F18 Worlds Styles and Van West take bronze

1:12 AM Sat 10 Jul 2010 GMT

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Team Boskalis Styles/Van West took bronze at the F18 Worlds 2010 in Erquy/France. Hugh Styles (GBR) and Ferdinand van West (NED) climbed to the first place today, but lost it in the third and final race. Multiple World Champion Tornado/F18 and double Olympic silver medallist Darren Bundock (AUS) decided to match race them, which caused a bad result for Styles/Van West. That is how Bundock and Howden won silver and the Frenchmen Olivier Backes and Arnoud Jarlegan gold. The second Boskalis duo Larsen/Van Leeuwen finished fifth. Ferdinand van West explains what happened: 'We were leading after today's first two races. ...

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