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Percy/Simpson Win Day Five at Star World Championship

Miami, Florida, USA: Big wind shifts from the Northwest to the East with winds ranging from 8 to 20 knots were accommodated with two start line resets and a change on the course after the second weather mark today in the 2008 Star World Championships at Coral Reef Yacht Club.

Iain Percy and crew Andrew Simpson (GBR) took first place and sailed like the world champions they are. However, their black flag in race two and a disqualification in race four, put them out of the running for anything but a mid-fleet finish overall. Diego Negri/Luigi Viale (ITA) finished second and John Dane/Austin Sperry (USA) came in third.

The Polish team of Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Dominik Zycki, current holders of the number one ISAF ranking for the Star Class, finished fourth today and moved into first place overall after the fifth race in the six race series.

The Japanese team of Kunio Suzuki/Daichi Wada, which is trying to qualify its country for the Olympics, finished 19th today and jumped from 23rd to 11th overall. Other countries still racing for the four available Olympic slots are Austria, Ireland, Croatia and Switzerland. — Janet Maizner

Top 10 Standing after five races and lowest score discarded:

1. Mateusz Kusznierewicz / Dominik Zycki, POL, 9.00
2. Diego Negri / Luigi Viale, ITA, 17.00
3. Robert Scheidt / Bruno Prada, BRA, 29.00
4. Hamish Pepper / Carl Williams, NZL, 32.00
5. Marc Pickel / Ingo Borkowski, GER, 34.00
6. Mark Mendelblatt / Mark Strube, USA, 36.00
7. Flavio Marazzi / Enrico De Maria, SUI, 38.00
8. Xavier Rohart / Pascal Rambeau, FRA, 46.00
9. Fredrik Loof / Anders Ekdstrom, SWE, 49.00
9. Iain Murray / Andrew Palfrey, AUS, 51.00

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