King Emeritus Juan Carlos I received this Sunday in Sanxenxo (Pontevedra) the first gold medal awarded by the Royal Galician Sailing Federation. The delivery of this distinction It was the surprise of the ceremony awards ceremony of the IX Rey Juan Carlos–El Corte Inglés Master Regatta, where the emeritus was received with applause. This is the first public appearance of the Emeritus King since the publication of his photographs kissing Bárbara Rey.
Before the ceremony, it was kept a minute of silence for the Sanxenxo couple who lost their lives this Saturday in a road accident in the city of Pontevedra. The king, like the rest of the participants, respected these 60 seconds standing, in front of the high chair on which he leaned during the event. However, the king did not want to make any statement to the press during the celebration of the event, at a time when he is, once again, involved in a controversy over his images with Bárbara Rey.
Then, the president of the Galician Sailing Federation, Manuel Villaverde, took charge of presenting the gold medal to Juan Carlos I, a distinction that was granted to the former head of state for having been “athlete, promoter and ambassador of sport around the world” and for also having sailed under the banner of a Galician club like Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo.
The 6 meter was rewarded
The event took place in the presence of the Regional Minister of the Sea, Alfonso Villares, after participating in the Xunta retreat this weekend in Sober (Lugo); the president of the Provincial Delegation of Pontevedra, Luis López; the Secretary General of Sports, José Ramón Lete Lasa, and the Mayor of Sanxenxo, Telmo Marín, as well as representatives of the sponsors of the regatta, El Corte Inglés and Abanca.
The “Bribon”, which had King Juan Carlos on board on Saturday, was awarded the regatta in the 6-meter class, in which, starting this Monday, it will try to maintain the European championship on the same regatta course. The two third places obtained by the boat Náutico de Sanxenxo, The second and last day of competition, They were enough to win the regatta with a six-point lead over second place, the Finnish ‘Astree III’, from Oissi Paija.
The podium was completed by “Aida” by Javier de la Gándara. In the Open category, the ‘Stella’ of Violeta Álvarez, from Náutico de Sanxenxo, managed to secure victory with a fourth and a second place this Saturday, to finish five points ahead of the Greek ‘Aera’ of Fotis Lykiardopulo, of the R. Yacht Squadron. This Sunday, Mirfak, from the Ferrol Naval Regatta Commission, certified his victory in ORC 0-1-2 and Travesio, from Sanxenxo, in ORC 3-4.
