2010 IFDS World Championship - Australian crew maintains third

2:25 AM Wed 14 Jul 2010 GMT

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2010 IFDS World Championship - The Australian Sailing Team's Skud 18 crew of Daniel Fitzgibbon and Rachael Cox has consolidated their third position on day five of the 2010 IFDS World Championship in The Netherlands. Fitzgibbon and Cox finished with two third positions to move within seven points of second overall and are just 10 points off the leaders from Great Britain. 'Today's two races were good, we were pretty consistent with two third place finishes,' said Fitzgibbon. 'The first race was a solid result, especially in variable conditions with a lot of crews moving up and down the ladder ...

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