Terrible crash in the ladies road race

I'm amazed that they (the organisers) didn't learn the lessons from the men's race and put some kind of safety fencing/padding on those corners.

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Originally Posted by TH63

I'm amazed that they (the organisers) didn't learn the lessons from the men's race and put some kind of safety fencing/padding on those corners.

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It's the gap between the road and the curb that does it. Even the slightest error and your race is over, they should have sorted that out before the race started. These athletes aren't going to slow down because of this, so it just increases injury likelihood

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Originally Posted by tommy31

It's the gap between the road and the curb that does it. Even the slightest error and your race is over, they should have sorted that out before the race started. These athletes aren't going to slow down because of this, so it just increases injury likelihood

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Yeah, the curb appeared to be more like a low wall - I'm guessing it's meant to keep rainfall flowing down through the gutter. Surely should've been covered over for the races or a less dangerous route taken?

Does anyone know whether they're running the road time trials on this stretch of jungle, if they are they better have ambulances ready.

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Originally Posted by TH63

I'm amazed that they (the organisers) didn't learn the lessons from the men's race and put some kind of safety fencing/padding on those corners.

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There was a bit of padding where the gutter opened into the road, about every couple of hundred metres there were grey bags or sacks