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…
Ironman Nice cancelled due to soaring temperatures in Europe
Ironman have notified athletes that amid soaring temperatures in France this weekend’s 70.3 and full-distance events will not go ahead. Scheduled to take place on Sunday 28th June, athletes were given the news yesterday. An official statement on the Ironman website read:“Due to a decision by the Alpes-Maritimes Prefecture following extreme heat conditions and the extension of the heatwave alert, the Ramify IRONMAN France Nice and IRONMAN 70.3 Ni…
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.
The prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes announced on Friday the cancellation of Ironman's events in which 4,500 athletes had to participate Sunday in Nice in order not to risk bulky emergency services "already strong...
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