Charlie Dalin, winner of the 2025 Vendée Globe sailing race, dies at 42

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The French sailor won the Vendée Globe, a solo, non-stop, unassisted round-the-world race, finishing over nine days and eight hours ahead of the previous record, all while battling cancer for two years. His family announced his death on June 11.