Tag: . Peter Sowrey

• Thursday, January 28th 2016 - 06:28 UTC

  Guanabara Bay pollution at the heart of Olympics sailing competition controversy

  

  The former CEO of World Sailing says he was fired for pushing to get rid of polluted Guanabara Bay as the sailing venue for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Peter Sowrey tried to change the venue, or at least have a “B plan” but says “I was told to gag myself on the subject.”