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ISAF chief issues venue switch threat after Rio 2016 test event

International Sailing Federation (ISAF) chief executive Peter Sowrey has threatened to move all of the sport’s events for the 2016 Olympics outside of Guanabara Bay, unless the water at the venue is cleaner and floating rubbish is removed for next year’s Games.

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