Laser World Championships - Slingsby extends; heads into final phase

7:44 PM Thu 2 Sep 2010 GMT

'Tom Slingsby, AUS- Laser World Championships' Paul Wyeth / RYA

Laser World Championships - Overall leader Tom Slingsby carries forward his consistent momentum into the critical six race Finals phase buoyed by his fourth race win and a fifth from the last day of Qualifying heats in Hayling Bay off Hayling Island. The 159 competitors racing on the last day of the group stages could find little to fault with the sparkling English summer weather conditions as another day of sunshine, moderate 8-11 knots mainly E'ly and SE'ly breezes was complemented by a worthwhile swell to offer the downwind specialists the chance to shine. But even if the winds looked ...

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