Are there bonuses at Kona?

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Reading the threads on kona, slow times…and have some questions…

How much if you win vs. 2nd/3rd at Kona? Any incentives for being 1st out of the swim or off the bike…? Any bonuses for breaking records?

Don’t runners get huge bonuses if they break records (i.e. set the world record at Berlin marathon = extra 50K or something?). Don’t they also hire rabbits to keep the pace up? Does triathlon do any of these things?

Some of you guys are way too harsh on DeBoom - he races to win as he should. Could he go faster? Maybe, maybe not - but if so - I’d wager its not by much. He has my respect.

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They did away with the swim and bike preem, now there’s only a preem for the people who get to the end of the run first. :slight_smile:

I heard Lars had a bonus with his sponsor, Speedo, for winning the swim. I have to think that someone like Larsen has something in his contract with Cervelo to bonus him for getting a new bike course record, and maybe a smaller amount for the fastest bike split of the day. It’s the basis for a year’s worth of marketing, why wouldn’t they pay for it?