Results
Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DSQ – Disqualified;OCS – On the course side of the starting line;RDG – Redress given;RET – Retired;
The 1999 Star World Championships were held in Punta Ala, Italy between September 1 and 12, 1999.
Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DSQ – Disqualified;OCS – On the course side of the starting line;RDG – Redress given;RET – Retired;
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Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American activist and writer. A former White House intern, Lewinsky gained international celebrity status in the late 1990s as a result of the public coverage of a political scandal when U.S. President Bill Clinton admitted to having an affair with her during her days as an intern between 1995 and 1997. The affair, and its repercussions, became known later as the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal.
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