{"id":8364,"date":"2021-05-08T03:48:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T03:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8364"},"modified":"2021-05-08T03:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T03:48:48","slug":"katie-zaferes-takes-responsibility-for-drafting-error-at-wts-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8364","title":{"rendered":"Katie Zaferes \u2018takes responsibility\u2019 for drafting error at WTS Auckland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p >Did USA triathlete Katie Zaferes get an illegal tow behind lapped compatriot Kirsten Kasper at WTS Auckland last weekend? <em>220<\/em> readers have been asking this question after watching the live coverage and seeing Israel\u2019s Amitai Yonah being disqualified for doing the same thing in the men\u2019s race a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >As one <em>220<\/em> reader pointed out, this could potentially mean that third-placed Andrea Hewitt deserved silver instead \u2013 despite serving a 15sec penalty for littering on the bike with an energy gel wrapper.<\/p>\n<p >Zaferes crossed the line behind winner Gwen Jorgensen in 2:10:41, with Hewitt taking bronze just 16secs later. Kasper finished last (38th) in 2:20:32.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >We asked the ITU for their views on the issue, and were told by a spokesperson: \u201cThere was one moto [official] on the course and he simply didn\u2019t see this. Several National Federations did raise concerns though and they spoke to the US federation after the race.<\/p>\n<p >\u201cKatie understood her mistake and took responsibility for it. However with Andrea\u2019s 15 second penalty they didn\u2019t believe this issue took silver away from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >&gt;&gt;&gt; Jonny Brownlee takes outstanding win at WTS Auckland<\/p>\n<p >We also asked BBC Sport commentator Steve Trew for his opinion, after he watched Amitai disqualified for slotting in behind winner Jonny Brownlee (GBR) after being lapped. Germany\u2019s Franz Loeschke was also warned by race officials after apparently doing the same thing once Jonny had lapped him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p >\u201cYohan was stopped by a marshall, Loeschke wasn\u2019t,\u201d Trew told us. \u201cNeither were helping Jonny in any way at all; my comment was that it was outside fairplay and morality of the sport. I guess that begs the question, why Yohan and not Loeshke?<\/p>\n<p >\u201cPerhaps because Yohan was seen to do it in and through the end of lap where he would have been seen by a lot of spectators, while Loeshke was hanging on during rather than at the end of a lap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p ><em><strong>What do you think? Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.isoccertracksuit.com\/2020-soccer-tracksuit-004.html' title='2020 soccer tracksuit'>2020 soccer tracksuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did USA triathlete Katie Zaferes get an illegal tow behind lapped compatriot Kirsten Kasper at WTS Auckland last weekend? 220 readers have been asking this question after watching the live coverage and seeing Israel\u2019s Amitai Yonah being disqualified for doing the same thing in the men\u2019s race a few hours later. Advertisement As one 220&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}