Monty, the women had a slow reported head current and were allowed to use wetsuits; were you hoping for that for the men or for challenging swim conditions? //

My first hope is just that the swim swims out to the proper distance(using time and not always distance). Next of course is a non wetsuit swim, not sure why the women pros were allowed to use them, was it cold? And lastly my hope is for challenging conditions, wind, surf, currents( not of the trailing kind) white caps, etc. Unfortunately with most of these conditions swims get cancelled a lot these days, so maybe not wishing for them so much anymore. Any swim is better than no swim.


So going into a current the entire way with wetsuits is really a benefit to the weaker swimmers that can draft, just like in a bike peloton. But good thing is that the good swimming women had a full 25 minutes to break the weaker ones and once that happens it is an advantage for them with that current hitting not just them, but their competitors behind.


So at a minimum I hope the men get at least this, maybe without wetsuits(although would be hard to explain after forcing women to wear them) and maybe a little bump on the water...Should be fun..