Ocean Racing world champion Cory Hill and Spain's European champion Julia Verges win the 15th edition of the Eurochallenge in Vila Joiosa

In the Downwind test, more than 250 paddlers from 15 nationalities sailed 22 kilometers to reach the port of Altea.

The Australian, current Ocean Racing World Champion, Cory Hill, and the Spanish European Champion, Julia Verges, have taken first place in the 15th edition of the Eurochallenge, the international sea kayak championship that he has organized the Nautical Club of La Vila Joiosa. In this 15th edition, more than 250 athletes from 15 nationalities have participated, including the best rowers in the world, such as Sara Mengual, runner-up in the world in SS2 at the Australian World Championship and Hector Henot, current champion of Europe, among others. The paddlers come from countries like France, United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, China, Canada and Argentina, among others.
 

With about 15 knots of wind in a southerly direction and more than 1 meter of waves, the paddlers headed to Altea with a 22 kilometer course, in which the best in the world imposed their leadership in a long and hard regatta in which the sea has not given rest. Taking the demarcation beacon from Vila Joiosa, they skirted the island of Benidorm, where they found the stern waves making it easier for the first swords to take distances over the rest. At the finish line in Altea, the current Australian Cory Hill, the current World Champion, arrived in first place, with a time of 1 hour and 27 minutes, Bernardo Pereira, European Under 23 champion, in second place and the South African Matthew in third place fenn For women, the first position went to the Spanish Judit Verges with a time of 1 hour 41 minutes, followed by Rosie Edwards from the United Kingdom, with the third position going to the several times champion of the Eurochallenge, Chloe Bunnett.
 

The awarding of trophies was attended by the mayor of Sports, Peyo Lloret, and the mayor of Tourism, Rosa Llorca, of the Vila Joiosa Town Council, the president of the Nautical Club of Vila Joiosa, Jose Antonio Chapa, the member of the Royal Spanish Canoeing Federation, María Ángeles Ripoll, the president of the Sea Kayak Committee of the Royal Spanish Canoeing Federation, Alejandro Agüera, and the president of the Valencian Canoeing Federation, Paloma belt