She will have mixed feelings after the first starts Zofia Noceti-Klepacka. A bronze medalist from London from the first two races won the second, and was fourth in the first, taking the lead in the general classification.
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In the third race, the Pole was also doing well. She was third on the second mark, but then she collided with Olympic champion from Rio de Janeiro, French Charline Picon, and fell into the water. This made it lose a dozen or so positions and finally came in 14th place.
“You can break the law and keep swimming”
– On the second tack, the French woman influenced me, she had no right of way. I fell into the water, I lodged a protest. She took a quick fine and I was left behind the fleet. We lodged a protest for redress, but the judges rejected it because they said that I was not trying to avoid a collision, Klepacka said in a live broadcast on Facebook.
– A strange situation, we will appeal against it, but it is difficult to win against the judges. A big loss in the last race, but as you can see, you can break the law and keep swimming – she added.
– According to us, it was unfair behavior on the part of the Olympic champion from Rio. We do not understand this decision of the judges and we will consider further steps. If there is a chance to change this decision, we will fight, because Zosia lost a lot in this collision – said Dominik ¯ycki, head of the Polish team in Tokyo, quoted by the portal Sportowefakty.wp.pl.
Currently, Noceti-Klepacka is second in the general classification, but one worst race does not count for her, so she must be very careful in subsequent starts. The aforementioned Frenchwoman Picon, who was one, six and two on Sunday, is leading. Another three races are already on Monday.
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