Korea Match Cup - World first for TV umpire

5:01 PM Thu 10 Jun 2010 GMT

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Korea Match Cup, Day two displayed the world's first global sailing and international TV umpiring. The ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) has introduced a new innovation as the TV umpire to match racing - 'The TV umpire' for decisions on race incidents. The 'TV flag' proved to be very useful today during the race between the two Italians skippers; Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Italia and Francesco Bruni (ITA) Azzurra. Currently on the water umpires have two sources of information, the wing boat and on board observers who ride with them. 'The TV umpire' offers an additional source of information ...

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by WMRT Media