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  • 19-07-2012 4:33pm
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    tunney
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    Why oh why in triathlon does the person who comes first in a race/ag/division HAVE to be referred to as the "XYZ Champion".

    Well done you won the race/ag/division, that makes you the race winner.
    Calling someone, or yourself, a the "champion of", or "XYZ Champion" just makes me think of spartacus and gladiators and unless they did the run in leathers carrying a trident and sword then surely "winner" is more appropriate than "champion"?


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    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Hey, everyone. Tunney's back.


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    Kurt Godel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,361 ✭✭✭Kurt Godel


    tunney wrote: »
    Why oh why in triathlon does the person who comes first in a race/ag/division HAVE to be referred to as the "XYZ Champion".

    Well done you won the race/ag/division, that makes you the race winner.
    Calling someone, or yourself, a the "champion of", or "XYZ Champion" just makes me think of spartacus and gladiators and unless they did the run in leathers carrying a trident and sword then surely "winner" is more appropriate than "champion"?

    Because everyone's a winner these days. Champion needs to be a step above. Win a league of races; you're a demi-god.


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    elvis jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,197 ✭✭✭elvis jones


    Oryx wrote: »
    Hey, everyone. Tunney's back.

    Ya beat me to it:D


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    d4r3n
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭d4r3n


    Oryx wrote: »
    Hey, everyone. Tunney's back.

    Just wait until he realises there were only 3 people in the AG and the "run" (waddle? :D) was 04:48


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    peter kern
    Registered Users Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭peter kern


    tunney wrote: »
    Why oh why in triathlon does the person who comes first in a race/ag/division HAVE to be referred to as the "XYZ Champion".

    Well done you won the race/ag/division, that makes you the race winner.
    Calling someone, or yourself, a the "champion of", or "XYZ Champion" just makes me think of spartacus and gladiators and unless they did the run in leathers carrying a trident and sword then surely "winner" is more appropriate than "champion"?


    how different is wet suit lycra aero helmet and cycle shoes to the gladiators ? ;-0 ;-0


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