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Incredible back down by the German Federation regarding the case Machata. Yesterday, during a meeting attended by the leaders of the BSD and the athlete is came to an agreement that has erased the fact of the disqualification of one year imposed on Machata.
Tuesday 8 April 2014 2 minutes reading time
It solves so with an unexpected happy ending a turbulent affair that had a long debate, since the Bavarian pilot had lent their shoes to rival Zubkov during the last Olympics without having obtained the consent of their federation.
The federal Teutonic once discovered it had opened an investigation that ended with the suspension of one year from the race for the winner of the 2010-2011 World Cup bobsleigh four and payment of a'' fine of 10 thousand euro.
Machata had not hidden his displeasure, telling his side of the story to the newspapers and doing that would have been used.
After less than a month after the disqualification sorperea arrived at the site of the BSD is released the following statement:
"The BSD and the pilot Manuel Machata met Monday April 7 to discuss the case. Both sides have reached an agreement and the disqualification is imposed on the athlete been rectified. "
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