cliffs, the lake shifting colours earlier than and after the storms, and foils able to take off at any time when the wind allowed.
With 5 races now accomplished, the U19 Males’s provisional standings are led by Gustaw Trybek (POL), regardless of an OCS disqualification right this moment. Trybek maintains a 2.67-point lead over France’s Titouan Dizet, who sits second general. Dizet holds a slender 1.33-point benefit over the Netherlands’ Finn Brüll, winner of right this moment’s race and third general, who in flip leads France’s Louan Gouault by two factors. In fifth the Israeli Kfir Nov, after which two Italians Lorenzo Maroadi, who completed third in right this moment’s race, and Luca Pacchiotti is seventh general and the highest U17 sailor within the fleet, with a fifth place in right this moment’s race, in eight is Idan Lichtenstein (ISR) and in ninth Marius Polo (FRA), whereas Davide Scarlata from Circolo Surf Torbole, sits in tenth place.
With no further races accomplished, the standings stay unchanged within the U19 Girls, U17 Males, and U17 Girls fleets.
Within the U19 Girls, after 4 races, Salomé Simon (FRA) leads with a 3-point margin over compatriot Garance Chatelier-Daisay (FRA) in second. Chatelier-Daisay holds an additional 3-point benefit over Italy’s Vittoria Marconi, who sits third. In fourth Alba Klein (ISR), then Pauline Hermitant (FRA) and Sophie Clark (GBR). Then Italy’s Marta Valente in seventh and Ginevra Giunti in eighth. To shut the highest 10, two French athletes, Eleonore Lambeaux and Pauline Lebec.
Within the U17 Ladies, with three races accomplished, the standings stay very tight on the high. Michelle Urzykowski (POL) leads forward of compatriot Kalina Szostek (POL) on equal factors, separated solely by countback. Anna Jannieke Korevaar (NED) sits third, only one level forward of Italy’s Elisa Bruno in fourth. Elettra Fulgenzi is fifth, Marta Gajdzinska (POL) sixth, Mies Dijksterhuis in seventh. Two different Polish athletes are are eight and ninth, Martinique Suchocka and Martyna Figura, with Sum Yee Cheung from Honk Kong closing the highest 10.
