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Euro Championships. Recording of the Day 3 live stream featuring slalom. From the first, pretty cool as three guys in the first heat blow up. Watched the whole thing. Lots of thrills and spills.

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Last day was winner take all and the men's fleet it came down to the last leg of the last slalom race.

Drama city: Matteo Iachino, however, was livid on how things turned out and didn't hide his feelings. Comments are interesting. He sailed well earlier in the week but continuing to race in the light wind on the last day left him livid. OTOH, Ben Proffitt loved the finish and felt it was true to the Olympic spirit of the best athlete winning.

https://www.facebook.com/MatteoIachinoProWindsurfer/photos/a.636676153120728/3164675993654052/

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Matteo cools down but explains his dissatisfaction:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/271504922974281/permalink/2180988098692611/

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Good morning guys. I m writing again as I owe you an apology for how I reacted yesterday. It was a peak of emotions and I over reacted writing a post that is too harsh and without explaining what actually happened. We all live in the world of the politically correct and i ll try to be as smooth as I can to explain to all of you what happened without actually putting in my personal ideas this time. Afterwards you can decide by yourself if I am right or not. First of all I want to say congratulations to the winners of the event. The fact the racing has not been run by the rules doesn’t mean they don’t deserve being on the podium. They are amazing riders training hard everyday as much as I do. Good job Kiran Badloe and the others. Now these are facts happened yesterday and the days before during the very firstIQFoil Class international championship.
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Redress should have been a remedy.
The format weights single races too much. Exciting to watch though!

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Why can't he protest the outcome? Is the decision of race committee final whether they follow the rules or not?

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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