Coverage dated December 26, 2024

Two sailors are dead in Australia's famed Hobart yacht race

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Two crew members participating in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia are dead after separate accidents at sea, police announced late Thursday.

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  1. UPI

    Two sailors are dead in Australia's famed Hobart yacht race (opens UPI)

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    Two crew members participating in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia are dead after separate accidents at sea, police announced late Thursday.

  2. East Idaho News

    2 sailors die in the stormy first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organizers say (opens East Idaho News)

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    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Two sailors on separate boats have died in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths at sea.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Two sailors killed in annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Crew members died after being struck by the sail boom in separate incidents, organisers say.

  4. Digital Journal

    Two killed in treacherous Sydney-Hobart yacht race (opens Digital Journal)

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    Two sailors have been killed in separate incidents in the treacherous Sydney to Hobart bluewater classic, organisers said Friday, as a string of yachts

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