I see Sarah True is still not in on the PTO, despite her commenting on one of her Instagram posts that she would love to race Daytona.

One side or both sides holding a grudge or have a chip on their shoulder because surely she is one of the top 10 if not 5 women in the long course world?

Steve, I think you make good points on the ability to get permitting. I would extend that variability to different governmental bodies.

For example, Indiana seems to be much more “open” than Michigan for racing. The Michigan races I did all had hard caps and fairly specific protocols in place. I think by September the Indiana races were uncapped. Still some COVID protocols, but not to the level of Michigan.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team

This is a Challenge family race so a 20 meter draft zone if I am not mistaken, so this will not be an ITU style huge bike pack with the front pack swimmers. And the 20 meter draft zone is much bigger than Kona so don't see the benefit of a group dynamic, unless I am mistaken????

The PTO as currently funded is not an athlete's Union, the "members" are not funding it. Michael Moritz gave them some cash, but they likely burn through that shortly. Also, as part of the "membership" they make you put their logo on your kit and you don't get remunerated for that.

For me...like why is Sam Long and Gustav Iden a wild card selection? They should have gotten invites anyways. And uh, why are there even "wild cards"?

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More wildcards announced: https://protriathletes.org/...ldcard-announcement/

Jonny Brownlee
Lisa Norden
Henri Schoeman
Angela Naeth

What’s the prize for 1st male and female?

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I dont think I’ve ever seen Vincent Luis or J Brownlee on a TT bike. Do they even own one?

If everyone shows up this will be an incredible race.

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Let food be thy medicine...

I would bet you $1,000 this race happens. And yes they will all get into the country they all have been sent a special form to fill out. Them and 1 additional person from DHS.

I won’t argue that this race happens or not. Though one thing that no one is talking about is the unpredictable weather we can have in florida in December. Don’t be surprised if that’s a factor like it was a few years ago. Would hate to see so many great athletes travel all that way for the race to be significantly altered.

Glad to hear the international travel won’t be an issue. Hopefully that doesn’t change between now and the race.

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She didn’t exactly finish many races in 2019... a 2nd at tremblant and a 6th at Oceanside in ‘19. 2nd at Campeche right before Covid shutdowns this spring.

Only the top-40 are invited directly, and neither Sam Long or Gustav Iden are ranked top-40. The ranking is based on the 4 best results ("best" based on their formula) from the last 2 years. Here is an explanation of the ranking: https://protriathletes.org/.../#rankings-explainer

Fourth Picks: Sam Long, Magnus Ditlev, Renee Kiley and Danielle Dingman.

Super stoked to see Sam get in. Renee Kiley is a newcomer, but I really love her story. I follow Magnus on IG, and don't know too much about him, but some of the numbers he posts are incredibly impressive.

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Johnny has an older picture on IG from the Beijing International. I assume it is a Plasma. Vincent has a recent IG pic where he’s getting a new Shiv.

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Aaron Bales
Lansing Triathlon Team