Ironman event in Youghal, Co Cork, at the weekend saw two fatalities
According to Triathlon Ireland’s website, the insurance scheme for its members does not cover competitors in a race without such a sanction. Participants who are not members of TI buy a one-day membership in order to compete.
“But we didn’t know the event hadn’t been sanctioned, nobody told us that, there wasn’t any chatter amongst the athletes… there was nothing saying that this is no longer a sanctioned event, and nobody told us what potentially that meant for us,” she said. However, Dr Howells added that at no point did she feel like she was in danger when competing, but “having reflected on it, am very aware that other people were and that’s quite scary today”.
Neither Dr Howells or her daughter knew that two people had died during the event until they were in the finishers tent afterwards.
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