Where numerous fans from worldwide feared a ‘draft fest’ at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside, which occurs later on today, they were assured by Ironman: at all IM Pro Series races, of which 70.3 Oceanside is the very first one, RaceRanger is utilized and hence preparing would be made a lot more challenging. Now, nevertheless, a last-minute choice has actually been made not to utilize the system today.
Ironman 70.3 Oceanside has an unprecedentedly big professional field, with some eighty males and forty ladies contending. This is the reason individuals are fearing a stayer fest and the dissatisfaction is substantial that it has actually now been chosen not to utilize RaceRanger. Throughout on-site screening of the system, technical troubles– consisting of a firmware problem– were experienced and for that reason, less than 24 hours before the race, the choice has actually been made not to utilize RaceRanger.
Ironman let it be understood that RaceRanger worked exceptionally tough to solve the problems in a prompt way, however hence stopped working. James Elvery, Co-Founder of RaceRanger, stated he was dissatisfied by the technical issues and said sorry.