For reference this is the swimming conditions on that day (footage does not contain any fatalities)
I'm surprised it was only two people. I can't imagine anyone thinking swimming in those conditions as part of a competition was a good idea.
I predict a fresh round of "suddenly died" from the antivax crowd without looking at this video or any other context.
Bro, if they'd taken 5000 IU more vitamin D that day, bro
Even if the seas are calm I ride with some triathletes. One no longer competes because the swim portions for some races are awful. There's a mass run of people into the water and people literally get swam over
Also, let's not link reddit here, mkay?
You can just play the video and exit the site. There's nothing wrong with linking a site if it contributes to the reporting of a story like this. Spare me the overly performative anti reddit shit.
this looks crazy. I've seen IMMD swims get canceled for much less horrible conditions so it might be the local race directors making a really bad call
I had an Olympic distance triathlon swim get cut in half (from 1500 m to 750 m swim + a 1500 m beach run before transition 1) on the mere suspicion that conditions might be bad. The call was made the night before, and then in the morning it was still as glass. This event was run by the Iron Man company (World Triathlon Corporation), too.
I cannot fathom running a race in conditions that bad, especially that close to rocks.
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