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Andy Rice

“This was the first time France has ever won gold in this hotly contested fleet”

Sometimes all the stars align and a team is able to bring a really special performance together in really challenging circumstances.

Erwan Fischer and Clement Pequin brought their A+ game to the 49er World Championship in Lanzarote in early March. In more than a quarter of a century of Olympic skiff world championships, this was the first time France has ever won gold in this hotly contested fleet.

Victory couldn’t have come at a better time for the French to be

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