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Zitat von meggele

Andrew Messick, CEO der WTC, hat in einer Mail an die Profis neue Qualifikations- und Verhaltensregeln angekündigt:

[i] September 25, 2014

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2) Female Professional Athletes: In our recent meetings with a number of professional female athletes, they highlighted two issues - separation from age group men in Kona and World Championship slot parity with men.

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Regarding slot parity, our discussions with the professional women encouraged us to regroup and conduct a more detailed and comprehensive review of the slot process, relative competitive dynamics by gender within the professional field, and the fundamental appropriateness of proportional representation. Our conclusion was that we believe that we currently have a fair and appropriate slot allocation between professional men and professional women. We intend to maintain this proportional approach and work to increase both the number of professional female athletes and female age group athletes - which would lead to more slots for professional female athletes at our world championship races.

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Diese Forderung der Profifrauen ist doch wohl unverschämt und überheblich, oder?

Wenn Profifrauen bei IM Hawaii und IM 70.3 WM dieselbe Anzahl an Startplätzen bekommen wie Profimänner werden Profimänner bei der Qualifikation benachteiligt, da die Zahl der konkurrierenden Profimänner nun mal höher ist, als die der Profifrauen. - Oder sehe ich das falsch?