So if you have an overall podium in a "open" field ,the first in a Ironman branded event since the early years... you normally pull the podium finishers out of the AG awards. So do you allocate Kona slots as normal, and just put them "back in" for the rolldown.
Should we be "fair and at IM races with a elite field get overall awards? I finished 4th at IMWI, I didn't get a special podium.
Other than the finishing banner, this race conducted EXACTLY like every other ironman race, only it was missing a prize purse and therefore no elite field. Why should it have been handled differently?
Most of the races I've done with overall winners also have prize purses or open elite fields where you are excluded from AG awards. That to me, is the form. Not having a prize purse for an event this size, even a small one is strange.
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