Marazzi/De Maria sail past the podium
Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria have missed out on a bronze medal in the Star sailing competition at the Beijing Olympics.
The Swiss finished Thursday’s final and most critical race in Quingdao as runners-up, earning a fifth place overall.
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Britain captured the gold with 45 points, ahead of Sweden and Brazil.
Marazzi and De Maria finished the regatta with 59 points after completing ten preliminary races and the final race, in which the points are doubled.
At the Summer Games in Athens four years ago, the Swiss finished fourth.
On Tuesday, Switzerland’s Nathalie Brugger finished sixth overall in the Laser Radiant event.
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