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Images from Qingdao- RS-X Mens Medal Race

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World on 20 Aug 2008
An exhausted Tom Ashley after winning the Gold medal in the RS:X Mens Event. Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Images from the RS:X Mens Medal Race raced this afternoon in Qingdao, with the Gold medal won by Tom Ashley (NZL with Julien Bontemps (FRA) taking the Silver and Shahar Zubari (ISR) the Bronze
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