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Since when where shirts required for Triathlons?

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Since when where shirts required for Triathlons?

To be honest I think this is a very silly rule, what benefit does wearing a shirt while on your bike provide? Part of my naivety comes from racing in the USA during the late 90’s and early 2000’s then taking a decade break from the sport.  As a competitive swimmer, I admit that I am desensitized to being half naked.  Well let me back up, besides an abstract idea of decency, there is no NEED to wear a shirt on the bike (I challenge someone to explain to me a legitimate reason for amateurs to wear a shirt during the bike) but rules are rules.So there I was in my first triathlon in Korea...

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Tonyeong KTF Series Finale, Phone Calls and Epic Finish

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Tonyeong KTF Series Finale, Phone Calls and Epic Finish

This was the season ender and a relatively high-pressure race for me, my nerves were quite calm and I was even joking and laughing before the start....

.....The motorbike official rides up alongside me, about 15km into the ride, and hands me his cell phone as I am climbing one of the major climbs of the course!...

...Steve Prefontaine has a great quote “somebody may beat me, but you are going to have to bleed to do it”....I was now a poor gazelle being hunted by a lion ...

...The sport of Triathlon(# lifelesson) is not about being entitled to a perfect race.  

 

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