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Olympics 2008; Will any sailing team blame algae plumes for failing to win a medal?
http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/index.html
In fact, other stories report that they did a pretty good job of clearing and working around it.
"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:
Many thousands of citizens have volunteered to clean up the sea. As of mid-July, most of the sailing teams have indicated that they no longer fear a problem with algae.
This question asks, Will any sailing team, blame the algae bloom for causing them to place lower than Gold?
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As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Initial likelihoods: Yes: 15%
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jake: Sailing is complete. No mention of anybody blaming algae.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/index.html
mrperfkt: http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/index.html
In fact, other stories report that they did a pretty good job of clearing and working around it.
"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: Sun 24th Aug 5am PDT Settlement date: Sun 24th Aug 6:10pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 24th Aug 5am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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