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The medal race for the Yngling class
was just as dramatic, with just one point
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GOING FOR GOLD: Ben Ainslie, above,
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crew then eased, allowing Ayton, Webb
win in the Laser Radial medal race to fin-
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Fushan Bay, Skandia Team GBR’s gold
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eighth place and out of the medal positions
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