After the exciting final on Saturday October 12, the awards ceremony for the first edition of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup took place on Sunday. This women’s America’s Cup, like its men’s counterpart, took place in Barcelona, where the winning team took place. also received their well-deserved trophy on the afternoon of the 13th.
Italian sailors of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli They had their cup afterwards defeat the poll favorites: the British of the Athena-INEOS Route. Just eight seconds prevented the trophy designed by Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola from arriving in the United Kingdom.
The British won their second trophy amid smiles and cheers. “History has been made, but this must become the norm,” Hanna Diamond said as her team took the podium. For the sailor, this championship is only the beginning so that “we are all in the spotlight in sailing”.
For its part, the Spanish team BCN Sailing Team He took third place even though he was only three points from the final. The national sailors Silvia Mas, Neus Ballester, María Cantero and Paula Barceló – and Nicole Van der Velden as reserve -, with an average age of just over 26 years, showed a bright future in this women’s sailing competition for our country.
During the trophy presentation, the absolute champions took the stage with smiles that eclipsed the enthusiastic applause of the audience. The crew of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, according to those responsible for the match of the 37th Louis Vuitton America’s Cup, performed “a demonstration of calm and serenity”, and their efforts were rewarded with a “historic trophy”.
Commanded by Olympic veteran Giulia Conti, also a double world champion, the young quadruple world champion Margherita Porro (25 years old), María Guibilei and Giulia Fava demonstrated a coordination that experts describe as “impeccable” in their maneuvers.
The handing over of the cup is reminiscent of the words of one of the Italian teammates, Giubilei, after the victory: “I don’t know how to describe what I feel. I’m super happy and proud of the team, it’s a wonderful feeling. I’m not sure we can figure it out yet. Maybe in the next few days we will understand that what we did is something really important and how important it is for girls around the world. “I hope it inspires people to follow their dreams and live the life they want.”
This Puig Women’s America’s Cup, the first sailing competition of this type in which exclusively women participate, was a championship of firsts. As Giubilei explained after her team’s victory, this first women’s edition of the famous regatta could be the first step for women to sail aboard the AC75s in future editions of the America’s Cup.
“I think it would be good, especially because one day I want to go aboard Luna Rossa,” the sailor said. And he added: “It would be great for women if, at some point, there wasn’t a regatta just for usbut rather that we were mixed with the rest of the sailors.”
