Man with Down Syndrome completes Iron Man Race

[ill]

Mofo thinks less of anyone who climbs Mt Everest with oxygen tanks or a Sherpa

 

[Mofo]

oh for fucks sake

safety ain't silly, man.

So, you're saying ALL the competitors had a guide? Okay.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I was going to compete in an event earlier this summer. You had to pull a person in a cart for 26.1

I was duped because it was basically me pulling @broncosmitty around in his personal rickshaw so he could do his "errands"

They didn't even have a t-shirt otherwise I might have done it

 

[PeoplesChicken]

So, you're saying ALL the competitors had a guide? Okay.

Sure, markings, signs, gps. Someone with Downs may not be able to decipher all of that in a race environment

 

[ill]

So, you're saying ALL the competitors had a guide? Okay.

no, I am not saying that.

Florida looked at his situation and said "we'd feel better if he competed with a guide."

 

[Mofo]

Sure, markings, signs, gps. Someone with Downs may not be able to decipher all of that in a race environment

no, I am not saying that.

Florida looked at his situation and said "we'd feel better if he competed with a guide."

So... the people saying that tethering in such races "because of visual impairment / blindness", don't apply here? Again, we're back to the, he-had-to-be-tethered-because-he-had-Down-Syndrome-just-because, though you don't want to say that bias has anything to do with it.

It's a remarkable achievement, but let's not pretend that the FL Ironman group isn't biased. If he had been made to wear a football helmet, that would've been wrong too, right?

 

[ill]

So... the people saying that tethering in such races "because of visual impairment / blindness", don't apply here? Again, we're back to the, he-had-to-be-tethered-because-he-had-Down-Syndrome-just-because, though you don't want to say that bias has anything to do with it.

It's a remarkable achievement, but let's not pretend that the FL Ironman group isn't biased. If he had been made to wear a football helmet, that would've been wrong too, right?

I mean, we are giving him credit becuase he has Down's and completed it.

should the Guinness Book of World Records ignore it and say "you're just like everyone else, you get nothing"?

 

[ill]

this is some really weird pearl clutching, Mofo...

 

[Mofo]

I mean, we are giving him credit becuase he has Down's and completed it.

should the Guinness Book of World Records ignore it and say "you're just like everyone else, you get nothing"?

Nothing to do with him or the Guinness Book of World Records. I'm just marveling at people trying to double-talk that the guy was tethered because of unspecified safety concerns, but can't quantify what those concerns might be because it makes the FL Ironman group seem like bigots.

 

[ill]

Nothing to do with him or the Guinness Book of World Records. I'm just marveling at people trying to double-talk that the guy was tethered because of unspecified safety concerns, but can't quantify what those concerns might be because it makes the FL Ironman group seem like bigots.

it does not make them seem like bigots at all

 

[PeoplesChicken]

So... the people saying that tethering in such races "because of visual impairment / blindness", don't apply here? Again, we're back to the, he-had-to-be-tethered-because-he-had-Down-Syndrome-just-because, though you don't want to say that bias has anything to do with it.

It's a remarkable achievement, but let's not pretend that the FL Ironman group isn't biased. If he had been made to wear a football helmet, that would've been wrong too, right?

I think that had they said he must wear a helmet, I think this guy would have said sure.

 

[Mofo]

it does not make them seem like bigots at all

I think that had they said he must wear a helmet, I think this guy would have said sure.

Then what's the rule? FL Ironman lawyers said Down Syndrome competitors have to wear a tether because they have Down Syndrome? Fine, then just say so.

 

[Me]

Then what's the rule? FL Ironman lawyers said Down Syndrome competitors have to wear a tether because they have Down Syndrome? Fine, then just say so.

Did they say he HAD to? Or did they talk with him and his team about it?

 

[ill]

Did they say he HAD to? Or did they talk with him and his team about it?

it says the FL Ironman group said he had to have a guide

 

[broncosmitty]

I was going to compete in an event earlier this summer. You had to pull a person in a cart for 26.1

I was duped because it was basically me pulling @broncosmitty around in his personal rickshaw so he could do his "errands"

They didn't even have a t-shirt otherwise I might have done it

You could've been a Champion.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

You could've been a Champion.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

no, I am not saying that.

Florida looked at his situation and said "we'd feel better if he competed with a guide."

new vortex creator alert

 

[ill]

I was going to compete in an event earlier this summer. You had to pull a person in a cart for 26.1

I was duped because it was basically me pulling @broncosmitty around in his personal rickshaw so he could do his "errands"

They didn't even have a t-shirt otherwise I might have done it

you just need to get more efficient at your rickshawing.

 

[Handicappers]

Still no real explanation of the specific "safety" concern. Since he is not visually impaired / blind, as you suggested, my first thought is more probably correct.

First thought?

so it’s to prevent him from just running off the race route and wandering off?

 

[Mofo]

First thought?

so it’s to prevent him from just running off the race route and wandering off?

I dunno. I guess it will be one of the unsolved mysteries of the universe.