So, why doesn't the one Brit draft off the other, forming a single line and
1) cause havic behind
2) let the one in front sneak off the front and force others to come around?

Watch the ropes!

That's a good question. There is a lot about this sport I don't know...

Being a new Olympic sport we are all learning something here tonight.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

commentary is really funny..."last 2.5k SPRINT for olympic gold"

Lots of shouting in the aid station there...

At the one and ahalf hour mark... What would you say.... Perhaps 40 more minutes of hard swimming? Remarkable.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Great overhead shot of the melee going around the bouy. A few people were swimming on top of each other!

Personally... I think our commentary on ST is better... but that's just me.... ;)

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Top 3 are breaking away? The pack better not let them! The pack is not as orderly as it was.

Group of 3, with maybe a 4th on the back of it, everyone else looks too far back.

-Jot

Probably remarkable, but let'st be honest, it the boring category the 10K OW swim is a serious contender for a medal...

Fred.

Hmmm. We need a good overhead angle here to see the situation....

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Yes, no question... group of four off the front having broken the draft....

Now, one thing is for sure... water is 220 times denser than air... that means that draft dissipates much quicker. You lose the feet i front of you... you;ve lost the draft.

This could be an interesting few moments here.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

I think the numbers are stick ons

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Behold the turtle! He makes progess only when he sticks his neck out. (James Bryant Conant)
GET OFF THE F*%KING WALL!!!!!!! (Doug Stern)
Brevity is the soul of wit. (William Shakespeare)

The first stroke has been turned in anger.

That doesn't seem to bother the Brits. It would be amazing if they pull it off.

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Don't hold back

Thre does seem to be a selection underway... but more than four swimmers.

We've got one of the Brazilians up there... the lime green and yellow....

Of course, our British Admiralty leading the floatilla.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

That was classic...

They are on the rivet, turning themselves inside out....

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ADW

Time pick your finishers. I'm going with the chick in the silver cap. She looks like she has something in the tank

The Brazilian, Okimoto, I suspect there may be some pearl diving heritage in her background somewhere. She may have a hell of an anerobic sprint! ;-)

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Behold the turtle! He makes progess only when he sticks his neck out. (James Bryant Conant)
GET OFF THE F*%KING WALL!!!!!!! (Doug Stern)
Brevity is the soul of wit. (William Shakespeare)

There's a bit of a battle going on with the three swimmers behind the Brits, someone on the outside fighting to get on the toes.

Our Brits, good chums during the entire affair....

A group of three sandwiching the Brazilian with the Japanese name... Okimoto, and the whistle from the boat for rough swimming.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

Lots of whistle blowing and yellow flag waiving going on.

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Don't hold back

I think the Brazilian is taking a pounding. If she can benefit from the draft and ignore the hits she may be in the cat-bird seat.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

why do you get a yellow flag?

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Jorge Martinez
Head Coach - Sports Science
E3 Training Solutions, LLC
@CoachJorgeM

It will be interesting to see when (if) they start kicking. Maybe it is like speed skating and the use of both arms. Who knows.