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Matt Russell given Wild Card slot to 2018 Kona!
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IntenseOne
Aug 23, 18 14:44
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Congratulations to Matt Russell for having such a amazing recovery season that he could not be denied a spot on the start line for the 2018 IM World Championship, and a big thank you to Andrew Messick and his team for recognizing this and extending the wild card slot!
Matt has already proven his champion caliper, now he can enjoy the day and cross the finish line he so deserves to :-) Go Matt!!
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atasic
Aug 23, 18 14:57
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Awesome!
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oscaro
Aug 23, 18 15:07
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Wow that’s awesome! We will have three amazing stories at Kona, Tim, Matt and Terrenzo
Terrible Tuesday’s Triathlon
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BayDad
Aug 23, 18 15:33
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oscaro wrote:
Wow that’s awesome! We will have three amazing stories at Kona, Tim, Matt and Terrenzo
Would be great if Terenzo can make the start line.
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CU427
Aug 23, 18 17:37
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IntenseOne wrote:
Congratulations to Matt Russell for having such a amazing recovery season that he could not be denied a spot on the start line for the 2018 IM World Championship, and a big thank you to Andrew Messick and his team for recognizing this and extending the wild card slot!
Matt has already proven his champion caliper, now he can enjoy the day and cross the finish line he so deserves to :-) Go Matt!!

Andrew Messick has a heart. I think he contact Matt directly?

Everyone wins on this one.
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japarker24
Aug 23, 18 17:42
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BayDad wrote:
oscaro wrote:
Wow that’s awesome! We will have three amazing stories at Kona, Tim, Matt and Terrenzo
Would be great if Terenzo can make the start line.

Terrenzo passed & Tim Don took the roll down.
Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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EnderWiggan
Aug 23, 18 18:49
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Whoa The Don is going as well!

This is going to be amazing. Well deserved, amazing comeback stories. Matt if you read this can we get a mini doc like the Tim’s about your road to recovery?

japarker24 wrote:
BayDad wrote:
oscaro wrote:
Wow that’s awesome! We will have three amazing stories at Kona, Tim, Matt and Terrenzo
Would be great if Terenzo can make the start line.

Terrenzo passed & Tim Don took the roll down.
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Karl
Aug 23, 18 18:59
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Should be a great Kona!
Congrats to Tim and Matt.
Team Zoot So Cal
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friesen
Aug 23, 18 19:02
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I guess I’ve been living under a rock..... what’s terrenzo’s story?
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Lacticturkey
Aug 23, 18 19:06
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Hospitalised after crash with logging truck in west Auckland
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Lacticturkey
Aug 23, 18 19:11
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Nice!

IntenseOne wrote:
Congratulations to Matt Russell for having such a amazing recovery season that he could not be denied a spot on the start line for the 2018 IM World Championship, and a big thank you to Andrew Messick and his team for recognizing this and extending the wild card slot!
Matt has already proven his champion caliper, now he can enjoy the day and cross the finish line he so deserves to :-) Go Matt!!
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Bam87
Aug 23, 18 19:30
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Haven't seen anything about terenzo passing, where did you see that? Thorsten still has him starting
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japarker24
Aug 23, 18 19:59
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Tim Don posted it.
Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.
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lassekk
Aug 23, 18 22:56
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Bam87 wrote:
Haven't seen anything about terenzo passing, where did you see that? Thorsten still has him starting

Itiis not terrenzo passing, was a mistake. It iss someone else, just look at the list
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Bam87
Aug 24, 18 0:58
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Awesome, really hoping he can make it to the start line
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PJC
Aug 24, 18 1:03
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Called it.

PJC wrote:
CU427 wrote:
They give out wildcards?

When and how was/is this decided?

Are there any parameters or can they (WTC?) just dish one out to anyone?

If so, for the sake of what happened to them in the race and before last year I believe they should be given the privilege to race.

Yeah they gave one to Natasha badmann the year after an official vehicle took her out on race day.

Both Matt and Tim WILL get a start.
Rhymenocerus wrote:
I think everyone should consult ST before they do anything.
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Jorgan
Aug 24, 18 1:23
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CU427 wrote:

Everyone wins on this one.

Undoubtedly; it will make a good story for NBC :)
29 years and counting
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devashish_paul
Aug 24, 18 4:46
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So excited and happy for Matt!
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Mark Lemmon
Aug 24, 18 7:36
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WTC: Mahalo for your kokua!
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NordicSkier
Aug 24, 18 8:16
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Jorgan wrote:
CU427 wrote:

Everyone wins on this one.


Undoubtedly; it will make a good story for NBC :)
Messick the altruist.
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