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Two dead as wild weather hits Sydney to Hobart yacht race

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Two sailors have been killed in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race when they were fatally struck by sail booms during a night of rough weather.

The men’s bodies returned to shore on Friday morning after they died aboard the Flying Fish Arctos and the Bowline as the famous race suffered its first fatalities in more than 25 years.

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