He's never won a WTS event. And only has two 2nds. He's won the biggest 70.3 in the world 2 years in a row. Just because he's mainly done ITU events doesn't mean he's a SC athlete. I think the origin of this argument assumed some folks are better at short course and some are better at long course, we are seeing that be true for guys like Iden. Some people say the fastest ITU guys will always be the fastest long course guys as well. That is simply not always the case.