If you look at the front page on ST, it shows Daniela Ryf running with her jersey unzipped all the way at the 70.3 WC. WTC has that bullshit rule that requires all tops to be zipped above the sternum and no bare midriffs. I actually had a volunteer try to DQ me when my zipper was about 1/2 j ch below my sternum at BSLT in 2017. This angers me, not because Ryf won, but because WTC wants us age groupers to burn our asses off in hot races for a pointless rule, yet they don’t enforce it in the athletes that actually matter.
Fuck you WTC! I was already racing as many non-WTC events as I could, but now I will really try to avoid them until you remove that bullshit rule.
If you had watched the coverage they made it plenty clear that Ryf had a broken zipper and that the rule you state does not count if equipment is faulty and the suit cannot be done up.
I imagine this also might be mentioned in the article on the front-page.
If it’s too hot in a race go ahead and just rip your zipper to break it and bingo… You can run with it open. Bit of a waste of an expensive tri-suit mind.
If you look at the front page on ST, it shows Daniela Ryf running with her jersey unzipped all the way at the 70.3 WC. WTC has that bullshit rule that requires all tops to be zipped above the sternum and no bare midriffs. I actually had a volunteer try to DQ me when my zipper was about 1/2 j ch below my sternum at BSLT in 2017. This angers me, not because Ryf won, but because WTC wants us age groupers to burn our asses off in hot races for a pointless rule, yet they don’t enforce it in the athletes that actually matter.
Fuck you WTC! I was already racing as many non-WTC events as I could, but now I will really try to avoid them until you remove that bullshit rule.
The broken zipper thing has happened more than once in the pro ranks. Stupid rule, I’m out of WTC events until they fix that one rule.
If that’s your reason for not competing, I think you’ve got some mental health issues.
I’m fine, I live in California where there are enough other options to give WTC the middle finger. I’m tired of burning up on the run just for the sake of a pointless rule.
“While she was making up time, Ryf struggled with a broken zipper on her tri suit creating sub-par aerodynamics and threatening a one minute stand down penalty if the problem was created on purpose”
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The rule is pretty dumb but having a broken zipper doesn’t matter. We were told at the Steelhead race briefing that if the zipper broke we’d have to find a solution like Jesse Thomas did in whatever that race was where he duct taped his top.
Also, I think Ryf was ok because she had her sports bra. Forgot which pro but they emailed Heather to ask if they could wear an old school only cover the chest top and that was acceptable. So basically don’t show skin around the chest area but stomach is ok.
WTF is wrong with our sport banning cut pro athletes from showing their abs…this is a stupid rule.
Age groupers need to have a rule to cover up their bodies…we don’t want to see bare chested mamils shuffling in the streets at 13 min miles with their “bros” undone. This is a good rule for age groupers.