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Confusion over the Auburn Bay swim course marred Calgary’s Ironman 70.3 triathlon Sunday, leading to the disqualification of the first pro woman across the line.

Magali Tisseyre of Montreal was among an undetermined number of competitors who swam the wrong course, which was not previewed by entrants on Saturday as is the norm because of Friday’s drowning of a boy at the lake.

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Second-place finisher Alicia Kaye of Clermont, Fla., protested Tisseyre’s win and, following a two-hour review that involved a phone call to the World Triathlon Corp. in Florida, was declared the winner.

The men’s race wasn’t affected and was a thriller, as Ben Hoffman of Boulder, CO., out-sprinted 2014 Calgary winner and former Olympian Andy Potts of Colorado Springs, to win by two seconds.

The event involved a swim of 1.9 kilometres and bike ride of 90 km along Highway 22x and Highway 8, back to Glenmore Park for a finishing 21 km run.

Tisseyre came out of the swim knowing she had not completed the right course, but defended herself by saying she and others followed directions of a volunteer.

“I am being honest and (Alicia) is being honest, too, wanting to apply the rules,” said Tisseyre, a 33-year-old who now lives in San Diego, Calif.

“It’s an unfortunate situation.

The rules are there for a reason and what’s the point of being upset. I’m proud of myself. I worked really hard to get to this point and there are some things you can’t control.”

Tisseyre was second out of the water in 25 minutes, 23 seconds and finished in four hours, 7.29 seconds. Kaye, who normally is about a minute-and-a-half ahead of Tisseyre after the swim according to both athletes, came out at 27:00 precisely. Her finishing time was 4:12.09, or just shy of five minutes behind Tisseyre.