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A Brazilian motivational speaker and influencer reportedly had to be pulled from the water by race officials at the Ironman 70-mile in Curion in Paraguay over the weekend, alongside over 30 of his disciples he had convinced to enter the race completely unprepared.

The official race results page from Ironman 70.3 lists Pablo, uh, Henrique Costamarucco of Brazil as did not finish, and it didn't state times for a swim, meaning he was unable to complete the 1.2-mile swim-

Yeah

... which is the first stage of the event.

Well, this was a half Ironman.

Correct.

The initial news came from Brazilian publication Metropolis, which states that Pablo brought more than 30 of his closest "legendaries" quote, unquote to participate in the half Ironman event despite several expressing fear of swimming.

Now they say one thing-

It's the first event

... one thing about triathlons, or really any race in general, there's gonna be a proverbial butterflies at the start.

Nerves are gonna run high.

There are often, uh, uh, long waits before it begins.

In the case of triathlons and Ironmans, uh, competitors line up based on their anticipated swim speed finish time.

So the fastest swimmers start first.

Right.

That leaves a lot of time for anxiety to build in the slower athletes in the back of the pack.

Then they got into the water, and the water's often cold, and even while wearing a triathlon wetsuit, it is a shock to the body.

And triathlon wetsuits are ...

They're fantastic.

They offer buoyancy and speed, and are designed to move, uh, with the body.

In this case-

Also, aren't they in open water?

Yes.

Yes.

Oh, yeah.

A Brazilian motivational speaker and influencer reportedly had to be pulled from the water by race officials at the Ironman 70-mile in Curion in Paraguay over the weekend, alongside over 30 of his disciples he had convinced to enter the race completely unprepared.

The official race results page from Ironman 70.3 lists Pablo, uh, Henrique Costamarucco of Brazil as did not finish, and it didn't state times for a swim, meaning he was unable to complete the 1.2-mile swim-

Yeah

... which is the first stage of the event.

Well, this was a half Ironman.

Correct.

The initial news came from Brazilian publication Metropolis, which states that Pablo brought more than 30 of his closest "legendaries" quote, unquote to participate in the half Ironman event despite several expressing fear of swimming.

Now they say one thing-

It's the first event

... one thing about triathlons, or really any race in general, there's gonna be a proverbial butterflies at the start.

Nerves are gonna run high.

There are often, uh, uh, long waits before it begins.

In the case of triathlons and Ironmans, uh, competitors line up based on their anticipated swim speed finish time.

So the fastest swimmers start first.

Right.

That leaves a lot of time for anxiety to build in the slower athletes in the back of the pack.

Then they got into the water, and the water's often cold, and even while wearing a triathlon wetsuit, it is a shock to the body.

And triathlon wetsuits are ...

They're fantastic.

They offer buoyancy and speed, and are designed to move, uh, with the body.

In this case-

Also, aren't they in open water?

Yes.

Yes.

Oh, yeah.