The article says that the race organizers are disputing the number of rescues being reported.
I'm not trying to start a flame war, just passing along the news as it is reported.
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Maybe next time they should just count bodies as they wash up to shore - just joking.
I think the organizers should be trying to decide why more than 20 had to be pulled out. With 3000 in the race in rough water you have to expect a few.
As a swimmer who has done triathlons I would be angry to say the least if they cancelled a swim in any race, let alone one I had to travel to overnight. But the reality is that the great majority do little or no training in rough water.
Maybe they could't duck under the waves because the wetsuits were too buoyant.
Maybe next time they should just count bodies as they wash up to shore - just joking.
I think the organizers should be trying to decide why more than 20 had to be pulled out. With 3000 in the race in rough water you have to expect a few.
As a swimmer who has done triathlons I would be angry to say the least if they cancelled a swim in any race, let alone one I had to travel to overnight. But the reality is that the great majority do little or no training in rough water.
Maybe they could't duck under the waves because the wetsuits were too buoyant.
