What does triathlon mean?

Triathlon is one of the sports events, which was born in Hawaii and belongs to a new comprehensive sports competition. The competition consists of natural water swimming, road cycling and road long-distance running in sequence, and athletes need to make great efforts to complete the competition.

Triathlon became an Olympic event in 2000 and an Asian Games event in 2006.

Triathlon is a severe test of skill and endurance. This tough game consists of three parts. The triathlon of Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 consists of 1.5km swimming, 40km cycling and 10km long-distance running. Triathlon athletes can't stop between different events, and immediately enter the starting point of the next competition after reaching the end of one competition.

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The International Triathlon Federation organizes many competitions every year, including the Olympic standard distance triathlon world championship; 10- 12 triathlon world cup series held around the world; Long distance triathlon World Cup series; Standard Distance and Long Distance Ironman World Cup Series and World Championships.

In addition, there are winter triathlon, indoor triathlon, disabled triathlon and junior triathlon. General competitions are divided into excellent athletes, young athletes and amateur age groups. The youngest athlete is only 9 years old and the oldest is 9 1 year old. The scale of the competition is increasing year by year, and more and more people take part in it.

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Baidu encyclopedia-triathlon