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Slingsby steers Flying Roo into lead as Aussies seek first SailGP win of Season 4
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In this image provided by SailGP, Canada SailGP Team helmed by Phil Robertson sail past a flock of birds on the water on Race Day 1 of the Spain Sail Grand Prix sailing races in Cadiz, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 14 2023. - photo by Felix Diemer/ SailGP. via AP
Three-time defending SailGP champion Tom Slingsby skippered Team Australia into the lead of the Spain Sail Grand Prix Cádiz on Saturday, finishing well ahead of his top rivals as he pursues his first victory of Season 4. Slingsby steered the Flying Roo foiling catamaran to finishes of 5-2-1 to take a one-point lead over Nicolai Sehested’s ROCKWOOL Denmark, with Spain's Diego Botin six points back in third. Botin, who won in Los Angeles in late July, thrilled the home crowd with a victory in the first race.