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Fri 04 Apr 2007Lazy winds of no help to IrishDIGEST:The annual French Olympic Week at Hyeres goes into its medal race phase today with no Irish sailors in the top-10 of their respective fleets, writes David Branigan.This is the first of the established Grade 1 regattas of the European season and more than 800 athletes have been sailing the mostly light airs event this week.