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A new development, the withdrawal of one of the favourite teams

Press Release / 26.08.2010

A new development, this time it is the withdrawal of one of the favourite teams, Multisport.fi (team2) from Finland. The Finnish team quits at control point 22 at Mirador Cerro Chato, heading towards the kayak section. The team´s captain has suffered severe sun burns during the last few miles of the trekking section, prompting the team´s decision to quit the race. He has received medical care at the Fortuna´s sports center, The Finnish have really had a hard time in this race. Already they were carrying a 10 hour penalty for skipping a task. Maybe next time!

Bad news, again, this time from USA (team 13) Checkpoint Zero, who quit the race today at 10 a.m. One of the members has suffered excessively during the race and had to literally drag himself into the sports center at La Fortuna. His feet totally shattered.

Few teams remain. Time keeps flying. The next task is the sky trek followed by the 171 km mountain bike trail.

At the front of the race are the French Quechua and the Swedish Explore, who have left control point 22 and were heading towards the sky trek. Continued by the kayak task, they remain very close to the Colombian team Bossi and the Costarrican team Safety, who are fighting for third and fourth positions.

The heat has been merciless throughout the day, which has not helped the teams during the long sections. Lets see how our competitors face up to tonight´s tasks, which once again, are not easy. Don´t give up!!!

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