There was a fascinating finale in the Star class at Kieler-Woche as Flavio Marazzi and Enrico De Maria (SUI) grabbed a last gasp victory pushing the overnight Swedish leaders down to third place on the final day of Kieler-Woche and final day of the 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup.

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Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen (SWE) led the pack into the final day on 16 points, closely followed by the Swiss on 19 with Eivind Melleby and Petter Morland-Pedersen (NOR) in third on 22 points.

The Norwegians won the Medal Race but Marazzi and De Maria finished second to narrowly stay ahead. This left the Swedish duo needing a third place finish to seal the gold by a single point.

But unfortunately for them they finished fourth behind Italy’s Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini (ITA) which handed the top spot to the Swiss whose 23 points was enough for gold. The Swedes were level on points with Melleby and Morland-Pedersen but finished behind them in the Medal Race so had to settle for bronze.

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