Slingsby moves to second position at Laser European Championships

12:34 AM Tue 8 Jun 2010 GMT

'Slingsby on day two of the 2010 Laser European Championship' Michael Blackburn

Tom Slingsby has continued his solid start to the 2010 Laser European Championship, moving up to second position after day two of racing. The Australian Sailing Team representative finished with a ninth and a first in Monday's two races to be just three points behind Rutger Schaardenburg of the Netherlands with four days of competition remaining. "In the first race today I started quite well and rounded the top mark in about fifth position," said Slingsby. "Unfortunately I didn't sail too well from then on and wasn't quite getting into the shifts and lost a few boats, ending up in ...

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