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I see. From an entertainment perspective I guess it clearly works.
The American will also be ruing not dropping the German on the ride.
Anyway, was excellent. Have seen GBR have been demoted to bronze.
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Also still no drafting in amateur/age group sprint and oly distance.
Only elite short stuff
It has changed the focus. Emphasises the swim (make sure you’re part of the blob on the bike) and the run (since it’s more likely that a group will come in together)Taylor Knibb (the US woman) is more dangerous on middle distance+ where her bike makes far more difference in non draft races
duncs
Bitd, (and in 70.3 & 140.6) it was (still is) no drafting but they changed the rules to make it more entertaining.
Yes, energy saved on the bike might have yielded Gold in the sprint for GBR but hindsight is 20-20.