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Formula Foil World Championships on Lake GardaElia Colombo and Helle Oppedal win World Championship title

Tobias Frauen

 · 22.06.2023

63 starters took part in the Formula Foil World Championship on Lake Garda
Photo: Elena Giolai/Circolo Surf Torbole
The Formula Foil World Championship came to an end yesterday on Lake Garda. Elia Combo from Switzerland and Helle Oppedal from Norway took the titles, with Robert Bircheneder being the best German. Due to a new rule, many iQFoilers were also at the start.

The Formula Foil World Championship returned to the Circolo Surf Torbole on Lake Garda, where it was held last year. 25 races were held over the five days of the event, with a total of 63 starters from 14 countries, including one participant from Argentina. Several juniors born in 2010 were the youngest to start, while the oldest participant was Hugo Stamm from Switzerland, born in 1949.

The Swiss rider Elia Colombo was right at the front from the start and did not let himself be displaced from the top spot until the end. He is riding on Patrik equipment, which has already performed excellently in the World Cup this year. He was followed by Jacopo Renna, the owner of Circolo Surf Torbole and the quasi host of the World Cup. Tomasz Romanowski from Poland came third. The two German starters Robert Bircheneder and Max Winkler came 28th and 33rd.

Oppedal sisters lead the women's rankings

Five women also took part in the World Championships, with sisters Helle and Tura Oppedal from Norway leading the way. Helle Oppedal, who is also battling for a starting place for the Olympics on the iQFoil, left the majority of the men's field behind her in the overall standings and finished in 12th place.

A new feature of the Formula Foil is the "Foil Race 1" classification, in which only one set may be registered. This also makes the regatta interesting for many iQFoilers, whose 95-centimetre-wide boards otherwise have disadvantages compared to the ten-centimetre-wide boards that are permitted in Formula Foil, as well as the larger selection of foil components. For 2024, the maximum width for newly registered boards will then be completely reduced to 95 centimetres.

Results Formula Foil World Championship 2023

Gents

  1. Elia Colombo
  2. Jacopo Renna
  3. Tomasz Romanowski
  4. Karel Lavicky
  5. Robert Kubin
  6. Martinez del Cerro Fernando
  7. Jacopo Gavioli
  8. Miguel Martinho
  9. Pawel Dittrich
  10. Justas Katkus

Ladies

  1. Helle Oppedal
  2. Tura Oppedal
  3. Aleksandra Wasiewicz
  4. Medea Falcioni
  5. Anna Polettini

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Tobias Frauen

Tobi is our digital man, he looks after the surf website and social media channels and gets on everyone's nerves every morning by asking for more pictures and videos. His surfing CV includes all the famous choppy water spots: As a teenager, he went from his home in Münsterland to the Ijsselmeer or the Brouwersdam, and during his civilian service on Sylt, after countless washes on the west side, the Königshafen became his preferred spot. After studying in Kiel and Heidkate, he was supposed to go to Hamburg “only for a short time”, but this short time has lasted for over ten years and has made him a “weekend warrior”. He goes on tour with his family and camper van as often as possible, often to the Baltic Sea, SPO or Denmark, but also likes to go to Finland, Sweden or Sardinia.

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