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Two men die in Ironman Cork competition in Ireland

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Re: Two men die in Ironman Cork competition in Ireland

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At least they died doing something they loved. Recently overheard a troubling conversation where a triathalon competitor observed a 60+ year old man clearly in major physical distress who refused any kind of assistance. It needs to be first of all understood that these are not necessarily tragedies so much as people taking things way too far and secondly considered that it might be best for everyone that they be allo…

If you’re a citizen of my country and do that then you’re one of the reasons I’m paying out of my ass so you can be a vegetable in a hospital. So please don’t do that. And I support criminalizing such reckless behavior because the only other alternative is that you end up disabled on the street because I shouldn’t pay for your selfish macho stupidity.

Re: Two men die in Ironman Cork competition in Ireland

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Here’s a more informative article that provides details such as the names of the deceased and states that Triathlon Ireland, the national governing body for triathlon events in Ireland assessed the safety of the swim section and concluded that due to the “adverse conditions”, they would not sanction the event: https://www.thejournal.ie/two-men-died-ironman-event-named-l...
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