2016 Rio Olympics - Sailing- Preliminary - Men's Windsurfer - RS:X - Race 4/5/6 - Marina de Gloria - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 09/08/2016. Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) of Netherlands, Ricardo Santos (BRA) of Brazil and Piotr Myszka (POL) of Poland compete. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian men's RS:X sailboarding finalist Ricardo Santos slammed the Rio de Janeiro state government for failing to keep promises to find lasting solutions to water pollution on Guanabara Bay, the beautiful but often stunningly filthy Olympic sailing venue.
Speaking after the end of the men's RS:X final on Sunday that left him off the podium in seventh overall, he praised the quality of the Olympic sailing competition, but also cautioned that the lack of floating garbage and clearer-than-expected waters was likely due more to luck than any lasting solution.
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