Paris, Oct 8, 2025 (AFP) - Battling cancer made Vendee Globe win 'more complicated', says skipper Dalin

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2025-10-08

It is tough enough for any sailor just to complete the non-stop round-the-world Vendee Globe, let alone win it but winning it while battling cancer, as French skipper Charlie Dalin did in January, is another kind of toughness altogether. The 41-year-old, whose book "The Power of Destiny" ("La Force du Destin") is published on Thursday, has revealed to AFP that he was suffering from a rare form of gastrointestinal cancer as he steered his boat Ma......

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