I am curious, after reading this thread, if the athlete even shows up at the starting line.

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I recall a thread here a number of years ago about some out of competition testing at Kona.check-in,. One of those selected 'got sick ' and DNSed and another DNF"d (the speculation was that it was an intentional DNF). It will be interesting to see if this person does either of those options.

There was a third that year that refused testing on the basis that they had a phobia of needles. They spent many tens of thousands bringing a whole family over from Europe (IIRC) but still wouldn't get blood drawn.

As an additional aside, the year I was there an AGer got popped shortly before the race and I recall there was a blank spot on the giant name poster where there name would have been.

I am curious, after reading this thread, if the athlete even shows up at the starting line.

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I won’t reveal who they are, but I will confirm tomorrow morning if they started the race.