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LOS ANGELES — Skipper Torben Grael and crew member Marcelo Ferreira from Brazil won the second race in the Star Class world championships Monday to take the overall lead. 

Grael and Ferreira, two-time Olympic gold medalists, lead the 103-boat fleet with four points. Competitors receive points in direct proportion to their finish, and will sail one race a day until the event ends Friday. 

Grael and Ferreira finished 11 seconds ahead of Bermuda’s Peter Bromby and Martin Siese. Allen Adler and Ricardo Ermel, also from Brazil, were third. 

France’s Xavier Rohart and Yannick Adde are in second place overall with 14 points. Paul Cayard and Hal Haenel of the United States’ are two points behind in fourth.