A week brimming with events, exchanges, races, successes and setbacks, triumphs and disappointments at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge reached a peak on the final day with an endurance challenge and speed duels – more than enough to push the 32 teams in all three classes to the limits of their sporting and intellectual resources one more time.
There to see them on 10th July were HSH Prince Albert II with his distinguished guest, the explorer Mike Horn, coming both to support participants and find out more about all the innovations presented during the week, on the sea and ashore in the exhibitors’ village.
The Open Sea Class faced their toughest endurance test yet, as they had to prove, by racking up laps on a circa three nautical mile course, their capacity to go the distance, as far and as long as possible throughout the day. Hynova pulled off the best performance, almost equal on points with the Candela team, the Tenderworks team having been disqualified for breaking the rules despite their excellent result with 20 laps completed, the equivalent of a return trip to Cannes.
For those in the Energy and Solar classes, the morning was spent on a spectacular timed with elimination slalom event. No surprise to see Sunflare Solar Team triumph ahead of the Swiss students from Lausanne’s EPLV on their foiling Swiss Solar Boat, and the Dutch students on HAN Solar Boat. In the Energy Class, the Italians with their Uniboat dominated as they had done all week, to consolidate their position ahead of the Monegasque E-Racing Team and the students from Capgemini Engineering.
The afternoon was dedicated to the ‘Championship Race’, as the eight fastest boats in the qualifying heats on Thursday went head to head in the quarter, semi and finals inside the marina. This comprised spectacular duels on an inner loop-outer loop course that delighted both participants and the crowds gathered to watch on Quai Louis II. In the Solar Class, Sunflare again showed its superiority, beating the Lausanne EPLV Swiss team’s prao with the best of three races. In the Energy Boat Class, the Bologna University students consolidated their success, their hydrogen prototype winning the final ahead of the Monegasque E-Racing Team.
At the end of this final super intense day, all participants were invited to attend the prize-giving where several prizes were up for grabs, both for results at sea in each Class, awarded by Race Director, and for the presentations on land during the daily Tech Talks, as well as those of the exhibitors by an International Jury of experts chaired by Jérémie Lagarrigue, CEO of EODev. In all,there was a total of 10 awards.
Text by the Yacht Club de Monaco
Month: July 2021
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Monaco Art Week highlights two creative talents
Gallerists Daniel Boeri and Magdalena Gabriel are hosting a cocktail reception during Monaco Art Week to celebrate the works of Bolivian artist Sonia Falcone and French artist Pierre Bonnefille.
Monaco Art Week is sure to be filled with amazing art works and even more amazing events. One such event is the Daniel Boeri and Magdalena Gabriel cocktail party and exhibition being put on in honour of two artists with unique and very different styles.
The first artist showcased is Bolivian-born Sonia Falcone and her work called Royal Love. The creation was made using a plant found in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest that has been transformed into a golden sculpture on a striking black base.
According to Gabriel, “The visually-spectacular piece reminds us that nature’s beauty, creativity and vitality will always match and inspire the creations of man, and that some of the most precious gifts we receive can emerge from the earth itself.”
Falcone, a former Miss Bolivia International winner, is also an avid activist who incorporates her social awareness into her art. Her work has been exhibited in London, New York, Boston, Miami, Washington, Dublin, Moscow, Venice, Phoenix, Monterrey, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Bogota, Cabo San Lucas, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Beijing and now Monaco.
Her counterpart in the event is French Artist Pierre Bonnefille, whose use of carbons, mineral powders, lava, marble and other raw materials mixed with metallics and natural pigments in his work give the illusion of unctuous materials with fluid surfaces, changing with every movement of light.
Bonnefille grew up in Saint-Quentin, on France’s wild northwest Bretagne coast. His exhibit is called Cortexand it is inspired by shells and beetles that the artist studied in detail before creating a dozen unique boxes.
The boxes represent beetle shells, encasing precious objects inside with beautiful, fluid colours and textures on the outside.
“I want to keep specific visions in mind, I try to capture them and recreate them in my studio,” he says. “Through every creation, I look for a particular vibration of the materials.”
The cocktail reception will be held on Tuesday 13th July at Daniel Boeri and Magdalena Gabriel from 5:30pm to 8pm. The exhibition will be viewable daily from 13th to 18th July, from 3pm to 9pm or by appointment at the gallery.
Top photo: Sonia Falcone, Royal Love.
World leads set at Herculis EBS
It was an exciting day in athletics as Kenyan world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, Botswana’s Nijel Amos and Ethiopina Lamecha Girma all set world lead times at the Herculis Diamond League at Stade Louis II, whilst Faith Kipyegon from Kenya set the world lead for the ladies in the 1,500m.
Friday saw some amazing track and field action at the Herculis Diamond League event, giving fans a taste of what to expect in Toyko in the coming weeks at the Olympic Games.
Reigning world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, who is currently not eligible to race for his country in the Olympics, won the 1,500m with a time of 3:28.28, shaving a minuscule amount off his personal best time of 3:28.41. Spain’s Mohamed Katir and Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway rounded out the podium.
“Today’s race was good and I won it for the third time,” he said in an interview with Athletics Weekly. “I missed competition a lot after spending a lot of time in Kenya where I had a few issues like my hamstring injury and after also losing a relative in my family on the day of the Kenyan trials, explaining why I missed out on making the team. Hopefully that will be the deciding performance to make the team for Tokyo. My hope now is to be in another Olympics, that is where my mindset is and I will be very happy if I achieve that.”
The men’s 800m saw another world lead by Nijel Amos from Botswana, who was the silver medal winner in the London Olympic Games in 2012, with a time of 1:42.91. Emmaunuel Kipkurui Korir from Kenya placed second and Marco Arop took third.
The 400m men’s hurdles was won by Norwegian Karsten Warholm, with the silver and bronze going to Alison Dos Santos from Brazil and Rasmus Mägi from Estonia respectively.
The 3,000m Steeplechase saw Ethiopian Lamecha Girma place first with a time of 8:07.75 followed by Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot and France’s Djilali Bedrani.
The 100m sprint went to American Ronnie Baker with a zippy time of 9.91. Russian Akani Simbine was close behind in second, and third place went to Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs.
The high jump winner for men was Russian Mikhail Akimenko going 2.32 metres, and the long jump went to Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou who leapt 8.24 metres.
The women’s 1,500m was dominated by Faith Kipyegon from Kenya who has a world lead time of 3:51.07, followed by Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands and Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu in third.
The 800m event saw Brit Laura Muir take the top spot, with compatriot Jemma Reekie taking silver and American Kate Grace getting the bronze.
The 200m women’s event was won by the Bahama’s Shaunae Miller-Uibo, followed by Côte Ivoirian Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Frasier-Price.
The 3,000m steeplechase found a winner in Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng. Fellow country woman Beatrice Chepkoech came second and Bahraini Winifred Yavi was third.
The top spot in pole vaulting went to American Katie Nageotte, with second and third going to Russian Anzhelika Sidorova and Greek Katerina Stefanidi.
Women’s triple jump saw Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts come out on top, with Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas in second and Patricia Mamona from Portugal in third.
Finally, the javelin throw was won by Czech Barbora Špotáková, with Poland’s Maria Andrejczyk taking silver and German Christin Hussong taking the bronze.
Photo of Timothy Cheruiyot, source: Diamond League
Monaco ramps up Zero Butts campaign
Fintech KeeSystem announces merger
Monegasque company Fintech KeeSystem, which specialises in digital tools dedicated to wealth management for independent companies and family offices around the world, is extending its shareholding with Ebene, the Luxembourg-based holding company of the Dalmaz family.
Photo of KeeSystem Chairman and Founder Pierre-Alexandre Rousselot