Talkback: Team orders should be a non-starter

rachelwhitwell

Absolutely agree. We were watching this on the TV and saw Learmonth spot the timing board and make a neck slicing action and then she slowed to a crawl. I said, shes going back for Non, what a bad move! The commentators didnt see this. They are always poor.

She shouldve been given the opportunity to race in her home town!

matward77

Surely the best example of this working is Stuart Hayes at London 2012. Gordon Benson at Rio 2016....not so much. Obviously, Richard Varga is GBR's unofficial domestique.



This sounds like a total mess up though. If an athlete doesn't deliver in the swim then the team mates should be allowed to race for themselves.

Peter Green

Thank you for writing what i too thought. Team orders that spoil the racing and end up making it a farce. In some other sports it would be seen as match fixing. Pulling up a horse in a race like that gets a ban for the jockey!

Last year it totally played into Gwen's hands too. And i steady of 2 brit women on the podium (potentially even winning) we got just a 3rd place. Well bully.



Thank goodness the Brownlees don't race like that. Otherwise it would be as tedious to watch as F1.