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LAUNCHING
LatvianAleksandrs Prokofjevs beat Jussi Forss
from Finland to win gold in the F2D Combat
Model Aircraft competition. The final was held
in stiff wind, which added to the challenge.
REFLECTED GLORY
Both challengers in the final took one slice out
of each other’s tails, earning 100 points. But
Forss lost out on ‘ground time’ having spent
more seconds of the race crashed out. Here,
a ‘pit-man’ helps prepare the model for flying.