Poland’s vice-world champion has set his sights on an Olympic medal. The winds have started, and there are traces of

Compete with Przemyslaw MiarczynskiToday, the national team coach, later with Paul MishkaBut it was the older competitors who went to the Olympics. Miarczyński from London brought home the bronze medal, and Myszka was a small step away from the medal twice. Already in the RS: X category, Tarnowski competed with them on an equal footing, in 2015 he even became the European champion, and a year later he won the bronze medal.

The problem is that a country can only send one athlete to the Olympics. Now the 30-year-old from Tricity has his chance, and what’s more, he’s adapted perfectly to the iQFoil class, which has replaced the RS:X class in Olympic competition.

Tarnowski is a world-class chipmaker, In early February he became vice-world champion. – Behind this medal there is hard work and the character of a warrior, which I had to show – he said then. And he confirmed his level at the World Cup in Mallorca. Because all the best in the world comes to the Princess Sofia Cup, and he was the first.

And let’s stress here – Tarnowski loves it when it’s windy. And the iQFoil without the right wind is pointless. There was a big problem with the weather in Marseille.

The first four races were scheduled for Sunday, the next four on Monday. One of them was played yesterday, although it didn’t make sense at all. To talk about normal competition, the border travelers need winds of at least 9-10 knots, and at that time it was 8-9 knots. Some took risks, last year’s world champion Luke van Opzeland He was even disqualified for a very fast start, and the Pole finished 12th. The results were absolutely crazy and did not reflect the skills of the specialists in this class.

But today everything changed, and the ladies and gentlemen had to work hard. After five races, we can finally say that things are back to normal.

Tarnowski is second in the general classification, today he finished third, sixth, second, ninth and second, which is a very good level, especially since no one here is flawless. Van Opzeeland also swam great, winning two races just before the pole, but he has already exhausted his margin for error. Let’s remember that the worst result does not count in the general classification, for the Dutchman it is the one from Monday. Just like Tarnowski. He has already discovered this Nicolo Reina, The current world champion who failed to finish twice today. In the rest, he was always in the top five, hence his high status.

Thus, the Polish team occupies second place, three points behind Van Opzeeland and one point ahead of them. Tom Ruffini From Israel. After all the races, the leader will advance directly to the three-person final and receive an Olympic medal. The second and third place teams advance to the semi-finals, while the teams from 4th to 10th place advance to the quarter-finals.

Reaching the quarter-finals, including the fight for two semi-final places, seems to be the goal today. Maja Dziarnowska. Polish specialist iQFoil swam well today, despite the lack of flash. But she was unlucky too – in the third race she was in fifth place when her board fell into the water and stopped. The rivals took advantage of this immediately, and the SKŻ Sopot athlete lost a minute and fell at the end of the group.

There have been five races here, and seven in total. Dziarnowska is eighth behind them with 55 points. However, the differences in the classification here are small, and a good or bad start can change a lot.

Upcoming races – Wednesday.