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Will any race in the Sailing Regatta at the 2008 Olympics be postponed due to algae or sea weed?

Settled as No

While some events were postponed due to lack of wind, algae and sea weed were not reported to result in postponements.

"The algae was cleared off the 19 square miles of the race course by thousands of Chinese fishermen, soldiers and citizen volunteers. But it's blooming again. Three hundred fishing trawlers are sent out each morning at 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. to scoop it up, and a netting system has been arrayed to block its intrusion. Sailors have seen patches but have been able to sail around them."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2892/story/1177281.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/2892/story/1180329.html

Background:

The sailing regatta is taking place in a part of the coast of China which has suffered from Algae infestation in the last few years. A sea covered with Algae may prevent problems for the racing due to take place from August 8th onwards.


Settlement details: If any race is postponed from its stated start time with the reason stated containing the words algae or sea weed.

 
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Settled

Yes
8%
No
92%
Activity: H$34,982
Settled as No on Fri 22nd Aug 8:25am PDT

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Fri 22nd Aug 8:25am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 10%

Action history:

Created Mon 30th Jun 3:11am PDT by keyeshoveden
Suspended Sat 9th Aug 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Unsuspended Mon 11th Aug 3:15am PDT by robuk[Admin]
Settlement requested Thu 21st Aug 11:24am PDT by jake: Sailing is complete. There were no races postponed.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/index.html
Suspended Thu 21st Aug 4:29pm PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: suspended pending settlement details and to verify no new developments as a few events were cancelled and rescheduled for friday.
Settled as 'No' Fri 22nd Aug 8:25am PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: While some events were postponed due to lack of wind, algae and sea weed were not reported to result in postponements.

"The algae was cleared off the 19 square miles of the race course by thousands of Chinese fishermen, soldiers and citizen volunteers. But it's blooming again. Three hundred fishing trawlers are sent out each morning at 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. to scoop it up, and a netting system has been arrayed to block its intrusion. Sailors have seen patches but have been able to sail around them."

http://www.newsobserver.com/2892/story/1177281.html

http://www.newsobserver.com/2892/story/1180329.html

Suspend date: Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Fri 22nd Aug 8:25am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 22nd Aug 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (16)

16 predictions

14 weeks ago
rbrog77 predicted No (H$100 at 91%)
14 weeks ago
keyeshoveden predicted No (H$5,000 at 90%)
15 weeks ago
keyeshoveden predicted No (H$7,000 at 87%)
15 weeks ago
pepe predicted No (H$72 at 84%)
16 weeks ago
pippi1500 predicted Yes (H$50 at 15%)
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Comments (5)

  1 swilson
Key - Why is the settlement date August 9th for an event occurring at the 2008 olympics?
posted 22 weeks ago
swilson, that's "Suspend Date", not "Settlement Date". Most sports questions are supposed to suspend (stop accepting wagers) prior to the event beginning. Many of the Olympic events, including sailing, begin on August 9th. This question won't settle until it occurs, or the Olympic sailing competition ends without it occurring.
posted 21 weeks ago
swilson, I just noticed what you meant in your earlier comment and flagged this question asking the category editor to change the suspend date to Aug 9, 2008 rather than Aug 9, 2009.
posted 21 weeks ago
This question has been reopened by a category editor.
posted 16 weeks ago

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