Paul Dunn wrote:
FYI - The discussion thus far has established: Matt and Lionel discussed and agreed that Matt would help him (Lionel and Lionel's coach have both posted such in statement in a different thread), and that one athlete subordinating their race to another is against the rules.... I think that is about it.
I'm guessing you are not saying that you know that and think it is OK for athletes to break the rules. So maybe you think this is a rule that needs changed? It is OK for one athlete to be in the race for the exclusive utility of the other, across age groups, pro/age-group, or otherwise? Not just have someone on their feet (as you discuss), but a known pace-setter, sighter, etc. Further, if you go down that path, that could span to nutrition hand-ups. Maybe even "front running" to get "the right stuff" from an aid station, then handing that to the athlete.
It is a very slippery slope to say, in an individual sport, that it is OK to have one athlete who is really just there for the specific aid of another. In this case that has been established
I think that is the point. This is not a conversation about drafting in the swim. Now you should be up to speed.
Why do so many keep trying to say this is an individual sport. Never has been, never will be. The rules do not support this.
If it were individual, there would be no swim drafting, no mass starts.
There would be no bike zone as today which does allow some legal drafting.
If you started a sport and say it was going to be 100% individual, no way would you end up with the set of rules we have today.
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