Engaged in the B final of the coxless two peaks, the equivalent of the small final, Guillaume and Thibaud Turlan had a more than delicate end of the race.
In the fight for with the Netherlands and Belarus, Thibaud Turlan cracked in the last meters.
This caused the French boat to drift… in the corridor of the Belarusians.
A funny scene.
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It is a rare image. Very rare. But this sometimes happens especially in two peaks where each has a tack, one to port and one to starboard. And inevitably if one of the two experiences a failure, the boat swings. This is what happened for the French who were not disqualified because their movement did not interfere with any competitor.