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Sunday, 11 February, 2001, 19:45 GMT
MacArthur re-writes sailing history
Ellen MacArthur celebrates with her mother Avril
British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has sailed into the record books after completing the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race.
MacArthur steered her patched-up Kingfisher vessel into the harbour at Les Sables-d'Olonne at 8.36pm local time (1936 GMT) where huge crowds greeted her. She became the youngest competitor to ever finish the race, the fastest woman around the globe and only the second person to go round-the-world solo in under 100 days.
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