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Triathlon Preview Show ep 73 - Super League and some WTC Races
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Bailie, Birtwhistle and Murray are my top picks for 1-3 on the men's side and Kasper, Stanford, and Zaferes for the women.
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I am looking forward to the races. It's been fun just following them all on social media this week. It's nice to see them get pampered by race organizers with lots of swag and excursions. Even the videos of local fans picking them up at the airport was fun to see. The surfing photos from Tommy Zaferes made me laugh. Did you see the one with A. Brownlee? How long ago did he have his hip surgery? I was surprised to see him out surfing.
I was just really surprised to see they were running links in tweets to repeats on YouTube while Periscoping live startline prep from their same social media channels. Such a disconnect.
At minimum, they should quickly replace their social media headers to note the 1-hr delay. Running false info in advertising is bad and should be a top priority to fix. (Yes, I get on a soapbox about this. I often consult on digital marketing for tech companies and hate it when companies don't correct their mistakes.)
But, wow, the racing! Loved it.
So while I agree with you, I'm not even at all surprised, and I know my attitude towards it is part of the problem when I think "eh, well they suck, but I figured it out enough and the content itself is good especially with Emma, Vicky, and Alistair doing so much of the talking this time."
Besides seeing different people mix it up as @Granpa Chook says, I also loved the strategy that racers had to plan over 6 different races. When should they go out hard vs. save energy for later...play mind games with opponents, etc. I found it fascinating that the Triple Mix on the first day resulted in basically half of each field not making it to the final race. It will be fun to see how athletes change their strategy at the next event.
The only changes I'd like to see in the races next time is the addition of mixed relay. Not by country but maybe training squad or just take the top finishers from previous event and make them team captains and they select their team.