I must be in the dark. Been racing since 1985 minus the last 2 seasons, and I have never heard of this type of behaviour EVER through my entire network of tri friends. Does this shit really happen now? What happened to fair play and respecting your fellow athlete. I suspect anyone indulging in this type of behaviour did not do any sort of competitive sport during their days as teenagers.

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That's really bad, definitely worth a lifetime ban.

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I must be in the dark. Been racing since 1985 minus the last 2 seasons, and I have never heard of this type of behaviour EVER through my entire network of tri friends. //

I know of a few incidents like this, but always has been loosening the seat post bolt so that it drops during the ride. Happened to a couple of pros, Rick Wells I think in one race. And I even had it done to me in a AG race awhile back, had an argument with a young dude that was shoving last second onto a prime rack that we lined up for hours earlier, and all of a sudden my brakes were screwed down tight against the rim when I started the bike. I wanted to kill that MF'er but couldn't find him after the race.


And yes to those that have been saying this is the worst level of cheating, not only premeditated against one person, but also can put them in danger. This is lifetime ban shit for sure...

This is exactly why we can't trust Canadians.

Yeah, it totally sucks...Ben Johnson screwed it up for all of us Canadians:

it would be interesting to know if she knows the bike owner and if there's bad blood. People can justify all sorts of crazy in the name of retribution.

Working on it

OK guess I've been naive.. no idea this sort of thing was going on.. good grief

wtf are people thinking?! I don't usually get involved in these forums but I won the women's race at Syracuse yesterday and am a bit livid about this. She looked like she was hammering the run and I even cheered for her when we crossed paths. To do something that could cause another athlete physical harm is completely unacceptable! We are amateur athletes doing this for fun, not racing for money and I'm pretty sure she already had a slot for 70.3 worlds. What would she gain from doing this? My 13 year old daughter and I had a good conversation about perspective and the right way to treat people on our way to school this morning after hearing about this.

I once had my BTA water bottle cage come off about 2 minutes into a race, found out after the race that a certain competitor had been seen with a leatherman type multi tool messing with my bar area of my bike. Come to find out the zip ties holding the cage in place had been cut. It was a relatively short course so i only had one bottle on the bike.

Went to the race director who said that nothing could be done because they didnt have any visual proof of that person messing with my bike, and since the witness (my mother) was on my side and she didn't actually see him cut the ties there was nothing they could do.

They refused to even go talk to the person and ask them what he was doing around my bike.


This is the only instance i've ever been a part of or known of someone messing with bikes in transition. (other than theft)

Congrats on the win! How many tires did you deflate? (kidding). Was this the first you heard of the incident or was there buzz about it at the race site yesterday? Did you see her after the race? Interesting that Ironman has chosen to list her as DNS, when she did actually compete. Why would they not list her as DQ? So she has a worlds spot. Wonder if they will allow her to compete.

EDIT: She is not listed on the 70.3 AG Worlds list as of June 8th. Perhaps this was her effort to get there. Perhaps they practiced this approach at their Arizona training camp earlier this year.

I keep seeing posts deleted. I understand removing posts questioning the mental health of the alleged perpetrator, but some others seem harmless (like the one asking if you will be reaching out to her). Any idea what is allowed and what isn't here?

I realise that in situations like this legal council is often sought and threats of legal action made. Is she lawyering up to fend off an article? Did she admit guilt to the RD? I can imagine she may go to full denial, or go with some concocted story about getting confused and "I thought it was my bike".

If she wasn't caught on video, or seen by the race official during the act, I'm guessing she'll claim mistaken identity...

This thread is bringing to light just how often "stuff" is happening to competitors belongings. Not long ago we had a thread about theft in transition. Not to mention all the cheating these days. Wtf.

I never imagined such a thing as sabotaging a competitor's gear is possible. Unfortunately, this thread is suggesting it is not an isolated incident. The WTC can turn this into a great example to show the consequences of such an action--a lifetime ban. Then, they need to make a point at all the athlete briefings of saying that if you mess with your competitor's gear, this is what happens to you. I'd also include theft on the list of such punishable offenses.

There were a lot of flats at Syracuse yesterday!

It honestly scares me that this happens. To mess with someone else's equipment in any way is insane...even more so if it is their bike where serious injury and potentially death is a real possibility when crashing at high speeds.

There need to be SERIOUS consequences for this type of action and it needs to be communicated to the entire community. As another poster stated...wtf is wrong with people?

Is she 0-4, or 40-44?

If this was a practical joke between friends, it would be mildly entertaining, although the old "54-11 and pull the eTube cable" prank is way better.

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Looking at the ironman results page for this race, it appears they have everyone listed as DNS.......

Not sure what's going on with the Ironman results page, but SportsStats has the full results where she is listed as DQ

Yep. The one naming her triathlon team is gone so I won't repeat it, but I do see that they took their Facebook page down. I can only imagine the comments they are getting even though I would be certain her team does not condone that behavior. I suspect she will soon be an ex-member of that team.

She was the one that beat Ginny in Placid last year and took the last Kona spot. Funny too , when we picked up Ginnys bike both tires were flat. Aired them up and they never went flat again. Coincidence? Nope.

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So she deflated them during T2??? :)

Why would a picture of her be deleted from this thread? I think this is the first time something I posted has been deleted. What is the difference between a name and race number vs a picture?

No . She was saying how she felt everyone was passing her and she rode her watts , it was very unusual that she would ever even say that, Kristen put 18 mins on her on the bike. We discovered it at bike check out . Oh and she smashed Kristen yesterday.

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