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The German Federation of Bobsleigh (BSD) decided to disqualify a year for their athlete Manuel Machata, to blame for taking their shoes without justification colleague Zubkov during the recent Olympic Games in Sochi.
Monday 3 March 2014 3 minutes reading time
At thirty Bavarian pilot, in addition to the disqualification was imposed also a fine of € 5,000. According to reports a note of BSD on its website, Machata was convicted of having acted with the sole purpose of harming the interests of their federation. According to the vertices of the BSD, the bobsledder pursuant to SC Potsdam, he should communicate his decision in advance of doing things under the sun.
The press office of the German Federal organ was keen to point out that this story is not at all related to the disappointing results that Germany has achieved in the last Olympic event.
Even the President of BSD, Andreas Trautmann, had no words hold over its bobbista: "We know very well that actions of this type have occurred several times in the past. From my point of view, these actions have always been condemned, especially in a context such as where our Olympic athletes are always required to observe special rules. I know we've got a very tough decision against Manuel Machata but we thought first of all to try to preserve the interests of our team. "
Machata with this gesture could really have played the future of his career, he who after several seasons at the top culminated in the conquest of a Crystal Ball and a world title in the four-man bob, last year he was ousted from Team A as had not passed on the field trials qualifiers.
In defense of the pilot attended his many fans in the last few hours have organized a petition against the decision of BSD.
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