Poon wrote:
The water temp is only 1.5 Celsius degrees above some minimum temp threshold IM has (I think it is 12 degrees). As always, it’s about the weakest swimmer that would be out there for 2 hours 20 minutes. With the hair trigger swim cancellations, they need to make it optional. Want to podium or KQ? You do the swim. Don’t care about that and want to be safe? Bike and run.
Weather you are a hardcore IM racer, or just someone that wants to do it as a bucket list item, cutting these races ruins the meaning of the whole thing.
Do you give the medal to someone who does what is not a triathlon though? I don't see many people choosing to skip the swim in such a scenario to be honest.