Canuck1 wrote:
Lange won and he should have. - before I respond
The last thing I would want is a DQ for him.
Lange littered all over the course. I watched the race live from the swim to finish. I thought there must be different rules for pros which would seem ok. Apparently not
Lange littered sponges all day and violated the clothing rules.
He is world champ. No question
WTC needs to do something here or any pro worried about over heating and changing like Lionel will realize it does not matter.
Totally true. What happened has happened and Lange is by far the champ. What we need to do is put a small campaign together saying we are unhappy with all the littering (especially on Hawaii? C'mon!) and we want the rule enforced all the way to the pros from here forward, ESPECIALLY to the fastest pros because they are the face of the sport and it's also unfair to their competition. We shouldn't make the name of a certain person a big deal because it's not entirely his fault. It's the not getting a penalty for it immediately that is the problem. And it's definitely not just one person littering.
Somebody who can get the Riccitello on here should do so and get him and Ironman to make a statement that they will enforce that rule for EVERYBODY NO MATTER WHAT from here forward, and that they will levy the penalty against pros from video footage even after the race, so there's no excuse that it's the heat of the moment and he/she was winning and we just didn't feel like we could stop them.
Didn't a pro get penalized recently in a race for tossing his sunglasses even though he came back and got them? Why him and not others?
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