Leaders in Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race Retire With Damaged Boats
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Race leader Konica Minolta and defending champion Skandia retired from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race to leave Nicorette in front with 124 miles left.
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British rowing looks set to lose the services of two of its Olympic champions in the space of 24 hours. Today Matthew Pinsent, who has won four Olympic gold medals, is expected to announce his retirement.
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The British sailors Simon Hiscocks and Chris Draper have been forced to settle for bronze in the 49er class. The pair had been guaranteed a medal before the 16th race and started the day only two points behind
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A LEGEND will be fondly farewelled and another will gallop into history in today&#39;s $3 million Cox Plate. Record crowds are expected at Moonee Valley to watch the weight-for-age championship of Australasia.
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SUPER maxi rivals Konica Minolta and Skandia were staging another thrilling duel this morning as the Sydney to Hobart yacht fleet encountered tougher conditions.
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SUPER maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait yesterday as thunderstorms and 35-knot headwinds slowed their pace and reduced the Sydney-to-Hobart fleet to fewer than 100 yachts.
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One of the America&#39;s Cup sailing&#39;s most respected figures, designer Tom Schnackenberg, is leaving Team New Zealand after a reorganization, the syndicate said Thursday.
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SUPER maxi yacht Skandia was forced to retire from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race early this morning. Skandia sent out a radio distress call at 1.56am seeking assistance.
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SYDNEY: New Zealand super maxi Konica Minolta held a slender lead over Australian rival Skandia in the 60th Sydney-Hobart yesterday as rough weather slammed into the fleet and forced 17 boats to retire.
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Race leaders Konica Minolta from New Zealand and Australia&#39;s Skandia are this morning sailing towards Bass Strait in their extraordinary repeat boat-for-boat duel for line honours in the 60th anniversary Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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British skipper Alex Thomson was set to be rescued from his capsized yacht early Friday by a rival sailor in a solo round-the-world yacht race.
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HOBART, Tasmania Nicorette survived high winds and heavy seas that knocked out the two favored entries to win the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race on Wednesday.
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Noah Ngeny, who upset Hicham El Guerrouj to win the 1,500-meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, retired because of recurring back and pelvis problems from 2001 car accident in Kenya.
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PARIS Despite its revelation that it has fired Tyler Hamilton, its leader and the winner of a disputed gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens, the Phonak team lost its appeal to be included in bicycle racing&#39;s reorganized structure, officials announced
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Ludde Ingvall and his crew on Nicorette have claimed the early honours by being the first boat out of the heads on Sydney Harbour in the race to Hobart on Sunday.
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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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RIVAL super maxis Konica Minolta and Skandia jousted across Bass Strait yesterday as thunderstorms and 35-knot headwinds slowed their pace and swelled the number of yachts to retire from the Sydney to Hobart to 30.