Kona World Championship Live Stream (Page 2)

At 2:39 pm:
Through 42 miles of the ride, we have McKenzie out in front with Guillaume a few seconds behind.

At 25 seconds we have a huge group that includes: Jacobs, Van Lierde, Gambles, Alexander, Al Sultan, Vanhoenacker, Matthews, O'Donnell, Michael Raelert, Dellow, Bell, Henning, Zeebroek,

At 50 seconds we have Potts and Bennett.

At 1:20 we have Kienle.

At 3 minutes we have Andreas Raelert.

Chris McCormack is now at 5:30 down, riding with a seven others.

UPDATE:  THE LAST SWIMMER MADE IT!!

Chrissie Wellington out cheering on the AG ers !!!

Now thats classy.

When pro athletes drop out during a race because of issues, it's not due to wanting to DNF instead of finishing 50th, it's usually about saving your energy so you can recover faster and start training for the next race. 

If you want to get paid, you've gotta get results. Why waste all of that effort on something that won't literally pay off when you can get yourself in a better place for the next race?

I think she didn't pass quickly enough after entering the drafting zone.

He's a pro.  What good does slogging away for 50th place mean to him?  Save his body for another day.  I do think it's cool when some pros carry on after a tough crash or mechanical, but I think it's far from bad sportsmanship or childish for them to call it a day when they are out of the money.

ETA: In other words, what ratherbeswimming said.

Shazzy - 2012-10-14 5:42 AM Quitting a race because you've lost the prize money seems like the definition of bad sportsmanship, but that's just my opinion.

It might be, even to me, if it were a sport where you can be one of the best and still barely make enough money to live above the poverty line.

Hour for hour, mostly training, but also pounding the pavement to serve their sponsors, almost inevitably for a charity as well, travel, homestays, additional job ... pro triathletes work harder than almost any other kind of pro athlete.

I wonder if pros affix this same romanticism to finishing.  Some probably do.  I mentioned Angela Naeth in another thread finishing after a wicked crash.  But I would wager a bet that many just want the intense pain inflicted on their bodies to stop after they are completely out of contention.

TriAya - 2012-10-13 6:04 PM Love me some Faris in a Speedo.

"Thanks for that Faris . . . "

Marino DOES look SMOOOOTH - he's cruzin though! yum.

I can't imagine running in that heat... how do you think the athletes who live/train in cooler areas prepare for that?