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Fourth in Hawaii Philipp: More transparency with time penalties
Laura Philipp calls for more transparency in time penalties.
Photo: Georg Wendt/dpa
Kailua-Kona Laura Philipp called for more transparency after the decisive time penalties at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.
After finishing fourth on Saturday, the 35-year-old from Heidelberg still didn’t know the reason for the five-minute penalty she received on Thursday’s bike course. “I think the referees must have a body cam that films every race, so that you can somehow analyze the whole thing afterwards and not be exposed to arbitrariness,” said Philipp on Saturday in the ZDF live stream of the men’s race.
Slipstreaming and overtaking penalties
Five minutes is just a world, she emphasized. They are imposed, among other things, for slipstreaming. According to regulations, the distance must be twelve meters. You have 25 seconds to overtake. In any case, as athletes, they should try to come together and demand that Ironman referees be either better trained or more transparent.
Three-time world champion Frodeno agrees
Jan Frodeno also agreed to the introduction of a sensor, which is said to be under development, to measure the distances between the athletes. The three-time Hawaii World Champion over the 3.86 kilometers swimming, 180.2 kilometers cycling and 42.2 kilometers running is on site, but had to cancel his start early due to a previous hip injury that required several surgeries.