Encore une fois

2002 World Champion Steve Mitchell reports on a second Star world title for France's Rohart and Rambeau

The Star class returned to Buenos Aires in the Argentinean summer for the first World Championship of 2005 in the Olympic classes. The last time the Stars came here was in 1988 when a young, but very similar-looking Paul Cayard took away the trophy. The line-up was, as always, very strong, even in a post-Olympic year. The current world number one and world champions Loof/Ekstrom (SWE) returned to defend their trophy, while teams looking to take their title included Athens gold medallists Grael/Ferreira (BRA); 2003 world champions Rohart/Rambeau (FRA); 2002 world champions Iain Percy and myself (GBR), buoyed by the continued support of Skandia (recently renewed as our sponsors for the four years to Beijing); and 2000 gold medallist Mark Reynolds, who had teamed up with former world champion crew Phil Trinter (USA).

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