"Back in 2016, an exhausted Jonny Brownlee was helped over the finish line by his brother Alistair at the Triathlon World Series in Mexico.
Neither sibling was penalised because Alistair pushed his brother ahead of him on the line. It meant that Jonny clearly completed the race in second place, in front of Alistair in third.
This was a legal move at the time, although the ITU subsequently changed its rules to prohibit such assistance.
Rule 2.2.c now states that: "An athlete cannot physically assist the forward progress of another athlete on any part of the course. This will result in both athletes being disqualified.""
NOTHING LIKE " were conscious of the rules and thus weren't disqualified" you complete dumbarse.
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No it doesn't. It says that "This was a legal move at the time, although the ITU subsequently changed its rules to prohibit such assistance.".
This has nothing to do with PPD and is a shit post.
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Here's the full quote from the article:
"Back in 2016, an exhausted Jonny Brownlee was helped over the finish line by his brother Alistair at the Triathlon World Series in Mexico.
Neither sibling was penalised because Alistair pushed his brother ahead of him on the line. It meant that Jonny clearly completed the race in second place, in front of Alistair in third.
This was a legal move at the time, although the ITU subsequently changed its rules to prohibit such assistance.
Rule 2.2.c now states that: "An athlete cannot physically assist the forward progress of another athlete on any part of the course. This will result in both athletes being disqualified.""
NOTHING LIKE " were conscious of the rules and thus weren't disqualified" you complete dumbarse.
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