What would you ask him? Did you dope? What kind of answer would you expect?

However it is smart an brave for him to show up.

Flora is just spectacular. No weaknesses. An absolute pleasure to watch her race.

Two strong winners this weekend.
Impressive running.

According to Blummenfelt is was a flat tire that took him out of the race.
Iden has been sick, throwing up all morning.

Yes on the 1 "technical" section of the course there was an S bend type of turn that looked to only be about 8m wide, and combination of 50+ guys all going through, I think some wheels touched and caused some crash falls.
Nothing like the women's race where the front group literally missed a turn and realized too late in the turn and took about about 3-4 of the front group out.
I hope for Tokyo they can find some type of terrain change to break up the big front groups. Olympic race deserves a Bermuda/Rio style course over a very non technical large group into T2.

Yes on the 1 "technical" section of the course there was an S bend type of turn that looked to only be about 8m wide, and combination of 50+ guys all going through, I think some wheels touched and caused some crash falls.

Nothing like the women's race where the front group literally missed a turn and realized too late in the turn and took about about 3-4 of the front group out.

I hope for Tokyo they can find some type of terrain change to break up the big front groups. Olympic race deserves a Bermuda/Rio style course over a very non technical large group into T2.

According to Blummenfelt is was a flat tire that took him out of the race.
Iden has been sick, throwing up all morning.

Just finished watching the full race on the Olympic Channel.

Disappointing that the swim was wetsuit legal, especially given that they kept commenting how hot the air was during the run. It looked like Varga was moving, but tough to get away and the typical "chase pack" swimmers (ie Mola) did a great job of staying in contact.

That being said, I will never understand why people don't try and make serious moves on the bike when you are in a pack with the likes of Mola. I know that the course was super flat, but there were some technical parts where a twenty-second acceleration in the right spot could have gotten you away. A totally separate topic, but that one S-curve in the course towards the end of the lap was absolutely ridiculous and should not be in an ITU race.
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It was wetsuit legal because the water was bloody cold, there is a mathematical type equation that is used, based on known human physiology, to determine the need for or against wetsuits.
If you watch the race closely there really wasn't any chance of anyone getting away, when there are that many strong riders in a pack, the tiniest of gaps are closed down before they become anything. The pace wasn't slow at the front, those guys were pushing a lot and keeping it all together. I really don't understand the thought process of needing to break the packs up by adding in dangerous areas to cause crashes and slow ppl down. If the field are strong enough to hang on then so be it, these are the best 55 athletes at these distances in the world after all. It is a triathlon, 3 legs, the fastest averaged over 3 legs is the winner. The mentality of needing to make the ride more and more difficult and technical to advantage the strong front pack swimmers is stupid. No different to adding in a few steeple jumps on the run to really blow up those larger swim biker guys and advantage the lighter athletes. There would be uproar if this was suggested, so let them just race over the terrain that is there, some races hilly, some flat, that is what differing cities provide, let there be natural variety, some races will suit some athletes more than others, why try and make all the races to advantage the same athletes all the time.

Lisa Norden said Iden usually vomits before races, but not as much as that morning.

Iden must have a very nervous disposition to be regularly vomiting from pre-race nerves.

My nickname was "Chuck" when I played hockey in college. I threw up every practice and game. I still throw up before races or events. I just function better on an empty stomach.

Its usually just stomach acid and a little fluid. Turns out I have GERD and my body is sensitive to rapid temperature changes. (Hot body entering a cold rink...hot body entering cold water) It sucks.