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The One Disqualification Behind an Unbeaten Olympic Run

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Ben Ainslie, Athletes
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Wikimedia FoundationWorld Championship section 2011 ISAF Worlds note
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At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships he was in a winning position going into the closing stages of the regatta but was disqualified under rule 69 (gross misconduct) for physically threatening a photographer. Ainslie felt the photographer's boat's wake had prevented him from passing a competitor.
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