Details surrounding whether a triathlon was too unsafe to go ahead have been hotly disputed after two seasoned athletes died during the first leg of the course.
About 2,000 athletes competed at Ironman Cork, in Ireland, on Sunday after bad weather from Storm Betty pushed the 70.3-mile race back a day.
“For the Ironman Cork event, in line with normal practice, Triathlon Ireland Technical Officials attended before the start of the race to review the conditions and carry out a water safety assessment,” Mr Coombes said. “Several hours after the swim was completed, they communicated to the onsite Ironman Ireland officials that they would not approve the sanctioning for the event,” an email from Ironman, published by CBC, read.
Brendan Wall left behind his fiancee Tina, his parents Oliver and Gertrude, one sister, and two brothers.The rough conditions were obvious in footage shared online from the start of the race, with athletes seen running into choppy waves and battling to get past them. While the cause of the double tragedy remains subject to investigation, there have been calls for athletes to measure their own ability against conditions when deciding whether it was safe for them to compete.
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