National body and organisers of event in which two swimmers died have clashed over the circumstances in which Cork race started
On the issue of water conditions, the Ironman waiver forms state that racers may be subject to “high altitude or mountainous terrain, severe storms or bad weather such as lightning, strong winds, rain, hail, snow, and ice, fast moving or deep lakes, oceans or other water bodies...”
Meanwhile, the disparity between Ironman organisers and Triathlon Ireland’s timelines of the status of Sunday’s Youghal, Co Cork, race is “unedifying”, Simon Harris said on Wednesday.on Sunday have clashed over the circumstances in which the Cork race started. “And I’m also very conscious that the gardaí will be preparing a file for the coroner too, so there’ll be a number of processes that are under way.”
“I would have been led ... by the race referee and making a decision as the organiser of events you’re conscious of all those athletes who are lined up, who have paid their money, who are there to do a race. As the Opposition pressed for an independent inquiry into the deaths, the sharp divisions emerged between national governing body Triathlon Ireland and the US-owned Ironman group over the status of the race which began in rough seas at Youghal on Sunday.
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