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The venue for the 39th edition of the Youth Worlds is the Iate Clube de Armação de Buzios (ICAB).
Armação dos Buzios, often referred to as just Buzios, is a resort town and a municipality located in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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French sailors Leonore BOSCH (l) and Mathilde DE KERANGAT (r) celebrate with the Volvo Trophy
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Camilla MARINO and Claudia SORICELLI of Italy, silver medallist in the Girl's 420
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Sam MEECH of New Zealand, gold medallist in the Boy's Laser Radial event
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The Boy's RS:X Windsurfer podium, with (l-r) silver medallist Michalis MALEKKIDES of Cyprus, gold medallist Joseph GUEGUEN of France and bronze medallist Jorge RENATO AMARAL of Brazil
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Denmark's Anne-Marie RINDOM, silver medallist in the Girl's Laser Radial
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Griselda KHNG and Cecilia LOW of Singapore, bronze medallists in the Girl's 420
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Joseph GUEGUEN of France is presented with the Boy's RS:X gold medal
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Eroni LEILUA of Samoa won the ISAF Bengt Julin Trophy, voted for by competitors based on the criteria of 'fostering international understanding and displaying the attributes that should be encouraged in international competition'
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Torben GRAEL presents his daughter Martine GRAEL with the RYA Trophy for winning crew the Girl's Two Person Dinghy event
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The multihull podium (l-r), silver medallists Valentin and Romain BELLET of France, gold medallists Lisa DARMANIN and Jason WATERHOUSE of Australia, bronze medallists Francesco PORRO and Luca MARSAGLIA of Italy
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Local hero Jorge RENATO AMARAL of Brazil celebrates winning bronze in the Boy's RS:X event
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The Girl's RS:X podium (l-r), silver medallist Izzy HAMILTON of Great Britain, gold medallist Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong, bronze medallist Leonore BOSCH of France
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Lisa DARMANIN and Jason WATERHOUSE of Australia celebrate winning the gold medal in the Hobie 16 Open Multihull
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The Girl's Laser Radial podium (l-r), silver medallist Anne-Marie RINDOM of Denmark, gold medallist Elizabeth YIN of Singapore, bronze medallist Mathilde DE KERANGAT of France
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Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE of Brazil celebrate winning the gold medal in the Girl's 420 event
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Philip SPARKS and Ben GRATTON of Great Britain, gold medallists in the Boy's 420
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Elizabeth YIN of Singapore, gold medallist in the Girl's Laser Radial event
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Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong, gold medallist in the Girl's RS:X windsurfer event
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Torben GRAEL presented the French team with the Volvo Trophy, awarded to the top-performing nation at the championship
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The French team celebrate with the Volvo Trophy
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Israel's Ron ASULIN leads Spain around the mark on the final day of racing at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Anne-Marie RINDOM won silver for Denmark in the Girl's Laser Radial event
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Jorge Renato AMARAL won bronze for Brazil in the Boy's RS:X Windsurfer
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Argentina's Tomas PELLEJERO on his way to winning the silver medal in the Boy's Laser Radial event
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Leonore BOSCH of France won bronze in the Girl's RS:X Windsurfer
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Francesco MARRAI representing Italy in the Boy's Laser Radial
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Mathilde DE KERANGAT won bronze for France in the Girl's Laser Radial event
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Davide LA VELA representing Italy in the Boy's RS:X Windsurfer
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Girl's Laser Radial champion, Elizabeth YIN of Singapore
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Joseph GUEGUEN wins gold for France in the Boy's RS:X Windsurfer
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Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE of Brazil, gold medallists in the Girl's 420
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Girl's RS:X windsurfer gold medallist Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong
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Donico BROWN representing the Bahamas
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Mexican windsurfer Sofia GUTIERREZ
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Irineu PLA of Andorra
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Oliver-Tom SCHLIEMANN of Germany
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Ecuador's Jonathan MARTINETTI
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Team GBR's Alistair MASTERS
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Samoa's Eroni LEILUA
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British Laser Radial sailor Hannah TILLEY
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Take a look at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Champions in action
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Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong, gold medallist in the Girl's Windsurfer - RS:X event
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Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong, competing in the final race of the series
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Brazilians Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE, winners of the Girl's Two Person Dinghy - 420 event
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Martine GRAEL at the helm of the victorious Brazilian 420
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Martine GRAEL (left) and Kahena KUNZE (right) celebrate winning gold for Brazil with Brazilian Team Coach Martha ROCHA
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Sam MEECH of New Zealand, gold medallist in the Boy's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial event
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Sam MEECH of New Zealand, gold medallist in the Boy's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial event
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Joseph GUEGUEN of France, winner of the Boy's Windsurfer - RS:X event
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Joseph GUEGUEN of France powers to victory in the final race
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British team Phil SPARKS and Ben GRATTON, gold medallists in the Boy's Two Person Dinghy - 420 event
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Phil SPARKS and Ben GRATTON of Great Britain
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Elizabeth YIN of Singapore, champion in the Girl's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial event
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Elizabeth YIN of Singapore
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Australian cousins Jason WATERHOUSE and Lisa DARMANIN, gold medallists in the Open Multihull - Hobie 16 event
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Jason WATERHOUSE and Lisa DARMANIN of Australia power towards the mark
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Romain and Valentin BELLET of France in the Hobie 16 Open Multihull
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Puerto Rico's Raúl Ríos and Antonio SIFRE TORREN
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Brits Rebecca KALDERON and Rosie SIBTHORP battle with Martyna WALCZYK and Monika KONDLEWSKA of Poland
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New Zealand multihull team James TURNER and Marcus HANSEN
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Action as the Boy's 420 fleet get underway
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Martyna WALCZYK and Monika KONDLEWSKA representing Poland in the Girl's 420
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Klaas VICTOR and Arnout VICTOR of Belgium
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Matteo COLOMBO and Sebastiano BARANZINI of Switzerland
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Malaysia's Mohammad HAFIZZUDIN MAZELAN and Muhamad ZAMRI AZLAN
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Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE representing Brazil won gold in the Girl's 420
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French windsurfer Joseph GUEGUEN
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Alexandra MALONEY and Bianca BACHER of New Zealand excelled in the windy conditions
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Hei Man CHAN of Hong Kong, gold medal winner in the Girl's Windsurfer - RS:X event
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Khairunnisa MOHD AFENDY and Norashikin MOHD SAYED of Malaysia duel around the windward mark with Israel's Shany TAV and Tslill BEM HORIN
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The Boy's 420 fleet at the start
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Adam BUTLER and Nikki BONIFACE of Great Britain
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French team Pauline MAZZOCCHI and Emilie PILLON
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Botswana multihull sailors Stewart WALKER and David THOMAS
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Jiri DYMAK and Michal STEINER of the Czech Republic
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Singapore and Uruguay fighting to the finish in the Girl's 420 event
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All racing was cancelled on the wind never showed up on day five at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Ayami MUTA, representing Japan in the Girl's 420 class, rigs her boat
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Torben GRAEL, winning skipper of Ericsson 4 in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, is reunited with Telefonica Black's Santiago LANGE
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Torben's daughter Martine GRAEL, currently leads the Girl's 420 event
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Francesco PORRO and Luca MARSAGLIA of Italy lead the Hobie 16 Multihull event
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Russia's Valery LESHAKOV his RS:X rig in heavy rain but it was to no avail as all racing was cancelled
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Philip SPARKS at the helm of the British 420
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Shachar OMER of Israel in the Girl's RS:X
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Minwu KIM and Sangwu BAE of Korea
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Laser Radial sailor Valic MATEJ of Slovenia
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Keerati BUALONG of Thailand lies second overall in the Boy's Laser Radial
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Girl's 420 team of Rebecca KALDERON and Rosie SIBTHORP representing Great Britain
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Carlos VERGARA INFANTE, crew for Chile's 420
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Marketa AUDYOVA of the Czech Republic
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British windsurfer Ali MASTERS scored a first and a second place
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Runaway Laser leader Sam MEECH of New Zealand
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Brazil's Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE take the overall lead in the Girl's 420
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Laser Radial sailor Alexander HEINZEMAN of Canada
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Rebecca KALDERON and Rosie SIBTHORP of Great Britain, and Camilla MARINO and Claudia SORICELLI representing Italy, fight for position at the leeward mark
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ISAF Coach Santiago LANGE
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Brazilian windsurfer Jorge RENATO DO AMARAL SILVA
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Mathilde DE KERANGAT of France
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The French 420 of Pauline MAZZOCCHI and Emilie PILLON being chased by Great Britain
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The Multihull - Hobie 16 fleet power away off the line
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Agnieszka BILSKA of Poland in the Girl's Windsurfer - RS:X
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Singapore's Justin LIU and Sherman CHENG battle in the Boy's 420
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Preparations underway for the second day of racing at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Oliver-Tom SCHLIEMANN, representing Germany, prepares to defend his overall lead in the Boy's RS:X event
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Sweden's Carl JOHANNISSON rigs his Laser Radial
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Australians Jason WATERHOUSE and Lisa DARMANIN place the overall leader's sticker on the sail of their Hobie 16
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With winds over 30 knots, the fleets never had the chance to leave the shore
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In the end the high winds meant racing was cancelled for the day
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For the young competitors in Buzios, they will have to wait for tomorrow...
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The Boy's Laser Radial fleet get their racing underway on day one at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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New Zealander Sam MEECH excellent with two runaway race wins
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Mathilde DE KERANGAT of France is the early leader in the Girl's fleet
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Chris BARNARD of the USA
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Brazil's Steffano MAZZAFERRO
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Clare WALKER representing South Africa
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The Boy's Laser Radial fleets starts their race one of the championship
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Tomas PELLEJERO of Argentina
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Yan Chekh representing Russia
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Michelle BROEKHUIZEN of The Netherlands
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Crowds lined the street as the sailors paraded down the Rua das Pedras for the Opening Ceremony
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Crowds lined the street as the sailors paraded down the Rua das Pedras
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Crowds lined the street as the sailors paraded down the Rua das Pedras
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Crowds lined the street as the sailors paraded down the Rua das Pedras
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Crowds lined the street as the sailors paraded down the Rua das Pedras
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Brazilian team members complete the Mixing of the Waters ceremony
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Brazilian team members complete the Mixing of the Waters ceremony
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Brazilian team members complete the Mixing of the Waters ceremony
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Jorge SILVA of Brazil gets to grips with his RS:X windsurfer on the first training day of the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Martine GRAEL and Kahena KUNZE of Brazil are amongst the favourites in the 420 event
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(l-r) Kahena KUNZE and Martine GRAEL have caught the attention of the Brazilian media
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Kiran BADLOE of The Netherlands
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2008 gold medallists Romain and Valentin BELLET of France prepare to defend their title
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This year the BELLET brothers will defend their title in the Hobie 16 cat
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Laura MARIMON of Italy in the Girl's Laser Radial
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Finnish hot-shot Heidi TENKANEN
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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Preparing for the off at the 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
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The 2009 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will take place in Buzios, Brazil from 9-18 July
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Famous Faces from the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
Many famous faces in sailing have first made their mark at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship - here are just a few of them... Ben AINSLIE on the podium after winning gold at the 1995 ISAF World Youth Sailing Championship in Bermuda...
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...and nine years later on his way to a second Olympic gold medal at the Athens Games
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Norway's Siren SUNDBY on her way to winning gold in the Byte class at the 2000 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Sydney...
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...and winning the gold medal in the Europe at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
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Ben AUSTIN of Australia won gold on in the Laser at the 2000 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Sydney...
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...before moving to the double handers and wining the 2008 49er Worlds, pictured right
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Nathan OUTTERRIDGE on his way to the first of three Youth World gold medals, the first at the helm of the 29er at the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Lunenburg, Canada...
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...following a switch to the skiff, now the 2008 49er World Champion
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Tom ASHLEY collects the Volvo Trophy for New Zealand at the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship...
...six years later he lifts the RS:X World Championship in Takapuna
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Tom SLINGSBY competing for Australia at the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship...
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...just four years later and the young Australian is already a double World Champion in the Laser
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Pippa WILSON, right, celebrates gold in the 29er at the 2002 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship...
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...standing at the top of the Yngling podium, pictured left, at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais
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France's Sarah STEYAERT at the top of the podium after victory in the Laser Radial at the 2004 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Gdynia, Poland...
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...four years later she celebrates winning the Laser Radial World Championship title
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Great Britain's Iain PERCY on his way to victory at the 1993 ISAF Youth World Championship in Italy...
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...seven years later he was celebrating winning an Olympic gold medal in the Finn at the Sydney Games
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Amelie LUX won gold for Germany at the 1994 IYRU World Youth Sailing Championship in Greece...
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...by 2000, LUX, picutred left, was celebrating her Olympic silver medal success at Sydney
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