Ironman Triathlon Canceled With 48 Hours Notice Leaves Athletes Stranded In France During Extreme Heat Wave
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Ironman Triathlon Canceled With 48 Hours Notice Leaves Athletes Stranded In France During Extreme Heat Wave
The IRONMAN triathlon in Nice, France was canceled with less than 48 hours notice. Thousands of athletes were scheduled to compete in a triathlon at the IRONMAN race in Nice on Sunday. City officials decided to cancel the event with less than 48 hours’ notice due to extreme heat and high temperatures in France and Europe. It was a safety decision. Although IRONMAN hopes to reschedule the triathlon for a future date, this sudden cancellation will…
The announcement fell like a coupet. By prefectural decision, the Ironman was cancelled, less than 48 hours before its launch, due to the canicule episode that hit the country. Both to "protect" the participants, as well as out of the need not to saturate the emergency services, already placed under high stress. But was this really the solution?...
The Ironman of Nice, which was to gather 4,500 athletes on Sunday, was cancelled by the prefect's decision.
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