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IWSA_2025_FormulaWingWorldChampionships_CagliariSardinia_News.mp4 – Direct download* HERE.
00:00 – 00:24: Opener / Eyecatcher / Background
4-5 eye sports action eye catcher shots of the races during the week
slow-motion, drone, simply most amazing sport pictures à the first seconds often decide if a journalist continues watching and if the footage gets used name the event, explain the format (why, what)
00:25 – 00:44: Introduction / Location
3-4 establisher shots of different cameras and angles (Go Pro, drone, etc)/ general views: venue, mountain surrounding, weather, wind etc, 1-2 beauty shots typical for the region / stereotypes / village / empty beaches, flag of host country
mention where the event takes place and what athletes can expect at this event in terms of conditions, winds, etc.(where)
00:45 – 03:17: Opening Series / Story of the week
The world’s top wingfoil racers have been building up towards the most important event of the season, the first ever Formula Wing World Championships. Taking place in Cagliari in the south of Sardinia, the Worlds has attracted 93 riders from 22 different nations.
The event starts with a bang. Four long-distance races will take the riders to their physical limits, and the high-speed rabbit start generates a massive rush of adrenalin.
At the end of the four long-distance races, last year’s Wingfoil Racing World Cup champion Mathis Ghio leads the standings with Alessandro Tomasi from Italy not far behind in second overall.
Big surprise package of the first day was a complete newcomer to wingfoil competition, Grae Morris from Australia. An Olympic silver medallist from the windsurfing event at Paris 2024, Morris says he’s come to compete in the Formula Wing Worlds as a bit of a holiday from his iqfoil racing.
In the women’s competition Maddalena Spanu won three out of the four long distance races, establishing an early lead in the competition ahead of France’s Vaina Picot.
Day two marked the start of the short-course racing, with five heats completed during a breezy afternoon. One of the top performers of the season, Kamil Manowiecki has been off his game. At the end of a difficult day he found himself down in 10th place overall, a long way behind the leader Mathis Ghio.
Meanwhile in the women, Maddalena Spanu extended her advantage over Picot and Karolina Kluszczynska from Poland in third.
Day three brought strong southerly breeze gusting over 22 knots, with big rolling waves. With the top 20 men’s riders now moving into Gold Fleet, the racing was even more intense. At last Manowiecki rediscovered his usual form, the Pole winning the day and rising from 10th to 3rd overall.
Spanu was unhappy with her mistakes on the women’s race course. Three other girls found an extra gear, with Kluszczynska, Picot and Greece’s Amelia Kosti closing in on the Italian leader.
Day 4 was a roller coaster, with six chaotic races for the men. Somehow Ghio rose above the confusion to score some solid results and claim the yellow jersey for the final day. He’s joined in the men’s final by Francesco Cappuzzo who battled his way into the blue jersey ahead of Alessandro Tomasi.
Vaina Picot sailed brilliantly in the late afternoon session, the French rider doing just enough to guarantee her place in the women’s final alongside Spanu.
03:18 – 03:31: Golden Ticket and Medal Series up to before Grand Final
On the final day of racing, thanks to the ground-breaking format of the Golden Ticket long distance race and the knockout rounds of the Medal Series, anyone could still win in Sardinia, but from the start the final day did not look promising. In very light winds it was hard for the riders to keep their boards foiling and once they splashed back down, it was hard to get going again.
The long distance Golden Ticket Race and some of the knockout rounds had to be cancelled as the clock ran down and time was running out.
The finals started in light breeze before the wind completely faded. Would the yellow bib wearers Maddalena Spanu and Mathis Ghio, win by default?
But then the breeze turned 180 degrees and a Mistral roared in. Now was the chance to get racing, although the 5 o’clock cutoff was fast approaching.
03:32 – 04:35: Final Medal Race summary women
After Aimilia Kosti’s easy victory in the lighter winds of the first women’s final race, it was a very even start for all four riders out of the start of Women’s Final Race 2. Maddalena Spanu struggled to accelerate out of the line and the Italian soon tacked away from her three rivals who carried on out to the left-hand corner. Around the first turning mark, Vaina Picot from France took the early lead.
Spanu took her chances by going the opposite way from the other three riders and the gamble paid off. The 18 year old foiled across the finish in the lead and becomes the first ever women’s Formula Wing World Champion. Silver went to Picot and bronze to Kosti.
04:36 – 04:50: Winner Ceremony women
10th Charlotte Baruzzi from Italy
9th Iset Segura Santaeularia from Spain
8th Katarzyna Trautman from Poland
7th Christina Chalupnikova from Czechia
6th Anais Mai Desjardins from France
5th Jette Koep from Germany
4th Karolina Kluszczynska from Poland
3rd Emilia Kosti from Greece
2nd Vaina Picot from France
1st Maddalena Maria Spanu from Italy
04:51 – 05:51: Final Medal Race summary men
With Sean Herbert taking victory in the first men’s final race in light winds, and then Italian rider Francesco Cappuzzo winning in the stronger wind later in the afternoon, Ghio was coming under pressure. With the 5pm cutoff just a few minutes away, if any of Cappuzzo, Ghio or Herbert won the final race, they would become world champion.
As it turned out, first man across the finish line was Alessandro Tomasi. Ghio crossed just behind in second. However Tomasi would soon find out he had been given a points penalty for hitting a mark earlier in the race. Ghio therefore became the race winner and finally it was over. The Frenchman had scrapped and fought his way to the world title. Cappuzzo took silver, Herbert the bronze.
05:52 – 06:07: Winner Ceremony men
10th Thomas Proust from France
9th Oscar Leclair from France
8th Ernesto De Amicis from Italy
7th Bastien Escofet from France
6th Grae Morris from Australia
5th Kamil Manowiecki from Poland
4th Alessandro Tomasi from Italy
3rd Sean Herbert from New Zealand
2nd Francesco Cappuzzo from Italy
1st Mathis Ghio from France
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