the problem is everyone's thinking that this is an "individual event". It's not, it's a mass event, AND it's a race, with all the dynamics that go along with that.
AND, there are races within the race, which go unnoticed here. Richard Varga provides way more "outside assistance" to the Brownlies than AB did here for JB, which supports my first point above.
JimmyRiccitello wrote:
"the ITU officials called it legal because apparently no rule against it."
Regarding the quote above, and generally speaking: in triathlon, if there is no specific rule prohibiting something, it's allowed.
Nevertheless, if the quote is accurate - the decision sets a potentially interesting precedent.
This is a good example of why thought must go into rule decisions and why the rules aren't always black and white. You need to build in some wiggle room, but care should be taken with regard to precedent.
On a semi-related note, you're correct. Monty's analogy is apples to oranges.
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