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Kusznierewicz / Zycki Win Star World Championships

Miami, Florida, USA: Mateusz Kusznierewicz and Dominik Zycki (POL) won the 2008 Star World Championships at Coral Reef Yacht Club with a fifth place in the sixth race and a total of 14 points overall.

Second place went to Diego Negri/Luigi Viale (ITA) who crossed the finish line 18 seconds behind the leader with a total of 23 points. Both Kusznierewicz and Negri started at the signal boat end of the line and went after the start. Unfortunately, the wind went left and they got hosed. With 100 boats racing, they rounded mid-fleet at the first weather mark.

Third place went to Robert Scheidt/Bruno Prada (BRA) who finished the Star Worlds in fourth with 33 points.

Today’s sixth race was won by the Irish team of Patrick O’Leary and Stephen Milne who could be deemed the comeback kids of the series. They were a solid candidate for a top five finish in race four but they lost their mast on the second downwind run.

Flavio Marazzi/Enrico De Maria (SUI) not only finished in second place today with an overall fourth, but qualified Switzerland for one of the four remaining Olympic slots in the Star Class event. The three other countries qualifying today were Croatia, Ireland and Austria. — Janet Maizner

Day Six Overall Top 10 Standing after five races and lowest score discarded:

1. Mateusz Kusznierewicz / Dominik Zycki, POL, 14 points
2. Diego Negri / Luigi Viale, ITA, 23
3. Robert Scheidt / Bruno Prada, BRA, 33
4. Flavio Marazzi / Enrico De Maria, SUI, 40
5. Marc Pickel / Ingo Borkowski, GER, 45
6. Hamish Pepper / Carl Williams, NZL, 51
7. Mark Mendelblatt / Mark Strube, USA, 56
8. Iain Murray / Andrew Palfrey, AUS, 69
9. Xavier Rohart / Pascal Rambeau, FRA, 72
10. Rick Merriman / Brian Shap, USA, 77

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