470 World Championship - Belcher and Page leave the competition behind



1:10 PM Sun 18 Jul 2010 GMT
'Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page on the water in Holland' Victor Kovalenko Click Here to view large photo
470 World Championship in The Netherlands is currently underway and the Australian Sailing Team's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have one hand on the trophy, needing only to sail a clean race in Sunday's final medal race to take the title. The Australians sailed exceptionally well in the difficult conditions to open up a 20 point lead over Greece's Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kagialis after finishing the day with a 14th, a race win and a second position. 'We're very happy with the result and now we can go out and enjoy tomorrow's medal race,' said Belcher. 'There's still racing ...


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by Craig Heydon




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