SL is a celebration of the sport of triathlon.
This is what any sport needs.
If you only sell a sport as an olympic sport you will never build a fan base.
Why, because you are saying that the sport only has value because of the olympics, not because it is a great sport.
And then of course you are just selling one event every 4th year.
That is just stupid.
What triathlon needs are good events in cities that have fans showing up.
I am a big fan of SL.
It is fun to see the best athletes having fun and battle it out.
Agreed, it was riveting, much more exciting than the same yearly Kona broadcast with only different players. The minute to minute redlining and changes, eliminations, “Short Chute” idea, barefoot running, it was all very well done and exciting. Triathlon needs more of this fun version of triathlon than another drawn out boring Ironman broadcast. I don’t keep up on ITU names very much, so it seemed all pretty new to me. Which made it extra fun to watch.