Triathlon boss explains how race may work without swimming

Casado insisted a triathlon without swimming would be fair, after postponement due to E-Coli in the Seine

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00:00Can you explain to, I guess, outsiders, how would a duathlon be fair, particularly for

00:06athletes who are stronger on the swim leg compared to the other legs?

00:10It's the same condition for everyone and...

00:15Wouldn't there be some athletes who are stronger on the swim leg than other legs and then they're

00:19effectively put at a disadvantage?

00:21Yes, but this is an adaptation.

00:23I mean, this is in the last five years especially.

00:28Unfortunately, we have to change to duathlon before to cancel the event.

00:35Because if we cancel the event, there is no medals, there is no prize money in our organizations.

00:44But we can finish and we can do a competition because our athletes really want to compete

00:53and they really want to win, of course.

00:56And of course, it's unfair.

00:58I don't think it's unfair.

01:00It's just another situation of the competition.

01:05For example, some of them in cycling, they are very good going up.

01:11It's something in the same level, in my opinion.