Barcelona World Race - Skippers face the media

8:42 PM Wed 29 Dec 2010 GMT

Barcelona World Race - With less than 48 hours before the start of the second edition of the Barcelona World Race, it was time for 27 of the 28 skippers representing the 14 teams to meet the media in a packed main Moll Barcelona World Race Expo this afternoon. The one missing skipper, Hugo Boss? Alex Thomson (GBR), it was later revealed was undergoing emergency surgery to remove his appendix. While tough decisions will need to be taken about Thomson?s participation or not, the other skippers took time out from their final check-lists, commitments and efforts to find time to ...

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