No shit, I'm tempted to hang up the bike and running shoes and head for Dairy Queen just thinking about the fact that every misstep I ever made in a race was my own fault.
(NOTE: not Dairy Queen, 3B's Ice Cream; but none of you know about their awesomeness)

Italian Style Sabotage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZ0N7VTDtY

Nope. But I did go to school with a few. It is also not Heather, if that was your second guess. My first and last name are so common that I had one race with someone who had the same name, but a different spelling.

What do you mean? Doesn't everyone know about 3B's awesomeness? :-D

Do you know the athlete personally?


Yes.

BUT as I have said here repeatedly, and I hope you and others are clear, it seems odd that almost 100% of people have defaulted to one side of this story. YES, there is compelling evidence to do that, but there IS another side to this story. I'm not picking a side nor advocating for one side or the other - just waiting to hear it ALL, before I fully decide.

Nope. But I did go to school with a few. It is also not Heather, if that was your second guess. My first and last name are so common that I had one race with someone who had the same name, but a different spelling.

I would assume some course of legal intervention had them take it down... But then this page would be subject to the same legal pressure.

her coach and team dropping her are the most damning... The people who know her and are her friends

HA!...why didn't you mention that when you posted!

I've been in a Half Iron where someone with my same name, exact same spelling, was in my AG

Mike Rossi the runner and [former] DJ / radio personality who you ARE LOOKING FOR works for 92.5 WXTU FM in Philadelphia. His participation at the 2015 Boston Marathon was mentioned in a brief blurb on their site:

The other Mike Rossi in radio, the non runner and the man who you are NOT LOOKING FOR works at 93.7 WSTW-FM in Wilmington, Delaware, which is about twenty five miles away.

The two men named Mike Rossi have apparently met in professional circles (broadcasting groups, I suppose) but they are two different men.

I pray that it's not Kelly Roberts

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Thank goodness, no. I would just look like a quitter if you did a twitch hunt.

I've been in a Half Iron where someone with my same name, exact same spelling, was in my AG

HA!...why didn't you mention that when you posted!


I did, I said almost the very same, in my first post on the thread (#136) and repeated in every subsequent one - and for that, - just suggesting, that with out taking sides, that there be balance, and a full story from all all angles/parties - and I've been attacked for that!

I think he's referring to the fact that you know her/

What are you (or he) suggesting?

I am sure that wasn't confusing at all.

If only bikes in triathlon transition areas had some kind of mandatory, unique identifier that could be used to prevent that kind of innocent mistake..

A further update as reported in Triathlon Magazine Canada and posted on Twitter.

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As we reported yesterday, a Canadian age-grouper was disqualified for sabotaging another athlete’s bicycle prior to the start of the race at Sunday’s Ironman 70.3 Syracuse. Triathlon Magazine Canada was able to confirm with the Ironman 70.3 Syracuse race director, that the athlete, St. Catharines, Ont.’s Kristen Johnson, who competes in the 40 to 44 age-group, was disqualified at the race. According to unconfirmed reports she was disqualified for letting the air out of a competitor’s tire before the race, and that decision was made based on video taken by a spectator.

Johnson is an accomplished age-group triathlete who placed fourth in her division at Kona last year.

We reached Johnson earlier today both by phone and email.

“I am in the middle of being admitted to a… health facility and can’t deal with this,” she wrote in an email. “I did nothing wrong.”




In our phone conversation with Johnson she reiterated that she was being admitted to hospital and would not be making any other statements at this time.

Johnson, who previously worked as a teacher at the District School Board of Niagara, appears to have been dealing with many issues over the last few years.

She was disciplined by the Ontario College of Teachers in May, 2016. She had been arrested in February, 2014 and charged with fraud. Shortly after that she was also charged with “possession of property obtained by crime,” according to the decision posted on the Ontario College of Teachers website. (In the decisions Johnson is referred to as Kristen Michelle Tamburrino.)

The Ontario College of Teachers Magazine Professionally Speaking reported in its December, 2016 issue:

“Between November 2013 and January 2014, Tamburrino took someone’s bank card without his consent and used it to withdraw a total of about $1,140 from his bank account.”
“In October 2014, she (Johnson) pleaded guilty to the “possession under” charge. She received a conditional discharge and was placed on probation for 12 months. The fraud charge was withdrawn. The Discipline Committee panel found her guilty of professional misconduct and ordered that she appear before the panel immediately after the hearing to be reprimanded.She was also directed to successfully complete, at her own expense, a course in ethics. In its decision, the panel stated, ‘The Committee finds that the Member’s dishonest and illegal conduct warrants a reprimand by her peers.’”
In reaching out to members of the St. Catharines multi-sport community, many expressed concerns about Johnson’s health.

Quick, Herbert, you are getting scooped!

Needs a more aero keyboard.