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Roy Race
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Topic: 49er medal race Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:49am |
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Clear as mud! Surely there has now got to be a protest frenzy! I've simply never heard of anyone borrowing a boat like this before. |
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Scooby_simon
Really should get out more Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:49am | ||
Perhaps you are GRF? |
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Wanna learn to Ski - PM me..
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laser4000
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:50am | ||
I'm not knocking what the danes did.. I think that's a fantastic effort to get back on the water and around the track when the Aussies, USA, brits, ITA we're all flipping
And if they'd picked up the Croatian stick and put it on their own boat then that would have been fine.. clearly time didn't allow that so they wen't with grab CRO boat and go sailing... I'm sure they won' t have had time to ask for dispensation.. As of 10:50 local they're scored as winning but I'm not convinced they'll survive the room...which is where I'm sure this will end up once the official results are posted. |
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tack'ho
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:51am | ||
Bring on the lawyers......can they replace an entire boat for a broken mast? Is post the race the first reasonable opp given when the damage happened? |
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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Roy Race
Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Aug 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 275 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:53am | ||
Riiiight. |
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laser4000
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 10:55am | ||
What annoyed me was that Shirley/Richard didn't even mention that possibility...yes it was an impossible race to commentate on in terms of the overall results...but most sailors know that it's the BOAT that scores the points...not the people sailing it...although I guess in olympic sailing it's a bite more muddled as it's the athlete that gets selected to go... We shall see how it develops...personally I think it will be along night in the room. Edited by laser4000 |
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Lukepiewalker
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 11:04am | ||
Well the Croatian equipment was all stamped and measured.
If you were the Danes, would you have taken the other boat and sorted it out after, or watched your gold medal fade away... The sorting out will be the interesting bit. |
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SimonW
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 11:19am | ||
Quote from ISAF site:
After an incredible 49er Medal Race on a stormy
Fushan Bay three protests will be heard by the International Jury which
could have a major impact on the results.
Provisionally the Danish 49er team of Jonas WARRER and Martin IBSEN have
won gold after finishing seventh in the race. However, they have been
protested by the Measurement Team after breaking their mast before the
race got underway, returning to the marina and then competing in the
race using the Croatian boat.If the Danes are disqualified Spain’s Iker MARTINEZ and Xabier FERNANDEZ, winners of the Medal Race, will have retained the title they won in Athens fours years ago. Germany’s Jan-Peter PECKOLT and Hannes PECKOLT finished second in the Medal Race and are provisionally winners of the bronze medal. View details of the Protests as and when they happen in our Protests & Communications section here." |
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laser4000
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 11:21am | ||
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AdrianM
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 08 at 11:22am | ||
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