From the following Sail-World article
http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Extreme-Sailing-Series---Podium-places-up-for-grabs-+-Video/104546
In the Extreme Sailing Series, on a day that saw the
strongest winds so far here in Rio de Janeiro – a city that will have the
world’s eyes on it for the next four years in the build up to the 2016 Olympic
Games – the pressure turned up a tempo on the water. A collision between
Brazil’s greatest ever Olympian and the Extreme Sailing Series tour leader The
Wave, Muscat, and the French Groupe Edmond de Rothschild finding their best form
of the season, has set the scene for tomorrow and left us poised for the final
day for the 2012 season, with every podium place still open.
Groupe
Edmond de Rothschild went up a gear in a near picture perfect day for skipper
Pierre Pennec. Three race wins have elevated them to the top of the leaderboard
and for the first time this Act there is a little light between the top four
teams. Pennec’s sights are firmly set on a win in Rio, although he is realistic
about the fight for the 2012 championship. 'Tomorrow will be a real battle, and
I hope the conditions will be as good. We work well on board and have good crew
communication and good boat speed. I would like to be on top of the podium for
Act 8 Rio and second overall in the championship'.
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