There seems to be growing dissension amongst the ranks of professional athletes to the ITU’s decision to change the format of the Long Distance World Champs to a double Olympic distance triathlon.

Thanks to Damir I collected six Youtube videos from Ironman World Championship 1989 - the famous battle between Mark Allen and Dave Scott.
Part 1

It’s the Norminator v. Macca and it might just get ugly.
I am not sure what Normann Stadler has to gain from his remarks in Triathlete magazine but he has clearly fanned a few flames and upset Chris McCormack.
He [Faris] was riding fair and not drafting. You know, Macca drafted. He was always in the pack. [...]

I survived watching the online live coverage from 5:45pm until 1:38am (almost 8 hours!).
Most of the video was focused on Norman Stadler and his absolutely perfect cycling technique. Amazing perfection. He obviously got a bit tired and annoyed last 15 miles but rest of it he was like a swiss watch. 4:18 - almost 42kmh [...]