The navigator passed exams after being the victim of a big shock on his boat off the coast of Spain. The doctors forced him to give up going back to sea.
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Another retirement, the 20th (out of 138 starters in the Route du rhum) and it concerns a navigator well known to the French public since it is Jean Galfione, at the helm of Class40 Serenis Consulting.
The Olympic pole vaulting champion (1996) suffered a major blow to the head while sailing off La Coruña in difficult sea conditions. He underwent medical examinations at the Bouzas Hospital Center, in Vigo, which revealed a concussion.
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Consequently, the doctors of the hospital center and those of the race did not come out favorably for a resumption of the race. Galfione leaves the adventure with a death in the soul after an abandonment in 2018, already. In 2014, he managed to reach Guadeloupe with a very honorable 18th place as a rookie.