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Total carnage in the 2008 49er Olympic Medal Race... Denmark broke the mast before the race even started, sailed back in and went back out making the start with 4 seconds to spare using the Croatian boat...

Aussies sailed a great race but capsized meters away from the finish whilst in 3rd... Spain started the last downwind leg in 5th, didnt hoist the kite and managed to sail to victory whilst everyone else in front tripped over and capsized...

Germany sailed a solid race to finish 2nd.

Amazingly Denmark managed to finish the race in 7th, a full 11 mins after the winners and that was enough to take home the gold medal...

very entertaining race...

lots of ups and down...

well done boys

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  • I'm Chinese South African and I say the Dans deserve the Gold. One of the good thing we learned from them is that they never gave up. The rules are there to punish the cheats. Do we honest think they break their boats so they can sail someone else's which weight 3kg less and have to start late?

  • Right... the gold stay were it belongs! And I honestly don't understand the Spanirds and Italians... how can it ever be an advantage to be forced to sail in a boat you aren't used to?

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  • Chrash Boom BANG!

  • den noob

  • lol, i love how almost every boat capsized

  • @dude456874 So agree - first man wins, and rules are just admin stuff you can reflect on if someone is acting like a jerk......................

  • LOL so i agree with the cheating way of winning of those nerd danish??? jajajajajaja respect the rules... or at less try to read something about them; they BROKE several rules... and is the only way they got the victory; what they did in the world champs??? ¿?¿?¿? Iker and Xabi... WON!!! are those "gold medal winners" in the Barcelona World Race?? Iker and Xabi are in 2nd place with the Mapre Imoca60!!! shut up till u learn sailing!! suckers!!

  • @sennalaleyenda

    jealouse !!! this is real sport .. best man wins.. they got way behind and even so the managed to win .. thats the spirit of real sport.. and we must never forget that.. your just a bad loser!!

  • @deplaceking wow... i think finish one is not everytime the best tactical decission... May be you prefer that ur principal opponent finish last. I don't know if this was the sittuation... but when u are on the water u can let a boat for cross urself (if it doesn't suppose a dangerous) or ask for Starboard if it is ur principal opponent..... think it.

    Again.-. sorry about my english ;D

  • @redted136 they did not sail under theys country colours, so the other skippers could not identify them... and thats a cheatting way to win!! they broke their boat... so they should NOT have sailed!!!

  • @sennalaleyenda Which rules do you think they broke exactly?

  • @tjvaro the spanish team finished 1. in that last medal race :D what other tactical decissions could they have made? put up roadblocks for the danish team

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