Sérgio Marques, runs out of IRONMAN World Champion title
The triathlete of age groups has withdrawn the title for having competed in a professional category in an IRONMAN 70.3
With a release published in the Portuguese Triathlon Federation, explain what happened with the Portuguese triathlete Sergio Marques.
Marques, got the victory in your age group 35-39 in the past IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii, after a great season.
What I didn't know is that it would be disqualified from this testsince comitted in category PRO in the IRONMAN 70.3 Cascais, something that prevented him from competing in Age Groups in Kona.
Sergio, I didn't know he was competing in that category, since it was a administrative ruling of the organization, for what he did not do in Kona did nothing intentionally, something that the Portuguese federation has stressed.
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It should be noted that Sergio has not competed since 2017 as a professional in the franchiseThis year was his eighth IRONMAN Kona and his 49th long distance triathlon.
In the statement, they explain what happened in addition to confirming the award he received for his career on the 30th anniversary of the federation for the promotion of the triathlon he has done for 20 years
In addition, he acknowledges that it has been an administrative error, and that he competed without knowing that he had been given a professional record and that they have tried to reverse the situation without success.
There are no previous results.
