This has got to be nerve wracking start for any athlete.
www.youtube.com/watch
Not to make light of the seriousness of this issue, but shouldn't a wet suit and cap have been enough thermal protection against 50° water temps? For some reason I spaced out and had an incorrect mental image of English Channel swimmers, completely forgetting that triathlon swims in water temps below perhaps 75° are done with wet suits.
This has got to be nerve wracking start for any athlete.
www.youtube.com/watch
Not to make light of the seriousness of this issue, but shouldn't a wet suit and cap have been enough thermal protection against 50° water temps? For some reason I spaced out and had an incorrect mental image of English Channel swimmers, completely forgetting that triathlon swims in water temps below perhaps 75° are done with wet suits.
