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Stars Worlds 2010: Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson take gold in Brazil
By Lynn Fitzpatrick,
10:18 AM Fri 22 Jan 2010
Iain Percy and Andrew 'Bart' Simpson (GBR) are crowned the 2010 Star World Champions. The reigning Olympic Gold Medalists continue to add treasures to war chests. Percy’s sterling collection of championship titles includes the 2002 Star World Championship and an Olympic Gold Medal in the Finn in 2000 ...
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Andrew Campbell - Tough couple of races
By Andrew Campbell,
9:44 PM Wed 20 Jan 2010
Andrew Campbell reports from the Star World Championship. I struggled getting off the line cleanly the last couple of days here in Rio. Yesterday was a very light air slugfest. Tomorrow will bring the throwout into the scores and mix things up a bit. ...
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Star Worlds 2010: Another Gold within reach for Percy/Simpson?
By Lynn Fitzpatrick,
10:06 AM Wed 20 Jan 2010
Iain Percy and Andrew “Bart” Simpson continued to dominate the 2010 Star World Championship.With today’s first place finish the 2008 Olympic Gold Medalists stretched their lead to 19 points over 1989 Star World Champion, Alan Adler and Guilherme Alemeida (BRA) by winning Race 4 ...
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2010 Star Championship - Percy and Simpson take lead
By Lynn Fitzpatrick - WorldRegattas,
11:57 AM Tue 19 Jan 2010
2010 Star Championship - Percy/Simpson made good on yesterday’s promise to perform better today. With their second place finish, Percy/Simpson move to the top of the leaderboard. ...
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2010 Star World Championship - British sailors take the lead
By ZDL - João Pedro Nunes,
10:57 AM Tue 19 Jan 2010
French team Xavier Rohart and Pierre Alexis Ponsot won the Transpreto Regatta on the third day of the Star World Championship. British sailors Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, the reigning Olympic champions, are the new leaders in the competition. ...
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Star Worlds - Marazzi and De Maria win Race 2
By Lynn Fitzpatrick - WorldRegattas,
2:00 PM Mon 18 Jan 2010
Flavio Marazzi and Enrico de Maria (SUI) are a step closer to their dream after winning Race 2 of the 2010 Star World Championship. ...
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Star World Championship 2010: First race to young Germans
By Lynn Fitzpatrick - WorldRegattas,
12:02 PM Sun 17 Jan 2010
Johannes Babendererde and Timo Jacobs (GER) won Race 1 of the 2010 Star World Championship, a tricky race around Rio de Janeiro’s harbor. ...
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Star Worlds: Brun and Kunze win Taca Darke de Mattos - Practice Race
By Lynn Fitzpatrick,
12:32 PM Sat 16 Jan 2010
Gastao Brun and Gustavo Kunze (BRA) won the Practice Race of the 2010 Star World Championship. More importantly, they won the Taca Darke de Mattos, the longest running sailing regatta in South America. ...
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Star Worlds 2010 - Top Star sailors expect a tough competition
By ZDL - João Pedro Nunes,
12:49 PM Fri 15 Jan 2010
That was the general consensus of top Star sailors, such as current world champions George Szabo and Rick Peters (USA) , reigning Olympic champion Iain Percy (UK) and Brazilian sailors Marcelo Ferreira, two-time Olympic and World Champion, Alan Adler, first South-American Star World Champion in 1989, and Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada, world champions and Olympic silver medalists. ...
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Star Worlds, Brazil: Practice race is anything but practice
By ZDL - João Pedro Nunes,
10:42 AM Thu 14 Jan 2010
The 81 teams entered in the Star World Championship Race will have a first class training opportunity this Friday. The teams will compete in the 66th Darke de Mattos Regatta, the oldest Star sailing race of the country. This special promotional course will start in front of the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro and takes the boats out to Copacabana beach and back to the club in Urca ...
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Star Worlds - Star champs Szabo and Peters want light winds
By ZDL - João Pedro Nunes,
10:15 AM Thu 14 Jan 2010
US team George Szabo and Rick Peters, current Star World Champions, are one of the attractions of this upcoming Star World Championship. The event's first race will take place this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay. The two sailors from San Diego, California, are hoping for light winds so they can repeat last year’s feat, when they won their first gold medal in Varberg, Sweden. ...
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