teambernina wrote:
Did someone attend the rolldown and found out what actually transpired re Chattanooga Slots?
Cheers
Roberto
I was there and got a rolldown spot for Chattanooga 70.3 WC.
This is the biggest rolldown party I've witnessed ever! Hundreds of athletes, families and friends showed up to witness the first ever KONA/70.3 rolldown party held in mainland China (the last one was held on Hainan Island back in 2010). Chinese nationals took 3 KONA spots and 7 Chattanooga 70.3 WC spots. The rest 90 spots were all taken by foreigners.
The field was extremely strong unlike anyone expected or hoped for an easy KQ. I usually would get a top-10 finish and rank top 6% of my AG in a Canadian 70.3 or 140.6, but I only got got 22nd or top 11% in Hefei 70.3 (4:41 - 0:38/2:28/1:29). So, the competition is like twice stronger than usual!
There were 1589 racers all together. Among them 990 were Chinese nationals and 599 were foreigners (KQ spots attracted!!!).