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Charlie Dalin, Vendée Globe record winner, dies at 42 after secretly battling cancer

French sailor Charlie Dalin, who won the 2024-25 Vendée Globe in a record 64 days, 19 hours and 22 minutes, died overnight in Quimper, his family said on Thursday. He was 42 and had been fighting a gastrointestinal stromal tumour since 2023.