Storm in the German bobsleigh, Machata lent their shoes Zubkov!

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A new case disrupts the world of the casing, this time the sport that is hit by controversy is the bob. According to a statement released by the German Federation of Bobsleigh (BSD) on its internet portal, the pilot Manuel Machata would lend him the shoes of his four-man bob to the new Olympic champion Alexander Zubkov.

Friday 28 February 2014 1 minutes reading time

Reading the note of the BSD suspicions that the Fed had towards their athlete had the confirmation from the individual concerned who admitted to having delivered their own materials to the Russian rival. Machata has justified this act by the fact that the shoes are his own, and which have not been made on behalf of the federation. The Bob Schlittenverband und fur Deutschland, however, did not take it so well and next Monday will decide what to do. Manuel Machata that this year had been put out by the team of the World Cup after failing trials qualifier, is now at risk heavy penalties ranging from fines to exclusion from the national team and to every kind of competition.

Alessandro Genuzio

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