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The stuff of folk tales became
real life Saturday when Dean Barker, the bruised
and humbled former apprentice, lived to defeat his
mentor, Russell Coutts, for victory in the 41st
Congressional Cup.
"We had a chance to win, but we never really
deserved to win", said Russell Coutts, who
sailed with Jes Gram-Hansen and his Danish crew.
"It's not a bad situation. They sailed great
all week. They were a little sharper than us".
That, from the man who had eliminated Chris Dickson,
CEO and skipper for BMW Oracle Racing's America's
Cup team, 2-1, in the semi-finals while Barker was
coming from behind to oust France's Mathieu Richard
by the same score.
When Dickson beat Richard, 2-1, for third place,
it meant that Kiwis would finish 1-2-3.
Finals
Final : Dean Barker def. Russell Coutts - Russell
Coutts def. Dean Barker - Dean Barker def. Russell
Coutts (Barker win 2/1)
Petit Final : Chris Dickson def. Mathieu Richard
- Mathieu Richard def. Chris Dickson - Chris Dickson
def. Mathieu Richard (Dickson win 2/1)
Semi-finals
Flight 1 : Chris Dickson def. Russell Coutts - Mathieu
Richard def. Dean Barker
Flight 2 : Russell Coutts def. Chris Dickson - Dean
Barker def. Mathieu Richard
Flight 3 : Russell Coutts def. Chris Dickson - Dean
Barker def. Mathieu Richard (Coutts and Barker win
2/1)
sail-offs
9-10 Sailoff : Chris Larson def. Scott Dickson
7-8 Sailoff : Philippe Presti def. Lars Nordbjerg
5-6 Sailoff : Staffan Lindberg def. Chris Law
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