Germantown triathlete forced to wait on Olympic dream
From left to right, Ainsley Thorpe, Hayden Wilde, Nicole Van Der Kaay and Mathew Hauser, of team New Zealand, celebrate as they are joined by the United States, Summer Rappaport and Seth Rider, after the elite mixed relay race at the ITU World Triathlon Series in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP, file photo)
Seth Rider of Germantown will have to wait one more day to compete in the Olympics. The men’s triathlon has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris' Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.
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