Stamm Leads After Second Leg of Sailing Race
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Swiss yachtsman Bernard Stamm arrived in Norfolk nearly 3,000 nautical miles ahead of the next-closest competitor.
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It was strictly Mission Survival through the swirling snow on the second run of the NorAm finale yesterday, a slalom course set up for speed over the hard-packed snow.
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EARLY race leader Skandia has fallen well off the pace in the final stretch of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The Victorian yacht has dropped to third place, 17 miles behind leader Konica Minolta as the super maxis move down the Tasmanian north coast.
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Gil Morgan held steady in the whipping wind, shooting an even-par 72 on Saturday to maintain a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Turtle Bay Championship.
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Michael Rasmussen of Denmark won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday to take the overall lead after a second day of grueling climbs in the Alps.
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Shirley Robertson's Yngling crew win gold while Britain clinch two other sailing medals.
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Drama hit the Sydney-Hobart race on the second night when the two leading boats were badly damaged in storm-force winds off the Tasmanian coast.
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Defending line honours champion Skandia has stolen an early lead, after the 60th anniversary edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race got away to the perfect start under a clear sky.
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Nicorette won the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race to give Finnish-born skipper Ludde Ingvall his second victory in four years. Nicorette, a 90-footer, crossed the line
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com staff writers. Defending World Rally champion Petter Solberg extended his early lead from day one on the second leg to a margin of over one minute ahead of the current points leader Sebastien Loeb.
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The winner, Werner Franz of Austria, was second out of the starting gate, and did not suffer from the biting cold and harsh wind faced by the later runners.
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Tom Boonen of Belgium sprinted to his second stage victory in this year's Tour de France in the 12th leg yesterday, when Michael Rasmussen retained his overall lead despite being kicked off the Danish national team for violating drug-testing rules.
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Jeff Brehaut shot an 11-under 61 Friday and took a two-stroke lead halfway through the PGA Tour's final qualifying tournament.
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etter Solberg and Phil Mills (Subaru Impreza WRC) continued to stamp their authority finishing the second leg of the Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia, the Italian round of the FIA World Rally Championship, in top position.
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Injured captain is winched to safety at the second attempt as stricken ship rolls in gale-force winds
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Ludde Ingvall claimed his second Sydney-Hobart title when his new 27 metre (90 feet) boat coasted across the finish line under spinnaker in the southern island state of Tasmania just before dawn to win in a time of two days 16 hours 00 minutes and 44
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American Lindsey Vonn moved to the top of the World Cup overall standings by winning her second straight race, a super-combined yesterday in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria.