Enrico Marotti 3rd – PWA Fuerte Slalom ‘24

Enrico Marotti CRO-401:
For Enrico, the event was over before it even started: a month earlier he had broken his wrist and the doctor’s diagnosis was that he would not be able to do any sport for a while and would have to wear a cast. But Enrico did not want to give up and continued sailing with the cast and pain. He realized that foiling was not as hard on the wrist as the too painful fin slalom. In the time before the event, he adapted his plans and decided to compete exclusively in foil slalom and forego the fin slalom.

On Fuerte, the first elimination started with a huge disappointment: starting too early led to the worst possible ranking.

But from then on, everything changed: Enrico finished the second elimination in 2nd place – a real confidence boost, because in every subsequent elimination CRO-401 made it to the final! This of course came with many wins in the earlier qualifying heats…

This is what the Croatian had to say:

“The PWA world cup on Fuerteventura –as always– was really challenging event. I am happy how I performed in those hard conditions and how everything turned out. I started event with a disqualification in first elimination due to early start. Despite this setback I was still fighting for the event victory until the very last race – which is pleasing to hear.

In the end, this third place is something I am happy with because it was just over a month ago that I broke my hand…..

Now, I am looking forward to the next race!”