Nacho BaltasarSpanish representative in iQFOiL which, in principle, agreed this Thursday to ‘Medal Series’ As the 10th classified, he was finally disqualified from the 11th regatta, held today, so he will not be among the top ten that will compete for medals on Friday.
Following the protest of Switzerland presented against Spain in the eleventh round of the men’s iQFOiL championship, Nacho Baltasar was disqualified and left out of the Medal Series, sources from Royal Spanish Sailing Federation (RFEV)which also specified that the national Olympic sailing team has already submitted a request to reopen the hearing.
The Mallorcan windsurfer, a debutant at the Games and will be 20 next September, finished on Wednesday in thirteenth place overall, but this Thursday he was less and, after starting the day with twelfth, he got fifth and a third that left him in the ten best.
Despite this, when he thought he had achieved the goal, his team informed him that the Swiss delegation had expressed a protest for what they considered a Spanish irregularity that could harm the Swiss sailor Elia Colombo, who had definitely remained in general. in eleventh place, on the brink of the final qualifying round.
In this way, the Swiss now move to tenth place and will compete in the medal series and the Spaniard remains eleventh.
After learning of his disqualification, Baltasar said that they considered “the Swiss – who presented the protest – was not correct.”
The Mallorcan, in statements provided by the Royal Spanish Sailing Federation (RFEV), specified that, convinced of the accusations of the Spanish team, he will defend himself “in the reopening of the hearing requested.”
“We fought until the end. The goal was to be in the Medal Series and we reached the ground with the goal accomplished, but in response to a protest presented by the Swiss the Jury decided on our disqualification,” commented the young Mallorcan windsurfer, a debutant in some Games.
Source: La Verdad
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