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Sailors Oscar Gunn and Logan Dunning-Beck must deliver at the 49er world championships in Geelong this week

Sailors Oscar Gunn and Logan Dunning-Beck must deliver at the 49er world championships in Geelong this week

10 February 2020

The pair qualified the boat for New Zealand at the Tokyo Games in 2018 - but need to oust incumbent Olympic and world champions Blair Tuke and Peter Burling to get the selection nod.

Dunning-Beck outlines their ambitions from here.

The world championships start at 12.55pm.

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