{"id":6230,"date":"2009-03-27T07:56:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=6230"},"modified":"2009-03-27T08:51:15","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T15:51:15","slug":"sailing-ericsson-4-finishes-second-but-strengthens-grip-on-volvo-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=6230","title":{"rendered":"Sailing &#8211; Ericsson 4 finishes second but strengthens grip on Volvo leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-6231\" title=\"volvo2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/03\/volvo2-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"volvo2\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/volvo2-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/volvo2-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/volvo2.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Ericsson Racing Team skipper Torben Grael of Brazil led Ericsson 4 across the Leg 5 finish line here at 2257 GMT (1957 local) to complete a team sweep of the leg and solidify its overall lead in the Volvo Ocean Race.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of Ericsson 4, with three Brazilians aboard &#8211; Grael, Hor\u00c3\u00a1cio Carabelli and Jo\u00c3\u00a3o &#8216;Joca&#8217; Signorini &#8211; marked a homecoming of sorts. The three have been away from Brazil for more than a year, and were welcomed by hundreds of fans, team personnel and the outstretched arms of the illuminated Statue of Christ on Corcovado Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the wonderful thing about Brazil,&#8217; said Grael, a Brazilian sports hero for his five Olympic sailing medals. &#8216;The warmth and friendship that everyone expresses, it&#8217;s a wonderful feeling. To have a reception like we&#8217;ve had here in Rio is fantastic.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ericsson 4 finished more than &#8230;\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sail-world.com\/USA\/index.cfm?SEID=0&amp;Nid=55190&amp;SRCID=0&amp;ntid=0&amp;tickeruid=0&amp;tickerCID=0\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/placeholder-3691695?target=_top&#038;mouseover=N\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ericsson Racing Team skipper Torben Grael of Brazil led Ericsson 4 across the Leg 5 finish line here at 2257 GMT (1957 local) to complete a team sweep of the leg and solidify its overall lead in the Volvo Ocean Race. The arrival of Ericsson 4, with three Brazilians aboard &#8211; Grael, Hor\u00c3\u00a1cio Carabelli and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boating","category-sailing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6230"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6275,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6230\/revisions\/6275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}